From Calzedilla de Los Barros to La Algaba (77 miles)
Another hot day (no shock there) but a fairly easy cycle to Santa Olalla del Cala where we Had a load of freshly made Churros...nobody was convinced at this new addition to the cycling diet so we've decided to stick to melted mars bars and the odd squashed cereal bars.
Soon after leaving Santa Olalla one of the spokes on my back tyre snapped so we stopped to assess the damage. As we finally gave up trying to repair the spoke a groups of 20 - 30 bikers pulled up and instantly got to work on the tyre...removing the spoke and providing tunes from a ghetto blaster on the back of one of the bikes. They disappeared as soon as they arrived and we got back on the road as if nothing had happened. Great bunch of guys. We got a photo with them so hope we can retrieve that one from the camera which is playing up a bit still.
By lunchtime the heat was enough to make us stop at El Ranquillo for food and a siesta. Once lunch was scranned we all instantly passed out where we sat, waking up half an hour later to a lot of strange looks from the locals and a dog finishing off the little that remained of lunch.
A belting headwind slowed our progress to La Algaba to the north of Seville but we eventually descended to our campsite with clear views for much of the way of the solar power towers just outside the city.
We had an ice cream and a beer in La Algaba before finding our worst campsite yet. Matty waded into a field only to find his legs were covered in hundreds of sticky seeds, even managing to get a few on his chest. That's some dedication to finding a camping spot! Attempts at washing in the nearby river ended up with everyone returning more dirty than when we had left and towels covered in even more sticky seeds which we're still picking off four days later :-(
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