Majorca 5: Food and Swimming

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 farmers’ shop. We took it in turns cooking meals, ever more competitive. Leftover day was fantastic.

I managed another quick, before work, ride out to the Formentor peninsular. This time not going to the end but instead, at the top of the first big hill, turning off to climb further to a lookout tower.

View from the top of a tower above Puerta Pollensa. Looking towards Cap de Formentor.

Our final bike ride was to the Llevant peninsular. We rode the first bit (the stick of the lollipop on the map), hid our bikes, then trekked down to the sea. The warmest day we’d had all week and we hadn’t brought our swimmers. Fortunately it was deserted. We trekked back up, recover bikes, and into Artà for a drink with Sally’s friend Eddy.

Bike, hike, swim, hike, bike
Skinny dipping

On our last day we had time to visit the Alcudia peninsular where we found a desert island. It had very sharp rocks, was very small, and probably wouldn’t have supported us for long. Fortunately we had brought sandwiches.

On the last morning we swam to a desert island
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