Bobby Gilbert Adventures

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 farmers’ shop. We also got caught up with the insane San Antoni festival. See later blog!

Sunday 12th January: Our first ride took us to the bay at Cala Sant Vincent. It was a ghost town with everything shut until the season started. The seas, which Sally referred to as “a bit choppy” were breaking over the road.

Monday 13th January: Puig de Maria is a hill that was just behind where we stayed. A brisk walk up before breakfast lead to disused buildings (a monastery?) and great views. It’s distinctive volcano shape was a good landmark to know we were nearly home when out cycling.

Tuesday 14th January: Sally dropped me off at Campanet while she went horse riding. I love the climb up to Lluc. Steady gradient but ever changing terrain of valley, gorges, steep hillside, and mountain ridges. Then pretty much all downhill to Pollensa in time for my team meeting and the start of my day working from “home”.

Meanwhile Sally came back from the horse riding to say they had bailed due to heavy rain (I had no rain in the mountains!) which had then stopped as she drove home. Feeling pretty grumpy she decided to ride out to Puerta Pollensa and then maybe a bit of the peninsular Formentor. While I got on with work, I kept track of her on live location. Saw her get to the bay on the south, leeward, side which was the obvious place to turn back from having done a big climb over to get there. Instead I saw her continue over the rest of the climbs all the way to the lighthouse at the end. The northern, windward, side apparently had waves crashing up huge cliffs. I was quite jealous. I did find an opportunity to do the same route myself a few days later.