Back Door Birding

Etiqueta: gravel bikes

  • Rio Velez

    Rio Velez

    I had briefly stopped here on my way back from a coastal spin on Wednesday, and made a note to come back with the camera. The birds I was most interested in photographing were a pair of Red-rumped swallows which were flying under the iron bridge and scraping up mud from the river bed with…

  • Sierra del Norte

    Sierra del Norte

    A proper treat today, as Álvaro offered to drive us and the bikes up and over the mountains above Málaga, to a village called Villanueva del Rosario. Close to the spring of the River Guadalhorce and snuggled in to the back of the Sierra. I have mentioned the village previously as one of my top…

  • Utopia Gravel 110kms Baza, Granada 27th April 2024

    Utopia Gravel 110kms Baza, Granada 27th April 2024

    My first dabble into official off-road biking, I won’t say racing, that will be for other folk. I had ridden a similar distance off-road some time back, but the prospect of the event looming has had me on edge for a few days. Victor Lucas took care of the arrangements, including ferrying me to and…