Monday 7th - driving up the east coast

Another lovely morning and we had decided to drive some way up the east coast and then back through the mountains. There was some cloud over the eastern coast but we were unprepared for the scenes that greeted us as we crossed the first mountains and arrived at the coast!

At times we were going in and out of the cloud but luckily it was never a problem for visibility. We stopped for a coffee at a viewpoint cafe and the views out to sea were quite incredible. Basically it was a sea of cloud and the Mediterranean itself was totally invisible!

After a brief stop we carried on north along the coast. The road was very windy and whilst not difficult it was quite hard work. At Banyalbufar we decided to head inland and return to Peguara via the inland route through the mountains. It was absolutely spectacular and the road was very narrow in places with some of the tightest hairpins I have every encountered! 

Very lovely but we were ready for a pit stop and found an excellent small restaurant at Galilea where initially, we were the only customers. However, shortly afterwards we were joined by two groups of cyclists of which there are literally thousand cycling around Majorca at this time of year. Mainly Germans, they did not seem to have any concern about tackling some of the steepest and most precipitous roads you could encounter anywhere!

Back then to Peguara and another swim at our delightful beach which is absolutely on our doorstep. I can't pretend that the water was warm but after the first few seconds it really did feel great and the water is some of the clearest we have encountered. At this time of year it's difficult to envisage Majorca with the infamous boisterous crowds.