Random thoughts while cleaning up and putting the bike on the trainer.
- It's only rain. It's really not that big a deal. Some poor 22-year-old Belgian cyclist died in his sleep yesterday in the early morning. He'd been riding the Tour de Qatar, went to bed and never got up again. Things must be kept in perspective.
- A year ago, Kirsty and I almost got attacked by a turkey and got nailed by sunstroke on the Ruta del Quijote near Alcázar de San Juan. How can it be that last winter was so amazing, and this winter sucks?
- It's rain. At least it makes it easier to wipe the bike clean of crap and dust and stuff.
Crap and dust and stuff. Amazing how such general, vague language can generate such strong mental images.
Right: 90 minutes of riding with 15-second sprints.
No train is in Vain
On the way to the Trans-Andalucian Adventure, March 2007
forget anything?
Ricky Casados sets out from Madrid on his Camino de Santiago trip. I'm not sure if he remembered where he put the toilet paper....
Biking in Galicia, August 2004
Just outside of the town of Xuño...bikes with a hórreo (grain bunker)
less than an hour from madrid!
Claire, Tom and one of The Brothers enjoy a spin on a secondary road in the Alcarria region of Guadalajara
show me the way!
Shells and yellow arrows are traditional symbols of the Camino; this Galician homeowner combined both....
Room for a View
Taking a gander from one of the many bridges on Jaén's Vía Verde de la Sierra
About SPANISH CYCLEPATHS
- Dawn Sev
- Madrid, Spain
- Originally perceived as a blog to help cycle tourists manage and organize trips around spain, this blog has gone seriously off the rails in the past year, as its creator has entered into the full throes of a midlife crisis, invested in a Specialized Ruby, and is learning, one fall at a time, how to try to be good at a sport and not die in the process. Bear with me. Both cycling and writer are works in process, and the result ain't always pretty.
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