Only did around 35miles today, but with about 1500m of climbing. Legs felt a little tired at the start, but I paced myself up the first few miles of climbs and felt better later on.
I did an anti-clockwise loop to almost the same place as the ‘short-cut’ I did yesterday. Just short of that point I took another steep little climb directly into Kithikas, slightly steeper and higher than yesterday, to the point where the 39-25 was beginning to become a struggle.
Just outside Kithikas I spotted a sign for a donkey and bird sanctuary, odd combination.
As a descent back towards Paphos I took the Pegeia road which I had come up yesterday. This proved not to be as good a descent as it was a climb, since I ended up stuck behind traffic going down the little narrow streets.
I climbed back up through the Orange plantations again, this time feeling slightly faster than yesterday. It is a harder climb than I had first appreciated, and continues for almost three miles before you get to the last half mile which is a lot steeper.
Not bad for an easy day.
