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Chapter 13: Bikepacking the Altravesur-Villanueve de Cauche to Valdeiglesias
From the hamlet of Villanueva de Cauche the Altravesur had a long ride on a surfaced road, first across agricultural plains with some escarp

Angela Hart
May 22, 20198 min read
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Chapter 12: Bikepacking the Altravesur-Abdalajis to Villanueva de Cauche
At 10pm I was so happy when the wind stopped, completely, not even a breeze, only for it to start again with a vengeance at 11pm. I’m guessi

Angela Hart
May 21, 20196 min read
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Chapter 11: Bikepacking the Altravesur-Ardales to Valle de Abdalajis
There was a fence to my right, the chalky roadway, then an embankment up to vegetation and the mountain to my left. So I could only go forwa

Angela Hart
May 16, 201912 min read
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Chapter 10: Bikepacking the Altravesur-El Burgo to Ardales
Eventually came a fantastic decent for several kilometres, with wonderful mountain views in all directions. I raced down this twisty steep r

Angela Hart
May 7, 20193 min read
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Chapter 9: Bikepacking the Altravesur-Ronda to El Burgo
Pepe is my hero, he ran down and pushed my bike up the last bit of the hill. I all but collapsed at the top, where is girlfriend, Inma and h

Angela Hart
May 4, 20198 min read
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Chapter 8: Bikepacking the Altravesur-Ubrique to Ronda
Up high in the town is the start of the route I needed, which turned out to be an old Roman road. The theme was kind of cobbled, but the cob

Angela Hart
Apr 16, 201912 min read
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Chapter 7: Bikepacking the Altravesur - Jimena to Ubrique
Just after the Malaga Province signpost I noticed a turning off-road, onto the Altravesur route, so I took it. If it was too muddy, I could

Angela Hart
Apr 15, 20199 min read
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Chapter 6-Bikepacking the Altravesur-Los Barrios to Jimena de la Frontera
I could see the top, there was a castle right on the very top of the hill. Just before the castle I came to the start of a village

Angela Hart
Apr 10, 201910 min read
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Chapter 5-Bikepacking the Altravesur-Barbate to Los Barrios
You can see the YouTube of this section here If you have to be stuck somewhere for a week, Barbate isn't a bad place to be. I spent my...

Angela Hart
Apr 7, 20199 min read
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Chapter 4-Bikepacking the Altravesur-Zahora to Barbate
You can see the YouTube of this section here My destination on this Sunday morning was Barbate. When I checked out, the lady on the...

Angela Hart
Apr 5, 20195 min read
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Chapter 3-Bikepacking the Altravesur-Conil to Zahora
You can see the YouTube of this section here After 2 nights and a zero day, I left the Rosaleda campground on the Saturday morning...

Angela Hart
Apr 4, 20195 min read
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Chapter 2-Bikepacking the Altravesur-San Fernando to Conil
You can see my YouTube of this section here Cycling out of Calle Real, San Fernando, my destination was Chiclana de la Frontera. Once out...

Angela Hart
Apr 2, 20195 min read
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Long time, No blog
I have done nothing of note since my time in Spain last August, that being the last time I rode my bike too. So, I've had nothing to...

Angela Hart
Mar 27, 20197 min read
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