This turned out to be a 25km ride from our base in Dolores to the beach at Guardamar where we enjoyed a picnic lunch. Mostly off-road we followed a service road most of the way which was running alongside one of the many concrete water runs.

We tried to cycle into Guardamar but we hit trouble crossing the river from our side and at this point we didn’t want to add another 5km onto the trip so headed back with a determination to cycle the route again and this time have lunch in Guardamar.

The journey back along the service road was uneventful until close to Sheppards Rest, when we were held up briefly by a goat farmer taking his herd for a walk to pastures new.