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James went cycling.
August 21, 2025
Great roads, windy, with some tough climbs! Good fun. The downhill cobbles section at Pena can be avoided by continuing down to Sintra. Not recommended on road tyres... Potentially reversing the road might be with the wind...
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James went cycling.
August 9, 2025
A journey through rural Spain (Montana Palencia) super road, beautifal lakes surrounded by soaring mountains. A quick coffee and Tortilla in Velillia (the tooth fairies holiday home!) and a climb up to see the Santuario del Brezo. This part is a "strada bianca" the climb Is great quality, the 3km of decent more challenging. I complete this with a road bike with 30mm road tyres. The climb is challenging physically, the decent is just tough. Well worth avioding Guardo...
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21.0km/h
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James planned a road ride.
May 21, 2023
02:49
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22.9km/h
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributorsJames planned a road ride.
May 12, 2023
06:35
130km
19.8km/h
1,930m
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Really amazing park. This route is doable, you will head up a "private" Road (a ranger told me that private roads don't exist, it is just to keep horses in), and have to jump the gate at the top.
The cobble section decent at Pena is tough on road tyres, this can be avoided by going down to Sintra.
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