Friday 30th January 2004. I decided to go on a bicycle trip since it is a holiday at secondary schools. It´s our saint patron´s day St Thomas d´ Aquinas. In fact, it was on Wednesday but it was moved to Friday. In spite of the weather forecast, cloudy day, it was a wonderful sunny day. I took the bus towards San José at ten o´clock. There was a group of teenagers who also took advantage of their day off to go on a day trip. There was also a lady in her fifties talking to the driver about how slow the health system works in Spain, especially the waiting lists to be operated or to see a specialist. Well, I got off at
El Pozo de los Frailes and took the road to
Los Escullos, a small resort on the coast.
http://www.degata.com/There I went to a restaurant where I bought a 1.5 l bottle of water and asked the waiter what the path to San José was like. I followed that path which is not bad although sometimes you have to get off the bike because of the stones. It´s uphill and downhill. On the way to San José, I met two men from Germany who are spending their holidays at Roquetas de Mar. They had left the car at San José and had gone to Los Escullos so that then they were on their way back. They told me that they lliked going on holidays to southern countries in winter when it is very cold in their country. They like hiking a lot and they have done some more walking in the provinces of Almería and Granada. Then, I went on to Cala Higuera and San José.
http://www.indalia.es/playas/cabogata/ca...a=cabogata This resort looks very different from summer when there are too many people. It is a beautiful white village without tall buildings. From there I went along a path to beautiful beaches called Los Genoveses, Mónsul where some film scenes have been shot, for instance, Indiana Jones and the Holy Grail in which Sean Connery manages to destroy the German plane by throwing birds to the plane. It´s a pity that metal no parking sign have been put up along the path. I think it doesn´t fit at all. There were a few cars and vans in the car parks near the beaches. Well, then I went a hard uphill to get to La Vela Blanca. From there there´s a beautiful view of the beaches and cliffs. Then I went downhill to Cabo de Gata lighthouse. From there I had to go up a 10% hill and then go down to Cabo de Gata village where I stopped to eat something at the sea front.
http://www.jorgetutor.com/spain/andaluci...degata.htm I continued towards Retamar along a path.
http://www.indalia.es/playas/bahia/bahia...oria=bahia I stopped to get a 1.5 l. bottle of water and a cake at Retamar, a resort 15 km from Almería. I sat at a table a few minutes while I drank some water and ate the cake and enjoyed the sunshine. I went on home along another path that leads to Costacabana along the coast as well. Then I went along the sea front to get home at 5 pm. In all, it took me
doing about
68 kilometres.
I enjoyed the trip quite a lot. It was wonderful to be alone for a long time in the nature without any buildings and with few people.
