CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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332 km from Socovos to Socovos, about 7 h 10 of riding. The stops in between: L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor, Cueva de la Plata and back through L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,200 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
This is the country of the upper Segura, where Albacete and Murcia meet, and it is among the least visited corners of southern Spain. The river cuts through limestone sierras, with pine forests, reedy banks and small terraced fields where almond and olive trees grow, and the villages, Socovos and Férez among them, are small, white and quiet. The scale of the land is bigger than its population, and in summer the cicadas are the loudest thing you will hear.
Read the complete Cueva de los Cascarones write-up.
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Cueva de los Cascarones is where the day begins. Next is L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor, 62 km on.
In the mountains of northern Almería, near the village of Vélez-Blanco, the Cueva de los Letreros holds a small painted figure that has become the symbol of the province: the Indalo, a human figure holding an arc over its head, which locals paint on houses as a good luck charm. The rock shelters around Vélez-Blanco, including the one known as Tello I or Cama del Pastor, the shepherd's bed, are part of the Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin listing, with paintings ranging from Levantine scenes to schematic signs. The landscape is dry and rugged, with the limestone mass of the Sierra de María rising above.
Read the complete L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor write-up.
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L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor comes up 62 km in. Next is Cueva de la Plata.
Aledo is a tiny village on a rocky spur in the hills of Murcia, a place that punches well above its weight in history. In the eleventh century, it was a fortress on the frontier between Christian Castile and the Muslim taifa kingdoms, and the siege of Aledo in 1088 was a major episode in the struggle for the peninsula. A tower still stands above the village. The Cueva de la Plata, the silver cave, lies in the hills nearby, between Aledo, Totana and Alhama de Murcia.
Read the complete Cueva de la Plata write-up.
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124 km in you reach Cueva de la Plata. Next is back through L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor, 62 km on.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor write-up.
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back through L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor, late in the day. Next is Cueva de los Cascarones.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cueva de los Cascarones write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Cueva de los Cascarones. That is the ride.
Cueva de los Cascarones → L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor → Cueva de la Plata is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cueva de la Plata → back through L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through L. Tello I. Cama del Pastor → Cueva de los Cascarones is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.