26 Apr 2024 | cycling, travel, universe
The plan: two weeks of cycling in southern Spain. Faro, Sevilla, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Ronda, Granada, Alicante Let’s see how the weather agrees with the plan.
19 May 2023 | cycling, travel, universe
I start out around eight and the first couple of kilometres are uneventful. The weather is better than expected with the sun even showing its face now and then. In Marcumere, a military garrison town, I quickly stop for snacks and then continue north-east. The hills...
18 May 2023 | cycling, travel, universe
Riding out of Cagliari is fast, even in the morning rush hour and the first few kilometres on mostly flat roads fly by quickly. The sky is cloudy and it’s perfect cycling weather as I pass an old necropolis (really just some holes in the rock) and a thousand...
17 May 2023 | cycling, travel, universe
The day starts windy with the Mistral blowing the clouds through the sky faster than they can start raining. Unfortunately it’s blowing from the side most of the time, especially hard to ride on the fast road downhills in the morning. The tiny roads are empty,...
16 May 2023 | cycling, travel, universe
I start into a clear and crisp morning with a great view on the Perda Liana mountaintop. As I pass by, I stop and take the quick hike up to the base of the magnificent cliff. I continue and visit a 12th century castle ruin on the way. Going off-road again for a bit, I...
15 May 2023 | cycling, travel, universe
Birds wake me before sunrise and I start out at 7.30 down to Oliena/Uliana. I buy some water and start up what must be one of the steepest roads in Sardinia up to Monte Maccione. Almost 200 m ascent in roughly 1.5 km over 20 curves on rough cement. Yay! At the top...