May
17th,
2018
VERY
hot and sunny, no cloud. Sweltering!
Up
early, I am away and heading through the town for the road downhill.
Finding it eventually, I stop when I realise that the worn back brake
blocks aren't going to do the job. Quickly replacing them I continue
downhill. Suddenly the concrete road turns into an incredibly bumpy
one impossible to cycle on. Mapometer, the website I use for my
routes, had shown a road that went to Ayacucho from Huanta and I was
on it. Unfortunately my lesson for the day is that not every road on
Mapometer is cyclable.
After trying to make some progress for a
couple of miles, I decide that I will return to the same hotel,
service the bike and look for an alternative route. The way back is
of course the opposite to downhill and it seems strange that the
road, if I call this stony, bumpy dirt track a road, is steeper than
what it seemed when going down it.
Hose,
the hotel owner is surprised to see me but my room is ready. I spend
the morning in the large storeroom that has the facsimile Football
World Cup in it, cleaning the bike and changing the brake blocks.
Once more I try to straighten the back wheel will little success. It
is not a major problem but I would like everything as perfect as it
can be on a thirty four year old bike.
Lunch
in the market again from the same lady. She has her four large trays
of different foods in front and I choose, as I did yesterday, a
mixture of pasta, rice and a sort of stew and a chicken leg.
Microwaved for heat I eat it down.
Late afternoon is spent changing my appearance!
Green
Year list : 196 birds average new birds to list per day : 4.17
birds
Distance
walked : 5.32 miles
elevation
: up and down 785 feet,
altitude
: 8,667 feet
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