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Just back from 4 1/2 days of riding out of Orgiva. Fly to Malaga, 1hr45 transfer to a town that's basically houses all the central administration functions for the region. And many bars 🙂 Been here before in 2013, one of the great routes has been lost to fire/flooding, but we still had nearly five days riding dusty, rocky singletrack with superb views and virtually no people. If I was single, I'd be booking again to go in Feb!
Singletrack about Capieira
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On the GR7 from Canar
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Hunters trail above Orgiva (fav trail of the week)
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Below the silt dam. Got quite a lot narrower than that
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One of a thousand hairpins
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Rocky
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Ridge above Orgiva
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Dicking about 😉
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Lots of this
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And this
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Not the only bar we saw 😉
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And that bike was brilliant
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Quite a few more here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alexleigh/albums/72157661868800272
We booked (for a second time) with David from http://bikingandalucia.com. Brilliant value, nice rustic accommodation (with free beer) and good guiding. Definitely recommended.
Damn you and your Flikr updates ! How much climbing per day ?
It wasn't mad to be fair. Quite short days. Cold in the morning and cold by 4:30pm. And we always wanted a post ride beer in the sunshine. WE did 1000m+ on a couple of days but not much more. Had two uplifts as well so last day was 400m of climbing and 1450m of descending. That was a good day 🙂
I don't think I've seen the sun since I got back 5 days ago! Having sat on the M42 this morning for an hour, and then on a broken train outside a rainy Coventry station, I'm already fantasying about going back. I cheered myself up last night by eating an olive 😉