Why this ride
323 km from Câţcău to Câţcău, about 8 h 32 of riding. It goes by way of Negrilești - Negru Vodă, Salva - Modruț, Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2 and back through Salva - Modruț.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Guga - Vârful Țâglii and Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 323 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 8 h 32
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Guga - Vârful Țâglii
Rugășești, Vad and Poiana Blenchii are the kind of villages most people drive past on the way to somewhere else, and that is precisely the charm of the hills that rise between them. The point marked as Guga, Vârful Țâglii, lies on this rolling country north of the Someș, roughly a dozen kilometres from Dej, in the band of land where Rome drew the northern edge of Dacia. A summit called Țâglii is the sort of place where a watchtower would have looked out across the Someș corridor toward the free tribes beyond, and the archaeological lists record a frontier site here.
Read the complete Guga - Vârful Țâglii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Guga - Vârful Țâglii is where the day begins. Next is Negrilești - Negru Vodă.
2. Negrilești - Negru Vodă
Negrilești is a small village in Bistrița-Năsăud county, in the hills of northern Transylvania, near the valley of the Someș Mare. The name of the site, Negru Vodă, recalls the legendary founder of Wallachia, a figure from the Romanian chronicles who is said to have crossed the Carpathians in the thirteenth century to found the principality; whether he existed at all is still debated, and many places in Romania bear his name. The site itself is part of the UNESCO listing of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, probably a watchtower or a small fortification on a hill, part of the northern frontier of the province. Little is visible, but the hills offer good views over the surrounding countryside.
Read the complete Negrilești - Negru Vodă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Negrilești - Negru Vodă comes up about 41 km into the recorded legs. Next is Salva - Modruț.
3. Salva - Modruț
Salva lies where the Someșul Mare valley opens into a broad bowl in Bistrița-Năsăud county, with the Rodna mountains standing to the northeast and a ring of low wooded hills closer in. The town is a railway junction, a lorry stop on the road through the valley, and the kind of place that looks ordinary until you ask about its past.
Read the complete Salva - Modruț write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 105 km into the recorded legs you reach Salva - Modruț. Next is Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2.
4. Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2
Transylvania's northern hills look like a landscape painted by someone who liked orchards and haystacks. Purcărete lies in the folds of the country between the Someș valleys and the Bistrița river, a region that was colonised in the Middle Ages by German-speaking Saxons, who built fortified churches and walled towns, and by Hungarians and Romanians who farmed the slopes. The Saxon town of Bistrița, not far away, still has a tall Lutheran church with a spire that can be seen from miles, and a handsome old centre of arcaded houses.
Read the complete Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2, about halfway. Next is back through Salva - Modruț.
5. back through Salva - Modruț
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Salva - Modruț write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Salva - Modruț sits at 103 km, about halfway. Next is back through Negrilești - Negru Vodă.
6. back through Negrilești - Negru Vodă
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Negrilești - Negru Vodă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Negrilești - Negru Vodă comes up about 283 km into the recorded legs. Next is Guga - Vârful Țâglii.
7. Guga - Vârful Țâglii
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Guga - Vârful Țâglii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Guga - Vârful Țâglii closes the day.
Leg by leg
Guga - Vârful Țâglii to Negrilești - Negru Vodă
Guga - Vârful Țâglii → Negrilești - Negru Vodă is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Negrilești - Negru Vodă to Salva - Modruț
Negrilești - Negru Vodă → Salva - Modruț is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Salva - Modruț to Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2
Salva - Modruț → Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2 is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2 to back through Salva - Modruț
Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2 → back through Salva - Modruț is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Salva - Modruț to back through Negrilești - Negru Vodă
back through Salva - Modruț → back through Negrilești - Negru Vodă is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Negrilești - Negru Vodă to Guga - Vârful Țâglii
back through Negrilești - Negru Vodă → Guga - Vârful Țâglii is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.