The food we got from the market and the farmers’ shop was amazing. Lots of unusual looking things. There was a stall on the market with maybe 20 types of bread all of which looked delicious. I spent €30 on bread in one go. Sally got big into the various fish and shellfish from the…

Sally dropped me off in Soller so I could do a big ride on the 21st, up the Soller pass, out to Orient, up the Lluc climb then descending into Pollensa, full of memories of doing these climbs with Jose in 2014. For example, when we climbed to Lluc in 2014 there were about 12…

January 17th: The town had been building up to the festival all week with big mounds of sand on the roads on which big fires would be lit. The highlight of the festival is cutting down a 20m pine tree and transporting it by hand through the very narrow streets to a hole in the…

Ask any cyclist who has been to Majorca if they have done the Calobra? They may not have done it but they will know what you are talking about. An epic climb. January 15: We parked the car at the junction from the main road. From there it’s a 2 mile climb to the coll…

We had 10 days in a small villa just outside of Pollensa. The weather was mostly cool and windy with occasional rain. Got a bit of sun towards the end though. Between us we went cycling, horse riding (Sally), walking, and cooking with lots of shopping for delicious food off the market and at the…