Eva! Et je pointe le compteur de mon vélo. “De nouveau cassé?”, demande. Mais non… On a oublié de faire la photo pour les 3’000km du voyage. Donc voilà mon visage quand je remarque les 3’018km dans l’odomètre.
Author: Miguel
The bizarre case of Dutch speaking campings
Last two nights we stayed in a Dutch speaking camping. It was the third time in this trip. There is no information on the road, no one knows about them. Most of the information inside the camping is written only in Dutch. They are quiet, very clean and most of the clients speak… Dutch.
This last camping, Quinta da Cerca, near Tábua and Mindões, is Flemish. The owners speak Portuguese with a strong accent, the toilets are super clean, the bar by the pool has excellent music and the food is full of local grown vegetables. Ah, and I’m the only Portuguese customer.
I’m looking to find a full list of these campings without TV, noise and lights at night.
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Our top 3 items of cycle touring equipment
After some 2’600km on the road on our recumbent bicycles through France, Spain and Portugal, we have already spotted what we cannot miss in future trips. The list below shows items that were new to us, but we should not forget about other very good gear for which we have almost no complaints either. Continue reading “Our top 3 items of cycle touring equipment”
First material order after restart
After 2’200km we did a first review of our material and some small pieces (Miguel’ sandals was the biggest item) were given to my parents. At the same time we decided to order some things:
- Rohloff 18-teeth sprocket for Miguel’s bicycle: To try making very steep (>10%) hills less painful (or just possible) to cycle.
- Rohloff sprocket tool as we are afraid mechanics in Portugal (and elsewhere) will not have this specific tool.
- Rohloff oil set: our gear box requires oil change every 5’000km or one-year. Eva had already her set and did change the oil. Now is the turn of Miguel’s bicycle.
- Icebreaker new t-shirts for her and for him. We both have an old one almost transparent and we love the brand.
- Sigma bike computer holder to make a new spare. Our original broke, and the ‘spare’ is now in use.
- Tent lamp Blackdiamond Moji because the shorter days arrive we prefer to have a lamp for tent/table instead of using all the time our headlamps.
We ordered on a German website and make them delivered to Miguel parents in Lisbon where we expect to arrive at some point in August.
Restart to pedal
After 10 days of rest in Apúlia we restarted to pedal direction South. Now we have time to pedal, without hurry to arrive to any place. We’ve decided to visit Porto Continue reading “Restart to pedal”