Day thirty five

I left the excellent B&B hotel in Castellón at 10:00 this morning and headed for Valencia. Initially it was easy going until around midday when a headwind made itself known. What was otherwise a fairly easy and straight forward route seemed to drag on but I finally reached Valencia by early evening and found a campsite.

After two days travel, mostly without using a GPS navigation app., I had returned to using Maps.me to guide me to Valencia. It redeemed itself for the most part, though it did give me a few anxious moments, once taking me through roadworks that looked suspect.

It was a nightmare trying to get the tent pegs in again this evening but I borrowed a hammer from reception which promptly bent half the pegs. However this campsite was not for tents and they had made an exception for me so I can't complain. My Italian and Dutch neighbours came to the rescue with a pasta dish and beers. 

Tomorrow I will have to decide which route to take next. I am told there are some beautiful places around here, not to mention Valencia itself. I am still very torn as to which route to take as in the end it's swings and roundabouts.

On the way to the local supermercado this evening I noticed my rear tyre had deflated. It was not completely flat but almost. I could see no puncture damage and pumped the tyre up again. The pressure held so it would seem the self sealing puncture fluid had done its job. I will only know how well for sure tomorrow after pumping it back up to its full pressure. A puncture may well delay my start tomorrow.