Daytrip to Alentejo

[Pedro]

So, almost to the day one year ago and I wasn't stuck at home, was enjoying a lovely weekend at home and feeling like riding the bike, got on google maps and found a random spot with a lake of sorts, with not many main roads around, so went for it.

Eventually found that I couldn't get to it via tarmac, which made it fun.

Last km or so to get to the lake was like this, which didn't make me happy at all as it was wet under the trees and these aren't really good tires for off-roading.

 

But it was worth it

 

Going away, this is my kind of off-roading, dry and easy going:

 

Continued to Lavre, where I stopped briefly to look at my navigation

 

Brief stop at what looked like an abandoned hotel, but turns out it was just half abandoned, lovely place full of character, though.

 

Heading to Montemor o Novo, starting to get a little glimpse of Alentejo's open views

 

I was cruising along this road, just enjoying myself, and something weird caught my eye, but surely it couldn't be... So I stopped, turned back, can you see it?

 

It's a fucking Zebra

Turns out I was going past some sort of petting farm / zoo

 

Enjoying some nice riding, and a short stop getting a few meters away from the tarmac for privacy

Stopped for lunch, looking for some nice typical local food but the result was a very disappointing codfish with cream, wasn't even worth a picture, and I do love my food pictures.

After lunch, before heading back home, stopped by a small dam

 

Mora is a lovely town, one of my favorite stops for a coffee when heading out

 

Before arriving home, stopped on my favorite place just a couple of kms from home, for some refreshing ice cold beer and some green beans tempura.

 

Overal a great 250 or something km roundtrip of relaxing slow rolling roads. 

 

Finito!

 

 

 

 

[XTreme]

Brilliant once again @Pedro!

I thought I was the only one left out of our old bunch who was still getting out and about! Weather permitting of course!