Day 3 and 4 took us from Monachil to Almunacar and back over the Sierras de Tejeda. We set off from Monachil fairly early to tackle the rolling climb up over the Sierras de Tejeda. The first 15km or so are through the suburbs of Granada through what once must have been small villages –…
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Big ride out on day 2 combing our day 2 ride up to the Pico de Veleta with our day 3 ride to Guejar Sierra. The morning was fresh as we started off a little later than planned for the local bike shop Sierre Nevada Bikes to get myself a new chain for my PROMPT D211…
Today’s ride was a 91 km ride from our base in Monachil to La Peza over the Puerto de Los Blancaros. This forms day 1 of our Tour of Andalucia holiday in March. The temperature hit an amazing 21 degrees centigrade on the steady climb up to just under 1300 metres above sea level and…
On another beautiful day here in Sierra Nevada southern spain i took the road to the sleepy village of La Peza over the 1297m Puerto de Los Blancares. This is an out and back route covering some 60 km with a 20 km climb through the valley to the summit of the Puerto de Los…
Rode the Pico de Veleta today from Monachil. The climb starts directly outside Monachil through some fairly steep swithbacks. After a while the road flattens out for a while before dropping down and climbing steadily up to 2500 metres. The road continues on further than this but at this time of year its a ski…
Well with temperatures rocketing to 6 degrees centigrade in the vallee on new years day I tackled the Alpe d’Huez climb for the 31st consecutive month. Helen met me at the top and we stayed up there for a few more hours to go skiing. I have also booked my flight tickets to Andalucia Spain for…
Yes we know 2010 has barely started but we have just made available our spring cycling holiday in Southern Spain. Based in Monachil in the heart of the Sierra Nevada National Park you get a weeks worth of big col riding with a guide, accommodation, breakfast and evening meals. More details can be found on the website.…