Mirador Andalusia

Mirador AndalusiaA Cape to Cape Traverse by Bike

Walter van Rijn

Mirador AndalusiaA Cape to Cape Traverse by Bike

6 days cycling from Cabo de Gata to Cape Trafalgar

©2016 Walter van Rijn

Mirador between Las Negras & Alhama de Almeria

Mirador between Las Negras & Alhama de Almeria

Mirador between Las Negras & Alhama de Almeria

Mirador between Las Negras & Alhama de Almeria

Mirador between Las Negras & Alhama de Almeria

Mirador between Las Negras & Alhama de Almeria

Mirador between Las Negras & Alhama de Almeria

Mirador between Las Negras & Alhama de Almeria

Mirador between Las Negras & Alhama de Almeria

Mirador between Las Negras & Alhama de Almeria

Mirador between Alhama de Almeria & Pampaniera

Mirador between Alhama de Almeria & Pampaniera

Mirador between Alhama de Almeria & Pampaniera

Mirador between Alhama de Almeria & Pampaniera

Mirador between Alhama de Almeria & Pampaniera

Mirador between Alhama de Almeria & Pampaniera

Mirador between Alhama de Almeria & Pampaniera

Mirador between Alhama de Almeria & Pampaniera

Mirador between Alhama de Almeria & Pampaniera

Mirador between Alhama de Almeria & Pampaniera

Mirador between Pampaneira & Alhama de Granada

Mirador between Alhama de Granada & El Chorro

Mirador between El Chorro & Grazalema

Mirador between El Chorro & Grazalema

Mirador between El Chorro & Grazalema

Mirador between Grazalema & Cape Trafalgar

Mirador between Grazalema & Cape Trafalgar

Mirador between Grazalema & Cape Trafalgar

Mirador between Grazalema & Cape Trafalgar

Mirador between Grazalema & Cape Trafalgar

Mirador between Grazalema & Cape Trafalgar

Mirador between Grazalema & Cape Trafalgar

Mirador between Grazalema & Cape Trafalgar

Mirador between Grazalema & Cape Trafalgar

Mirador between Grazalema & Cape Trafalgar

Mirador between Grazalema & Cape Trafalgar

Mirador between Grazalema & Cape Trafalgar

Mirador between Cape Trafalgar & Gibraltar

Mirador between Cape Trafalgar & Gibraltar

Mirador between Cape Trafalgar & Gibraltar

Mirador Andalusia

A Cape to Cape Traverse by Bike

6 days of cycling from Cabo de Gata to Cape Trafalgar in April 2016.

10 April: Las Negras - Alhama de Almeria 68 Miles / 110 Kms Approx. 1,650 Metres / 5,420 Feet Approx.

11 April: Alhama de Almeria - Pampaniera 70 Miles / 112 Kms Approx. 2,590 Metres / 8,500 Feet Approx.

12 April: Pampaneira - Alhama de Granada 77 Miles / 124 Kms Approx. 2,270 Metres / 7,435 Feet Approx.

13 April: Alhama de Granada - El Chorro 68 Miles / 110 Kms Approx. 1,560 Metres / 5,115 Feet Approx.

14 April: El Chorro - Grazalema 65 Miles / 104 Kms Approx. 2,195 Metres / 7,200 Feet Approx.

15 April: Grazalema - Cape Trafalgar 77 Miles / 124 Kms Approx. 1,195 Metres / 3,920 Feet Approx.

16 April: Cape Trafalgar - Gibraltar, traveling back home.

What can I say? I did not have a good start. At the airport I discovered I did not have my passport with me. And after three long days on the bike there was

no stopping me. I passed the hotel and carried on. Luckily for me a steaming Hammam was waiting. Finally relax... During the trip I started to take more and

more panorama shots with my phone. Shots I wanted to take because from a bike I saw the beautiful Andalucian landscape unfold as one panorama after the

other. It was a stupendously beautiful route, but unless you stop and take a photo the landscape you ride through is almost too good to be true. Once you are

in the rhythm of cycling, stopping can become surprisingly difficult. Talking about fiction, we did pass Texas Hollywood in the Tabermas desert where the The

Magnificent Seven and The Good the Bad and the Ugly where filmed.

What is the use of such a cycle ride without fantastic company to share it with? Many thanks to by Annabel, Ella, Kathryn, Biljana, Tim, Neil, Jeremy, Geoff, and

Charlie. And without support we would still be struggling in the middle of the sierras. Thanks Stephen, Sus, Manuel and Dan for your directions, food, yoga and

conversations! Cafe Solo anyone?

Walter van Rijn