Abort!

Under the command of weather warnings on The Canary Islands this week, I think we should count our lucky pedals that we made yesterday’s ride. Today, we went up to try out our second route in the hills in a possible small weather window but the shutters were down!

We arrived to cold and windy and very soon added wet into the equation! We gave it a go but realised after descending a thousand feet that the next ascent of 3000 wasn’t sensible. We had a blast coming back up the hill though and just felt satisfied that we’d explored and tried - we’re really keen now to ride the whole circuit, but it won’t be this week, sadly. We had a warming cafe con leche before heading down into the sunshine of the coast to dry out.

I’ve had two hours of stretching and rollering on the balcony in the warmth and shelter while Rich happened across the Winter Pride march which sounded a fantastic atmosphere.

Believe it or not, we’ve managed to watch Strictly!