Facts:

July 14th - Caldas da Rainha to Batalha

Distance - 30.49 miles \ 51.62km

Time - 4:23 (start 10:45am)

Weather - 21c with 14km nw wind

Climbs - 2 class 4, 1 class 5

Difficulty - 3 Moderately hard

Scale:

• 0 = 25 miles around San Francisco with the marin headlands.

• 10 = Next to the last day of a hell week in the military.

Hotel Batalha - 35 euro´s with breakfast. Too tired to search for something else.

Comments:

A.  Sweating out the sick, making three climbs were fairly tough. The winds grind on you and make hard to keep a consistent temperature.  

B. It´s mostly uninspiring rural agricultural land. I wanted to see the interior of Portugal too, so I am happy with the route. Tomorrow, the road turns towards the coast, so this might be the last of redneck land.

C. Batalha (Battle)- There is a wildly spectacular Monastery here.