A hot and sunny start to the day and a realisation that’s Moe’s wisdom tooth abscess wasn’t going to go away by itself. It had started hurting the day before and now needed some assistance. The campsite owner directed us to a Dentist in Dolores who spoke good English. Problem was we came across the wrong one because no-one at the practice spoke any English.

However, Moe was seen within 30 minutes of us arriving at reception, X-Rayed and diagnosed as a tooth abscess indeed. We paid 18 Euros for the consultation, X-Rays and a course of antibiotics was prescribed.

An offer was made to extract the tooth on the Friday which would need to be preceded with a consultation with a surgeon and further X-Rays taken but this was politely declined. Personally, I’m not so sure – the outfit inspired more confidence than my dentist in blighty who now refers fillings to the Dental Hygienist!!

In the afternoon, I fitted 4 new tyres to our bikes. When we bought the bikes they had Specialized Borough XC Sport tyres on them and they have been absolute rubbish. We’ve had dozens of punctures over the years and after 3 in one day whilst cycling on the Isle of Wight, I decided to replace them and bought 4 Continental Travel Contacts. I’ll provide an update on their performance later on.