Bonus Posted June 11, 2019 Author Posted June 11, 2019 All the mountain villages here in Zona Zero have a "fuente" - a drinking water point where you can drink and re-fill bottles. Perfect for hot days. DJR, RossW, coppi and 1 other 4
Bonus Posted June 12, 2019 Author Posted June 12, 2019 (edited) Tonight Stage 4 of the "Transpyr Coast to Coast Pyrenean Stage Race" finishes in Ainsa. The riders have another 3 stages to ride before they finish in Hondarribia on Saturday evening. The race stats for a week of riding are impressive - 1035km, with 21385m of climbing and descending (The race starts at the finishes at sea level - just two different "seas"!) There are two versions of the race - an MTB version and a Road version. Edited June 13, 2019 by Bonus RossW 1
Bonus Posted June 17, 2019 Author Posted June 17, 2019 My friend Pat riding the dry & dusty trails through the Badlands just outside Ainsa ... Albatross and Gandalf 2
Bonus Posted June 24, 2019 Author Posted June 24, 2019 Back in May I guided a guy from Zaragoza for a few days. He had such a good time that we're now friends and last week he came back for some more guiding. Repeat customers / referrals from happy customers are important when you're starting out with any business, and when it's a service like this that is very personalised, even more so. Rodneys request this visit was for a XC ride plus he wanted to see some abandoned villages - there are lots of them here in the mountains. I put together a 50km XC ride with just over 1000m of climbing/descending. We had a good time - he knew he'd ridden in the mountains by the end of it - and I'm sure he'll be back for some more :-) We started our ride on the outskirts of the Village of Janovas. RossW and Albatross 2
Bonus Posted June 24, 2019 Author Posted June 24, 2019 Janovas actually straddles the Greenwich Mean Line. This means that on one side of the village you are in the Eastern Hemisphere of the world and on the other you are in the Western Hemisphere. If I started walking North from Janovas I would pass through Greenwich in London. The line in Greenwich represents the historic Prime Meridian of the World - Longitude 0º. Every place on Earth was measured in terms of its distance east or west from this line. The line itself divided the eastern and western hemispheres of the Earth - just as the Equator divides the northern and southern hemispheres. I point this out to anyone I take to Janovas because I think it's very cool :-) Gandalf 1
Bonus Posted June 24, 2019 Author Posted June 24, 2019 Janovas sits on the river Ara - one of out two big local rivers. The river is fed from the mountains so a lots of the water in it is melted snow. Lovely in the summer but a bit cold right now - although there were people paddling!
Bonus Posted June 24, 2019 Author Posted June 24, 2019 It was a hot day and the "Badlands" were dry and dusty, but there was plenty of shade for a lot of the ride while we were on singletrack through the trees. RossW 1
Bonus Posted July 4, 2019 Author Posted July 4, 2019 Guiding with Jose Luis Sustatxa from the Basque Country.This photo was taken at the exit of Route ZZ-018, above the swim spot that "Wendy" & I use in the summer :-)
Bonus Posted July 4, 2019 Author Posted July 4, 2019 Enjoying the evening views while Guiding with Jose Luis Sustatxa. Temperatures had dropped a few degrees since last week, thankfully! The Mountains never fail to impress me :-) arcitmail and RossW 2
Bonus Posted July 5, 2019 Author Posted July 5, 2019 Guiding Tom from Belgium yesterday. As a Landscape Designer, he enjoyed our local scenery . . . :-)
Bonus Posted July 11, 2019 Author Posted July 11, 2019 Showing Tom around Zona Zero...... We were out for a couple of hours and we rode in The Badlands, did some technical climbing, rode some nice singletrack...... mazambaan and Albatross 2
Bonus Posted July 11, 2019 Author Posted July 11, 2019 (edited) ..... and finally took in a view of the Pyrenees mountains from Guaso, where our Build Project is. It was a great evening and I enjoyed it! Edited July 13, 2019 by Bonus
Bonus Posted July 20, 2019 Author Posted July 20, 2019 Riding with mi amigo Jose Luis Sustatxa on the trails around Boltaña and Guaso. I showed Jose our build project up in Guaso and he loved the tranquility of the place :-)
Bonus Posted July 22, 2019 Author Posted July 22, 2019 "Inspired by le Tour" . . . last night I put on my racing kit and did a flying lap around one of my fav little loops. 22km and 360m climbing in an hour and twenty mins - stopping at the Plaza up in the Old Town for a nice cold water bottle fill up. I started at 8pm and the average temperature for the ride was 27.4 C.... Route: https://www.relive.cc/view/g37810530528 arcitmail 1
Bonus Posted July 31, 2019 Author Posted July 31, 2019 After weeks of very hot temps, looking north towards France and some pretty heavy weather! Some rain to settle the dust would be nice :-) RossW and DJR 2
Bonus Posted August 7, 2019 Author Posted August 7, 2019 Evening training ride from Boltaña up to Guaso and back on singletrack. I have some guiding coming up and I need to stay in shape! Duane_Bosch 1
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