About 🚵♂️ Eric 🚲
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🚵♂️ Eric 🚲 went cycling.
4 days ago
Was going to ride this route on Sunday. But the expected zero degrees temperature and frozen roads, Made me change my mind. The ride started out ok then a hour in it started to rain and never stopped. Feet are very wet now, only so much overshoe covers can prevent 😵💫
02:58
71.7km
24.1km/h
640m
650m
🚵♂️ Eric 🚲 went for a hike.
5 days ago
02:52
1.06km
0.4km/h
40m
30m
🚵♂️ Eric 🚲 went cycling.
6 days ago
Only had time for a quick one today.
01:12
32.4km
27.1km/h
290m
280m
🚵♂️ Eric 🚲 went cycling.
7 days ago
Steady 30 miler with a couple of sprints at the start and end 😁
01:54
48.3km
25.5km/h
420m
420m
🚵♂️ Eric 🚲 went cycling.
December 14, 2025
2nd Sunday in December of climbing lots of hills with gradient from 10% to 17% hard work for these old legs that don't climb 🥵. The elevation too out at just over 1100ft. With 1 climb going from 300ft to 1050ft.
03:32
70.3km
19.9km/h
1,140m
1,130m
🚵♂️ Eric 🚲 went cycling.
December 13, 2025
Trying to be sensible and not race segments as this is a no effort ride
01:36
33.5km
21.0km/h
410m
380m
🚵♂️ Eric 🚲 went for a hike.
December 9, 2025
Shopping in Coimbra because it's too wet for anything else. And I was good too had a salad for lunch 😀
02:12
1.37km
0.6km/h
30m
20m
🚵♂️ Eric 🚲 went cycling.
December 7, 2025
A bit of a hilly one today as I visited Porto de Mos where the Castelo de Porto de Mos is situated.A unique architectural work, the Castle of Porto de Mós has gone through several phases. In its origins, it was a fortress whose main mission was to control and monitor the main roads crossing the Estremenho Limestone Massif, connecting the Middle Tagus and Upper Estremadura regions. The castle with its current layout is attributed to King Sancho I, built in 1200, a time when Muslim incursions into Christian-occupied territory were still occurring. Before this construction, there must have been a smaller Muslim watchtower, which presumably passed into Christian hands in 1147 as part of the conquest from the north, led by King Afonso Henriques. Responding to the need for foundational myths, we find D. Fuas Roupinho, a figure whose identity is divided between myth and reality, but whom the centuries have immortalized as the first mayor of the town in the early years of Christian occupation. The reuse of multiple Roman funerary monuments in the construction suggests that a significant vicus (village) or villa existed in or near the town, taking advantage of the roads that passed through it and its proximity to Collipo (S. Sebastião do Freixo – Batalha). Over the centuries, the castle accumulated military, Gothic, and Renaissance influences. It has a pentagonal plan with reinforcing turrets at the corners and a fifth tower, currently barely perceptible in the built complex. This fifth tower resulted from the improvement works promoted by King Dinis and was intended to provide greater comfort to the fortress, which, along with its town, the king granted to Isabel of Aragon, his wife. The two turrets that make up the main façade are topped by pinnacles, finished in green ceramic, supposedly in connection with the color of Afonso IV, Count of Ourém. On the eve of the Battle of Aljubarrota in 1385, the castle fulfilled its last "military mission." The Portuguese army was quartered here and in the village. Following the battle, King John I donated the County of Porto de Mós to Nuno Álvares Pereira, who, years later, bequeathed it to his grandson, Afonso IV, Count of Ourém. He added comfort, sanitation, and a whole set of decorative details inspired by the emerging Italian Renaissance, giving the fortress the palatial appearance we know today. Abandonment and earthquakes, such as the one in 1755, caused the castle's ruin. Its classification as a National Monument in 1910 and the reconstruction and restoration campaigns from 1936 to 1960 brought the castle back to life. In the 1990s, further intervention provided it with better conditions for visitors. Recently, the monument has been made more accessible.
03:03
60.9km
20.0km/h
1,020m
1,000m
🚵♂️ Eric 🚲 went cycling.
December 5, 2025
55 minute ride in the rain. Took it easy on the wet rods, A bit disappointed that my overshoes let in so much water. Feet were soaked from this short ride🤔
00:55
25.3km
27.4km/h
220m
220m
🚵♂️ Eric 🚲 went cycling.
December 3, 2025
Easy ride around lieria cycle paths
00:26
5.73km
13.1km/h
30m
30m
Looks delicious! 🍻
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