CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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From Trancoso it runs 229 km to Trancoso; allow about 4 h 19 of riding. The stops in between: Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo, Former hacienda of Peñuelas and back through Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,350 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
The nearest settlements are tiny, such as Piedra Gorda and Cerrito de la Cruz, and the most reliable town for fuel and supplies is Trancoso, a fast-growing town of about fourteen thousand, some fourteen kilometres away, so it makes sense to fill the tank there before wandering the back roads.
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Cave of Ávalos is where the day begins. Next is Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo.
Pabellón de Hidalgo is a small town in the north of the state of Aguascalientes, and its old hacienda has a moment of national drama attached to it. In January 1811, after the insurgent army of Miguel Hidalgo was routed by royalist forces at the Battle of Puente de Calderón near Guadalajara, the retreating leaders met here, at the Hacienda de San Blas de Pabellón. Exhausted and defeated, they stripped Hidalgo of his military command and handed it to Ignacio Allende, who had long resented the priest's leadership. A few weeks later both were captured in the north, and by the summer both had been executed. The War of Independence would go on for another decade without them.
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Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo comes up about 57 km into the recorded legs. Next is Former hacienda of Peñuelas.
South of the city of Aguascalientes, on the high plateau of central Mexico, the former hacienda of Peñuelas stands among fields and scrub, its stone and adobe buildings, chapel and courtyards a reminder of the great rural estates that once dominated the region. It was one of the stops on the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, the royal road from Mexico City to the silver mines of Zacatecas and beyond to New Mexico, and it is part of the UNESCO listing of sites along the road, inscribed in 2010.
Read the complete Former hacienda of Peñuelas write-up.
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about 113 km into the recorded legs you reach Former hacienda of Peñuelas. Next is back through Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo, late in the day. Next is Cave of Ávalos.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cave of Ávalos write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Cave of Ávalos. That is the ride.
Cave of Ávalos → Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo is 57 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo → Former hacienda of Peñuelas is 56 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Former hacienda of Peñuelas → back through Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo is 58 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Former hacienda of Pabellón de Hidalgo → Cave of Ávalos is 58 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.