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28-Feb-2017 -- This is the last out of six reports reaching confluence points during a bicycle trip from Lisbon to Ciudad Real. The story starts at 39°N 9°W and continues from 39°N 5°W.

After spending the night in the village Abenójar, I started my last leg of this trip. Actually, I didn’t intend to visit this confluence point, because I had visited it already 8 years ago in 2009. But it was so conveniently located on my way to Ciudad Real that I could not refrain from visiting it. Not much has changed since then. It is still quite a desolate place with ruins in 80 m distance. The nearby farm house gave me also an impression of desertion.

The confluence is located 6 km north-west of the city Ciudad Real and can be easily reached on minor roads. The exact location is right in the middle of an access track to a farmhouse.

I cycled through the old town of Ciudad Real and then to the train station. Actually, I intended to take the famous high-speed train to Madrid where I had my flight back home to Zurich in the evening. But the conductor wouldn’t let me take the high-speed train with my bicycle (even though I was able to put it in a bicycle-bag). Luckily enough, I had enough time to take the slow train, which took 3 hours instead of 53 minutes.

From Madrid Atocha Railway Station I cycled to the airport (which is not recommendable) and wrapped my bicycle into plastic sheets for save transportation in the plane. My bicycle and me – we reached Zurich safely at 11 PM.

CP Visit Details:

• Distance to a road: 500 m
• Distance to a track: 0 m
• Distance of bicycle parking: 80 m
• Time to reach the CP from the track: 0 minutes
• Time at the CP: 9:50 AM
• Measured height: 612 m
• Minimal distance according to GPS: 0 m
• Position accuracy: 2 m
• Topography: slightly hilly
• Vegetation: Bushes, trees
• Weather: overcast, 8° C (felt temperature)
• Given Name: The Still Desolate Confluence

The story finishes here.