Distance: 45.4 miles / 73.0 km
Elevation: 1,191 feet / 363 m
Colls: None
If your specific aims whilst on a cycling holiday are:
- Wear down a new-ish set of cleats to the point where they barely function any longer
- Walk on rocks so hard and angular they exceed the strength of the carbon sole of a cycling shoe
- Balance precariously on some loose rocks that you feel could fall at any moment whilst wearing the above described shoes
- Climb rocks that constantly snag on your lycra kit
- Feel as if keeping your cycling helmet on is the best idea for your safety
…all whilst feeling as if you’re being baked alive by the sun, then I’ve found no better place than Capocorb Vell. This place is a historic Talayotic settlement built between 1300 and 800 BC. Despite the problems faced, it was quite interesting to see. I’m amazed they managed to find so many rocks that were the perfect shape and size to make it. Surely the situation was a kind of ‘Scrapheap Challenge’ scenario where all the bits you need just happen to be there “by chance”. Presumably it looked a bit better than just a pile of big stones back then.
Cala Pi
Cala Pi was also very good, but by then I’d let the annoyance of a cracked sole get the better of me and I wanted to be done. If you want a challenge, it’s possible to walk to the beach via yet another hard stone staircase not best suited to cycling shoes. Especially broken ones.
Before all that happened the plan was to tell you all how shit the lighthouse was ? I wouldn’t say it’s worth visiting really.
It’s going to be a late start tomorrow as I need to buy some new cycling shoes.
