day 19: Tona to Santa Coloma de Queralt (actually two days worth of cycling!)

Slept in as the hostel beds were so soft... then embarked on our longest ever day - 82 miles. The majority was uphill (as usual) and our campsite for the night was up a big big hill above a communications station!

We had to spend 4 hours in a small, dusty town in the afternoon heat because it was too hot to cycle. We consumed almost the whole of the town´s ice cream supply as we idled away the hours.

Got to campsite at about 10 pm after a series of unwelcome climbs. Grumpy campsite owner told us off for not announcing our prescence (even though we had phoned them before, at a reasonable hour). And there was no grass at all! We had a lovely stay, highlighted by a gourmet supper of pasta with tomato sauce.

max 30mph

average 10mph

82 miles, in 8hrs 30mins

P.S. we are now in an internet cafe in Montblanc as part of our half day. We descend about 600 metres to get here and now have to wait for tomorrow morning´s coolness to climb out of the valley again! Can´t wait!