CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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174 km from Velez Rubio to Velez Rubio, about 4 h 22 of riding. On the way it passes Lavadero Tello V, Colmenas and back through Lavadero Tello V. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,200 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
Gavilanes means sparrowhawks, and the name fits a shelter high on a limestone face above the dry country where Murcia meets Almería. The Abrigo de los Gavilanes lies in the hills west of Lorca, in an area scattered with painted shelters such as the Collado de la Cruz and Los Grajos, the jackdaws, and it is part of the World Heritage Site of Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula. The figures are small, red and schematic, painted by communities who farmed and herded here thousands of years ago.
Read the complete Abrigo de los Gavilanes write-up.
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Abrigo de los Gavilanes is where the day begins. Next is Lavadero Tello V.
Los Vélez, in the north of Almería, is wool and almond country, and its history is one of shepherds, noblemen and Moriscos. For centuries flocks of sheep moved between the winter grazing of the lowlands and the summer pastures of the high sierras along old drove roads, and the area had a thriving wool trade. The shelter here, one of a group around Vélez-Blanco, carries prehistoric paintings, belonging to the Levantine art tradition that UNESCO recognises.
Read the complete Lavadero Tello V write-up.
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Lavadero Tello V comes up 20 km in. Next is Colmenas.
Vélez-Blanco is a white town under a limestone crag in the north of Almería province, with a Renaissance castle on the rock above it and the pine-covered Sierra María rising behind. The Colmenas label sits less than a kilometre away, in country of dry slopes, almond groves and scattered farms.
Read the complete Colmenas write-up.
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40 km in you reach Colmenas. Next is back through Lavadero Tello V.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Lavadero Tello V write-up.
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back through Lavadero Tello V, late in the day. Next is Abrigo de los Gavilanes.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abrigo de los Gavilanes write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Abrigo de los Gavilanes. That is the ride.
Abrigo de los Gavilanes → Lavadero Tello V is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Lavadero Tello V → Colmenas is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Colmenas → back through Lavadero Tello V is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Lavadero Tello V → Abrigo de los Gavilanes is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.