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Day 10: Cádiz to Ronda, 2 July 2025
Photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
Roy and Rachel Stephenson, 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera
Ean and Alison Lewin, 1973 Ford Escort RS1600
Christian and Rita Dillier, 1930 Chrysler 70 Roadster
Ivan Mans and Archana Roosen, 1971 Aston Martin DBR2
The re-route gifted the crews an extra few minutes for
lunch at the Time Control in Jimena de la Frontera, an
oasis of calm and cool after a hectic morning. In the shady
Cuenca restaurant they enjoyed a steady stream of local
delicacies, followed by lemon mousse and coffee.
Soon their due time came around and, one by one, the crews
made their way to the second Regularity to El Colmenar.
Another memorable section that climbed through a dense
forest of cork oaks on a ribbon of freshly laid tarmac before
the rally popped out below the Sierra de los Pinos.
With the bit well and truly between their teeth, and the
day’s end in sight, the crews then turned their attention
to the third and final Regularity from Atajate, before
powering on to the night halt at the Parador in Ronda,
a town favoured, and perhaps made famous by, Ernest
Hemingway and Orson Welles. Sat above the El Tajo gorge
and the Guadalevín River, the two halves of this ancient
town are linked by three bridges, the most modern the
18th-century Puente Nuevo linking the 15th-century new
town to its old Moorish neighbour.
No rally dinner was planned this evening, but the crews
enjoyed a canapé and drinks reception at the Parador
before sallying forth into the town to see what was on the
menu in one of the many fine eating establishments.
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