It's autumn in Spain, we're on the road again

[jumar]

Minus 1....it sure is normally these temperatures would make this Camperstop less attractive...but with the current situation, many folk have no alternative...
Hopefully as the weeks progress we will get chance to explore further afield again into neighbouring regions..until then our home region provides...
Now my bike forks have been sorted, it's good to get some riding done on my #1 bike...yesterday was a good test on its versatility, handling everything in its way..

 

[Helen Ariel]

Eek that is cold! I thought it was cold here in El Chorro. It was about 5 overnight and then lovely yesterday once the sun got up. Probably only 15 though. We did the Caminito del Rey in the morning and had a giggle at some people who arrived off the coach in shorts and t-shirts as the walk deep in the canyon is pretty shady.

Today we are heading across to the Viñuela area to see if we like the area and then will stay a little north of Competa and do a big all day wikilok ride tomorrow. We've not done enough riding on this trip for our liking but we've done a lot of travelling (Morocco not great for riding), scoping out new parts of Spain, some rainy and windy days and had a couple of illnesses to contend with. Hopefully the final few weeks of our trip we can get more rides in.

Enjoy the new bike and try not to break it again

 

[jumar]

Eek that is cold! I thought it was cold here in El Chorro. It was about 5 overnight and then lovely yesterday once the sun got up. Probably only 15 though. We did the Caminito del Rey in the morning and had a giggle at some people who arrived off the coach in shorts and t-shirts as the walk deep in the canyon is pretty shady.

Today we are heading across to the Viñuela area to see if we like the area and then will stay a little north of Competa and do a big all day wikilok ride tomorrow. We've not done enough riding on this trip for our liking but we've done a lot of travelling (Morocco not great for riding), scoping out new parts of Spain, some rainy and windy days and had a couple of illnesses to contend with. Hopefully the final few weeks of our trip we can get more rides in.

Enjoy the new bike and try not to break it again

Me...break a bike...no way, I'm very gentle....actually it arrived with a small oil leak on the forks...so I took them off and they went back to Sram...all FOC of course...these are 900€ forks on a fairly expensive bike...so off they went....which put me back on last year's bike....hard times...but manageable...
Just planned today's route...but don't do all day rides anymore due to...not being able to do all day rides...

 

[jumartoo]

Morocco not great for riding

Ha, another reason not to go. As if I needed any reasons.

I've said before, we loved our Anti Atlas trek, but I'm not tempted to go with the van.

 

[jumartoo]

We were having a very pleasant ride today and we'd just got to a part we know well from orienteering there, when we came to signs and taped off tracks. Today, of all days, the whole of the area was closed to allow hunters to cull the wild boar. We tried to get around the area but we found ourselves, once again walking the bikes down a river and through the bullrushes. Once on an obvious track we stuck to it and eventually exited around the side of a private gate.

We eventually picked up the via verde and had an easy ride back.

The bikes are charged and put away and we've been pondering our next few days. We're thinking that on Monday we can go back homewards and collect Martin's new specs and then carry on to another area. It's a pity the coastal strip is so busy, we'll have to come back inland and even some of the places we'd quite like to visit are full. We'll make a plan eventually.

Last time we rode through there they'd just planted the seeds and some had been washed away. It's looking lush now though.

The bit we pushed through. It was steeper, amd wetter, than it looks.

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