10 May 2024 | cycling, travel, universe
From Jumilla I ride towards the Rio Vínalopó, which I’m going to follow down to the sea. The river is actually completely dry in all the places that I cross it. This morning the sun is shaded by some misty clouds, which is a. welcome change. The way to the river...
09 May 2024 | cycling, travel, universe
Today turns out to be a quite tedious day and almost boring. I’m riding out of the mountains and into a seemingly endless series of hills beyond, a constant up and down and even the flat sections are never really flat. What is soon flat again, though, is my rear...
08 May 2024 | cycling, travel, universe
I ride up the valley of the Rio Gudalimar and after a few kilometres I find a phone on the side of the road. The display is broken, but it’s still working and so I take a small detour to Siles to drop it of at the local police station. That done, I tackle the...
07 May 2024 | cycling, travel, universe
The morning starts out bitter cold in the valley at the foot of the Sierra de Segura, the next mountain range that I’m going to tackle. As the sun slowly creeps over the mountain tops to the east, I enjoy every ray that manages to hit the road. Soon the uphill...
07 May 2024 | cycling, travel, universe
I start off late on my 700 m climb up the rest of the Sierra de Baza. The sun isn’t shining for once and I can see rain in the distance. Progress on the uphill is slow, at first just because I’m still warming up then because the asphalt turns to bumpy...
