The next "tour" was the peninsula of Formentor, which consisted of a white-knuckle ride over the mountains to a remote lighthouse at the most northerly point of Mallorca. Carlos spent much of the journey listening to Bev's iPod, and at one point the road was so narrow that Bev and Carlos decided it was safer to walk down than travel in the car - this was absolutely no reflection on Paul's driving, but on the narrowness of the road, the lack of a wall to prevent the car falling off the cliff and the sheer drop on their side of the car. As it happened, Paul had to reverse up the narrow road so that another car could pass - Bev and Carlos would have been gibbering wrecks if they had been in the car at that point!
The views on this road were stunning, and there were plenty of well-placed view-points for Bev and Paul to take photographs of the dramatic scenery. The road finally ran out when it reached the lighthouse, and from there Bev, Paul, Carlos and Bev's mum got amazing views back across the mountains. Paul still had to drive back to Pollensa along the scary road, but he loved every minute of it, and Bev and Carlos managed to cope with the white-knuckle ride without becoming gibbering wrecks, so everyone was happy.
The photographs all show views from the road to Formentor - a good head for heights is required!
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