I just checked. We descended about 500 m to Villanueva in 11 km. Had we gone to the top, it would have been about 250 metres more elevation and about 3 km further.

I guess I didn’t word that very well. We were pretty high and came down a long way to Villanueva. When I zoom in, I see what might be a road about a third of the way down the brownish part.

Do you mean way at the top of that massive formation? I don’t think you were up there. That’s El Torcal, so that road would probably be the dead ended spur to the top, MA-9016.

Hey Jacquie, we are watching your return to Canada with the same intense interest as we watched your foray into Spain! We are wondering when we hit Vancouver if they will let us overnight and then get on a ferry as we cycle home to Victoria, to "quarantine" until their test result comes back. We assume you will have a vaguely similar situation. Let us know how it comes out!

Congratulations on a successful tour! Safe trip home.

Great photo! I love the rainbow.

This was our walk in town. But yes, I’ve been walking when we’ve encountered slopes like this!

Invigorating! Looks to be over 30%, hope you were walking and not riding this!

Nice! Not often we get to see a good photo of colorful geologic formations.

We did. It was worth the busy road, though we had our doubts while we were on it (the busy road).

Once you got off the busy road, it looks like you had a great ride!

Great job making to the top! You guys are tough.

Beautiful shot!

So do I! Of course, committing to (and then paying for) a full custom bike kinda ensures that. When you’re my size, custom is unfortunately often the only way to get what you want.

BTW. I love your bike!