Monday - even more miles

Firstly I have to start with an apology.  In the rant post I referred to Eunice's chuntering as being much worse than tweeble chuntering.  I have been asked to point out, quite forcibly I might add, that Eunice does not chunter. Not now, not ever.  Who am I to argue ...

Ok back to today.

No problem with the clocks today and we were both up at the crack of dawn - well 8am anyway, no point in getting up any earlier as breakfast isn't available before 8:30.

Iglesia de San Pedro

After breakfast it was down to Tourist Information for maps and bus timetables and a walk up to Estacion to catch a bus to St Pedro.

Fountain in Church Square,
St Pedro

There isn't too much to see in St Pedro, but it was really meant to be a dropping off point for our walk today, an 11km stroll which can be made completely along the sea front, which over the last few years has been upgraded to a promenade quality that can accept cycles, except for only one short (70metres or so) section which diverts onto the beach.

Fountain on Avenida de Mar Mediterraneo
St Pedro

A couple of senior moments could have spoilt the day.

Firstly I forgot to charge up the gps which I use to record our walks (no point in doing long - ok Lou, longish - walks, if you can't brag about them later). 

Secondly I forgot the spare camera battery which left me very short of power for taking today's pics.

New Promenade, St Pedro

However, I do have Strava loaded on my phone which can do the walk recording without the need to have (very expensive) phone data turned on, and although my phone was showing only 37% battery left when we set out, it managed with loads to spare.  First problem solved.

The lack of camera battery wasn't such an issue, as we'd covered about two thirds of this walk (from Puerto Benus to Marbella) last year and taken photos along the way, but I did manage the few shown here from the St Pedro end so you won't miss out.

I should point out that I've scaled the pictures here to try and get the formatting better (and failed I'm afraid), but you should be able to get a larger size by double clicking on one of them.

I hear you're having a bit of a rough time with the weather at the moment, but it's been absolutely glorious here today. As you can see from the photos we've had clear blue skies, 23degC with only a slight breeze.The sea has been very calm, but visibility on the horizon was strangely pretty poor as you may just be able to make out in this photo.  Our lunch and tea (sorry dinner) were both taken al fresco, although the latter did benefit from a little added heat in the form of the odd gas burner or two.  Nonetheless, very pleasant.




As an aside, we came across this weird bridge which runs alongside main road through St Pedro, not only does it not seem to serve any purpose, but it has a very unique shape.  Is it by design, or did they forget to take the heat into account and anded up with a very buckled deck - who knows....


Today's walk is shown below.  9.1 miles plus our 1.1mile walk up to the bus station makes for a decent day's exercise.  And the 1000 calories burnt makes up for the ice creams we had in Puerto Banus.