Cycling Heaven...a week on the bike in Mallorca
It's late September, just after 10am and heading towards 27c. The sky is bright blue with a few clouds dotted here and there We are coasting along a road seemingly empty of traffic aside from our bikes. Fields move past us on both sides, vines and olive trees in perfectly straight lines disappear off into the distance. The faint sound of clanging bells can just be heard over the whirr of our chains as grazing sheep in the nearby fields move around to find the best food. We can only be in one place...Mallorca. Cycling heaven. I'm here for a week with a fellow cycling mate. This is our 4th consecutive year here, riding some of the best roads you can cycle on, in pretty much perfect weather. We have come, as on our previous trips, with Jet2 holidays, bringing our own bikes. My mate has his own bike box whereas I hire one for the trip (more on that later). We always stay in Puerto Pollenca at the Puerto Azul Suite Hotel ( Click here to see...