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A Rest Day in the Hills

Day three in the Algarve: a hot "rest day" loop from Silves through Algoz, Paderne and Loulé, up into the hills above Querença and back via Alte, finishing at the Arade Dam. Read the ride.

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A Rest Day in the Hills

Rider's-eye view of an empty, sunlit country road lined with telegraph poles just outside Silves

Heading out of Silves

Looking along a single railway track from a level crossing on the way to Loulé, with signals and white buildings in the distance

Over the railway near Loulé

A small blue three-wheeled van painted as an advert for Vinyl Boutique Records, parked by a domed white building in Loulé

Records on wheels, Loulé

Metal statues of racing cyclists, one with arms raised in victory, on a cobbled roundabout in Loulé

Cycling statues on a Loulé roundabout

Loulé castle

Rusty chainsaw chains and guide bars, with a few wheel rims and coils of cable, hung on the wall of a weathered workshop on the road to Alte

Rusty chainsaw chains on the road to Alte

A road bike parked beside the terrace of a white café in Alte, with another bike mounted on the wall above the parasols

Bike café stop in Alte

Inside the Germano biciArte Café

The Arade reservoir glinting under a low sun, seen from the hillside road through scrub and trees

The cherry on the cake: the Arade Dam

The rider's long shadow on the tarmac below a dry, scrubby hillside near the Arade Dam

Shadow selfie below the dam

Low evening sun over a blue-railed bridge and a water channel on the edge of Silves, with the rider’s shadow on the road

Nearly home

A Rest Day in the Hills

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