La Vuelta

La Vuelta de España is an international cycle race which goes all over Spain. Today it finished a stage in Jaca. The cyclists and their entourage started out this morning in Tarazona, 170 kms away. We watched their approach to Jaca on TV and only went outside to the barriers in timeto see them pass for the final 6-minute climb to Rapitan Fort. Actually, waiting outside was fun, with neighbours dashing in and out to update on the peloton's progress. There was Antonio of the big green hand:

Benito, who didn't have his big poster to advertise his restaurant La Abuela 2, so I said I'd put his photo in the t-shirt on Facebook.

Support vans, cars, a squadron of Civil Guards on motorbikes and some in vans (who gave themselves frights on the speed bumps), ambulances and Red Cross, photographers, official merchandise vans.....and cyclists:

Whoops!

It takes 45-60 minutes to walk up to the fort from our house. The cyclists did it in about six minutes, average temperature today about 34º C.