I was feeling the 7 beers from the night before but at least I slept until well after sunrise. I was not hot so there was not rush to get on the road. It worked out well as I was passing through Frailes just in time for lunch at 2pm. I will have to see we can time that for future rides.
I headed East out of town and stopped for a coffee in Santa Ana. They make pretty good coffee.
Soon I was off the two lane road and on a single lane and the start of the climb. When I reach the top I thought I should finally check out the town that was obscured by the top of mountain: Hoya del Salobral. The first time I rode here huge number of people were driving up there for a festival. I also knew there was a restaurant at the top: Restaurante Mirador de la Morenita. The thing that had detered me before was it was a lot more up. As you follow the signs for the restaurant you go counter clockwise around the mountain. There are a few houses there but then nothing but view of the road I came up on. Another sign for the restaurant pointed up a steep dirt road which was too loose to ride up and I had to walk. Still not a lot of town around. Then all by itself was the restaurant and it did have a nice view. Naturally, not open but it looked nice. We probably need reservations.
Below was a church - Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza - and some buildings. I had to walk the dirt portion but most of the way was concrete but very steep. I checked out the church - did a drive by. I think the town is famous for some healer or something. The house of local healer 'Santo Custodio' is now a small museum.
Soon I was back the the start of the mountain top loop and ended my detour. After a tiny bit more of uphill I had a 10km downhill with some really, really steep parts. Since the road is narrow and windy you have to brake a lot.
As I rolled through the town of Frailes I noticed a restaurant with a lot of cars parked in front. I went in and had a very good menu del dia for 11. I will certainly try to time a 2pm passthrough of Frailes from now on. This was simply not possible in the summer. Noon is a bad time to be on the bike.
I made a trip out for a desperately needed coffee and to buy some chain lube. I was trying to confirm with the bike guy, Nono, that Alpha's bike reservation was all set up. All I managed to do was confused the hell of him.
The rest of the day was spent around the house. The big project was using hot glue to run my ethernet cable from upstairs to downstairs. It worked really well and removing a tripping hazard from the stairs is always a good thing.
First thing tomorrow I pick up Amazon deliveries at the Correos.
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