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Chapter 22: Bikepacking the Altravesur-La Calahorra to the Sierra de Baza
Next up, crossing the Marquesado Plateau between La Calahorra and the Sierra de Baza. I wasn’t looking forward to this leg, I’d thought it w

Angela Hart
Jul 27, 20198 min read
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Chapter 21: Bikepacking the Altravesur-Bayarcal to La Calahorra
went to dab with my right foot, but nothing was there, it was a twenty foot drop down to a barranco. Me and Bay fell sideways down the

Angela Hart
Jul 25, 20197 min read
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Chapter 20: Bikepacking the Altravesur-Alcutar to above Bayarcal in the Sierra Nevada
The days off also gave me time to do shopping and prepare myself mentally for the return to being alone in the mountains. I was enjoying my

Angela Hart
Jul 24, 201912 min read
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Chapter 19: Bikepacking the Altravesur-Trevelez detouring to Alcutar
The terrain varied from very rocky and steep, to meadow with grazing cattle, to mountain springs wetting the soil making it a slippery uphil

Angela Hart
May 27, 20197 min read
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Chapter 18: Bikepacking the Altravesur-Pampaneira to Trevelez
Flies! Flies had been a problem the last few days when travelling slowly. They would congregate around my sweaty head and face, eventually y

Angela Hart
May 26, 201912 min read
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Chapter 17: Bikepacking the Altravesur-Niguelas to Pampaneira
So I’d ridden/pushed-up the mountain visible from Nigϋelas, to 1200 metres then along the ridgeline of the higher peak behind it to around 1

Angela Hart
May 26, 201910 min read
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Chapter 16: Bikepacking the Altravesur-Albunuelas to Niguelas
Nigϋelas is perched on the very edge of a ravine, it looks like some of the houses will fall off one day! And the views had improved with mo

Angela Hart
May 26, 20198 min read
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Chapter Two - Helpx at Cortijo Los Plumas in the Alpujarras
Walking down the rambla, with the stream, the varied flora and fauna and rugged mountains either side, was always interesting, I never grew

Angela Hart
Sep 4, 20185 min read
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Chapter One - Helpx at Cortijo Los Plumas in the Alpujarras
The annual Formula One shutdown is a two-week closure for all teams, where no work, regarding the cars, can be carried out. Currently I’m on

Angela Hart
Aug 25, 20186 min read
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The Alpujarras region of Andalucia, Spain
Geologically, I find these mountains very interesting even beguiling, the uplift caused by the African tectonic plate pushing into the Euras

Angela Hart
Aug 22, 20185 min read
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