CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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402 km from Surduc to Surduc, about 8 h 24 of riding. It goes by way of Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei, Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor, Zalău - La Nord de Pârâul Măgurii and Poieni - Cornu Sonului. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
Surduc is a village in the Someș valley in Sălaj county, north-western Romania, where the river cuts a narrow path through hills on its way toward Baia Mare. Above the village, on a ridge overlooking the valley of the Hrăii stream, there are traces of a Roman watchtower, part of the frontier of the province of Dacia. The nearby villages of Tihău and Băbeni, and the town of Jibou, are all close by.
Read the complete Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii write-up.
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Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii is where the day begins. Next is Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei.
The Meseș mountains rise to the west of Zalău like a long green wall, and they formed the natural western boundary of Roman Dacia in this region. Along their crest and on the slopes above the plains, the Romans built a line of watchtowers, and the site above the fields with the evocative name of Șesurile Tâlhăroasei, roughly the robbers' flats, near the villages of Treznea and Aghireș, is one of them. It is part of the Dacian frontier on the World Heritage list. Up in the forest the remains are modest, but the position, high on a slope with a view over the valley, shows how the frontier used every advantage of the terrain.
Read the complete Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei write-up.
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Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei comes up about 36 km into the recorded legs. Next is Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor.
The hill of Dealul Cocinilor rises above the valley of the Crișul Repede near Ciucea, on the western edge of Cluj county, and it marks another point on the Roman frontier of Dacia, this time in the Meseș mountains, where the limes ran along the hills protecting the province of Dacia Porolissensis. The watchtowers here guarded the approaches from the west and north, and from the hilltop you can still see why: the valley below is a natural corridor, used by traders, armies and travellers for thousands of years.
Read the complete Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor write-up.
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about 75 km into the recorded legs you reach Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor. Next is Zalău - La Nord de Pârâul Măgurii.
Zalău is the county seat of Sălaj, a city of around sixty thousand people sitting in a shallow valley where the Meseș hills fold down toward the Transylvanian plain. The stop sits just north of the Măgurii stream, on the edge of the town, which means you arrive through suburbs and allotments rather than through any grand gateway. That suits the county. Sălaj is not a place of famous passes; it is a place of rolling ridges, orchards, hay meadows and small roads that wander from one village to the next without much of a plan.
Read the complete Zalău - La Nord de Pârâul Măgurii write-up.
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Zalău - La Nord de Pârâul Măgurii, about halfway. Next is Poieni - Cornu Sonului.
Poieni, which means clearings or glades in Romanian, is a small village in the hills of Cluj county, on the edge of the Apuseni mountains, and the point called Cornu Sonului lies a few kilometres from it. The landscape is that of western Transylvania as it begins to climb: rolling green hills, patches of beech and oak forest, meadows and farms with steep tiled roofs. To the east and south the land rises toward the great limestone country of the Apuseni, with its caves, gorges and high pastures, while to the west the road drops toward Oradea and the Hungarian border.
Read the complete Poieni - Cornu Sonului write-up.
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Poieni - Cornu Sonului sits at 142 km, about halfway. Next is back through Zalău - La Nord de Pârâul Măgurii.
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back through Zalău - La Nord de Pârâul Măgurii comes up about 272 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor.
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Read the complete Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor write-up.
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about 322 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor. Next is back through Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei.
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back through Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei, late in the day. Next is Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii.
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Read the complete Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii write-up.
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The route ends here after 402 km.
Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii → Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei → Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor → Zalău - La Nord de Pârâul Măgurii is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Zalău - La Nord de Pârâul Măgurii → Poieni - Cornu Sonului is 74 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Poieni - Cornu Sonului → back through Zalău - La Nord de Pârâul Măgurii is 73 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Zalău - La Nord de Pârâul Măgurii → back through Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Vânători - Dealul Cocinilor → back through Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei → Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.