Bonus Posted April 23, 2020 Author Posted April 23, 2020 Hopefully it won't be too long now before our Lockdown is over. It's going to take a while for life to return to something we recognise as "normal" and it could well end up being different to what we've been used to.....but in the end the Mountains will still be silently looking down on us and the countryside will still be there for us to enjoy. Loving and living in the Pyrenees . . . . . Albatross, Duane_Bosch and DJR 3
Bonus Posted May 9, 2020 Author Posted May 9, 2020 First "Post Lockdown" Ride today and it was amazing! A couple of hours of MTB on my local trails. We've been allowed to go out and exercise for a week now but today was my first chance to get out. Nothing too serious - was just nice to get out and spin the legs. Saw a few other people out - some jogging and some riding, but Ainsa town itself was deserted apart from a couple of people outside the pharmacy. Was certainly a lovely day for it! DJR and Prince Albert Cycles 2
Bonus Posted May 9, 2020 Author Posted May 9, 2020 This Weir always remonds me of Northern Farm . . . . shaper 1
Bonus Posted May 13, 2020 Author Posted May 13, 2020 Remembering last summer! The long, light, warm evenings are nearly here again and I'm looking forward to it. Our restaurants have been allowed to open this week. Outside seating only and with a space between tables, but it's a step in the right direction! DJR and RossW 2
Bonus Posted May 15, 2020 Author Posted May 15, 2020 The last few days have been wet enough for me not to be able to go to work - but dry enough to shoot out for a couple of hours if I time it right! Todays ride included a singletrack section through "The Badlands". Normally there's a well worn "line" that you can follow at speed. Currently, due to lots of rain and almost no one riding the trails, the line is gone. Not a major problem until you get to a blind rise with a left or right turn on its peak - where a clue would be nice!! Anyway I'm happy to be out . . . . . shaper, DJR and B20PV 3
Bonus Posted May 17, 2020 Author Posted May 17, 2020 Beautiful weather today and my ride took me through the Plaza up in the old town. Saw very few other people and none of the bars or restaurants were open. Down in the new town there were a couple of places open and serving drinks to customers seated outside...... Happy we're starting to come out of this now! B20PV, Matchstix and coppi 3
Bonus Posted June 23, 2020 Author Posted June 23, 2020 Monte Perdido and the three Marias (Tres Marias) in the Ordesa National Park taken from just outside Ainsa on Sundays ride. It's getting hot here now! DJR and Duane_Bosch 2
Bonus Posted July 6, 2020 Author Posted July 6, 2020 Summer evening ride along the river track between Ainsa and Boltaña. 34 Degrees at 8pm and the sun doesn't set for a couple of hours yet . . . . RossW, coppi and DJR 3
Bonus Posted July 25, 2020 Author Posted July 25, 2020 (edited) Cookin' tonight! A couple of pics from a recent late afternoon ride. "Late afternoon" here in Spain during the summer can be anytime between 5pm and 8pm..... This is half way up a climb a few km's outside Ainsa . . . . which is in the background. Edited July 25, 2020 by Bonus DJR 1
Bonus Posted July 25, 2020 Author Posted July 25, 2020 (edited) I've posted from this spot before - up through the Old Town, out the back of the Castle and over to the "Mirador" - the viewpoint above the Rio Cinca. So often when you look north you see heavy weather over on the French side of the Pyrenees. Edited July 25, 2020 by Bonus mazambaan 1
DJR Posted July 25, 2020 Posted July 25, 2020 So good to see some outdoors pictures from you again Bonus. ChrisF 1
Bonus Posted August 1, 2020 Author Posted August 1, 2020 Summer is here for sure! The average daytime temps at the moment hover around 34 or 35 dgrees but we peaked at 37.5 degrees yesterday afternoon. Much like SA in the summer, the mornings up until around 10:30 are perfect for riding. Unlike SA we also get to go out again in the light evenings - between 7:30 and when it gets dark - currently around 9:30pm. I do love my summer evening rides! RoddieJ, Matchstix and DJR 3
Bonus Posted August 13, 2020 Author Posted August 13, 2020 Last year I guided Rodney - an American who's lived down the road in Zaragoza for the last 20 years. We kept in touch and became friends and he's been keen to come back to Zona Zero since his last trip. Finally, after a Covid enforced delay, we're riding together again, with him on his new bike. It's always nice when clients had such a good time they look you up again :-) This was last night on ZZ Route 5 Light - a nice fast XC route! coppi, shaper and DJR 3
Bonus Posted August 24, 2020 Author Posted August 24, 2020 Zona Zero has just released maps and details of 21 new XC routes - "For Bikers with the Soul of a Wolf". I'll be trying them out as soon as I can find some time! coppi and DJR 2
Bonus Posted September 12, 2020 Author Posted September 12, 2020 Ainsa now has it's own Pumptrack! It opened yesterday evening and today the kids were testing it out. Matchstix and DJR 2
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