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[Closed] Is Lagos, Portugal a good place to try and be a bike bum for a while?

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It's nearly June and I'm cold, I've got the heating on AGAIN!
I've been cold for 9 months now.
I'm currently jobless, fed up and toying with the idea of selling my possessions and bogging off somewhere where I can ride my bike and be warm for a while.
I like riding downhill, jumpy stuff but happy to just ride my bike.
I'll hopefully be able to somehow muster up about £1000.
Would Lagos be a cheapish place to exist for a couple of months? (Preferably longer)
My only requirements are reasonably priced food, good trails and warmth. I'm happy to live in a tent.
If I can get some sort of work to extend my stay then that's a bonus.
Any other suggestions gratefully received.


 
Posted : 24/05/2013 7:23 pm
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Aye.


 
Posted : 24/05/2013 7:43 pm
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Andalucia/Murcia. Cheap, good riding, nice food, pretty cheap.


 
Posted : 24/05/2013 7:45 pm
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Hi Mackem. I've been to Andalucia/Murcia in my pre-biking days (2002)
Is the riding easy to be found? Or do you need guiding?


 
Posted : 24/05/2013 8:56 pm
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For andalucia there are printed guides available. Bikefax do a good one. For Murcia, head for the sierra de espuma. Lots of signs and great riding.


 
Posted : 24/05/2013 9:02 pm
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It wouldn't be my first choice.

Finale could be good, there is a free campsite apparently and riding all round. The tet valley in the pyranees orientale would be good as well, there is loads of trails and i reckon you could wild camp pretty easily. Lagos will be hot and the best riding is some way from the town.


 
Posted : 24/05/2013 9:29 pm
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This thread could have been posted by me as I'm in a very similar position. I lost my job and moved back in with my parents which has been a total nightmare. I'm currently selling everything I own that isn't essential to a European road trip. I have a few quid in the bank, a van, a tent, two bikes and a camera. In two and a half weeks time I'm getting the ferry over to Amsterdam and heading down to Italy for the world cup and then...well, who knows. Wandering and job hunting. I just hope I find a job before I eat and drink my way through my meagre savings. I never, ever want to come back here with my tail between my legs ever again. This last year has been my most depressing ever, topped off with the most relentless winter I can ever remember.


 
Posted : 24/05/2013 9:35 pm

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