14 October 2019: Campillos to Ronda (36 miles-423 total)


John checked the weather report, saw rain in the forecast, and said it messed with his sleep. He feared rain in torrents. I asked if he was looking at probabilities of rain, and he was not sure how to read the Spanish weather site. It turned out to be a good-riding day with a few light showers, mist, clouds, and mostly head winds. We donned rain gear a few times, but not a real issue.

We stopped on the way out of town for a pastry, coffee, and then perhaps 20 miles until lunch for some and breakfast for others. Ronda is a good sized town with confusing streets, but we found our lodging, a bike shop to repair Michael's rented bike, (poorly built back wheel, broken spoke and uneven tension on the spokes), put a load in to wash, and then shopped for dinner. I assisted Chef Michael, preparing a large salad and pasta with meat balls. 

Tomorrow we plan to tour Ronda and are considering extending our stay another day from 2 to 3 nights. Not sure if the apartment is available, so I have emailed the owner. 

Campilos Church.

Campilos Ramblas, here and below. Quite busy on a Sunday evening with numerous children playing outside at 10 pm.


Toilet signs are interesting and varied.

Chestnuts roasting in a cement-lined beer keg.

Amazing how far one can ride on a chocolate croissant, coffee, and a little excess belly fat.

Bike Friday with trailer.

Nice early morning rainbow

 Just another hilltop castle ruin.


Dog of the Day

Lourdes, our next-door neighbor host. She takes care of the property and check-in for the owner.

My attempt for a variant on the Beatles Abby Road Album Cover.

The Templete de la Virgen de los Dolores de Ronda (province of Malaga, Spain), is a construction of the period of Ferdinand VI, in the year 1734. It is located in the Mercadillo neighborhood, attached to the houses of the street of the same name .

The chapel has a rectangular shape, with a cover to three waters of Moorish tiles and adorned with rockeries and vegetable stems, which wrap paintings of the evangelists.

In the front, a kind of balcony shelters an altar in carved wood welcoming the image of the Virgen de los Dolores. To the sides of this one are located the shields of the Catholic Monarchs and King Felipe V.

To distinguish are the two Ionic pillars with four anthropomorphic silhouettes that seem to flow from some pods and are held around the neck by ropes. Two of them symbolize fallen angels, the other two are perfectly distinguished subjects. These figures clearly belong to the Mannerist spirit of the 18th century.

According to tradition, the Templete rose in the place where those sentenced to death begged their last prayers before being executed in the next square in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This fact and the silhouettes tied to the neck by the ropes, attribute to this construction the name of El Templete de los Ahorcados.





Ceiling of the dome they are walking beneath.

School's out.

Courtyard to our Ronda apartment. Everyone seems to love the location and facilities.

Entry. They turn on the fountains and flowing water in the evening.

At the top of the external patio. We have a nice private patio in back as well, equipped with an outside washing machine, BBQ, clothes line, and dining table.

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  1. CaleighOctober 15, 2019 at 6:37 AM

    Looks awesome Larry! I especially liked the dog of the day that looked like Fiona!

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