Windmill Cycle Club Special Event
Organisers: Andy Ross & Mike Higgs
Date: Thursday 6th June to Monday 10th June 2019
Ride Start - Casa Gustavo B&B, near Potes
Start Time - TBC
Event Details:
Ryanair Stansted to Santander. Departs 18:35, arrives 21:35
1 hour minibus/taxi transfer to Casa Gustavo B&B, near Potes
Full Route fly Through!
Details for the day...
30 min minibus/taxi transfer to Fuente De, then cable car up to a very scenic 1800m altitude
Pick up our bikes at the hire shop at top-station, get our own pedals fitted if desired, check bike over
a truly epic day’s riding all the way back down to our B&B, 27 miles away. 2850m of descent, which is truly bonkers, with a couple of climbs (the largest at 400m is on-road).
Evening meal at Casa Gustavo B&B
Plotaroute Map Info for Day One - Please Click here
This will be our toughest day of riding. In particular our first ascent is a climb all the way from 300m to our high point of 1200m! Many of us won’t have tackled a 900m off-road ascent before so we will just take as much time as we need. The first half is relatively mild, the second half steeper, but we have no time constraints and it’s not a problem if those not on the e-bikes walk the second part.
Good news is once we get to the top it is either downhill or “undulating” after that
Full Route fly Through!
Saturday evening dinner at 8.30pm at local restaurant Casa Fofi
Plotaroute Map Info for Day Two Long - Please Click here
Plotaroute Map Info for Day Two Short - Please Click here
Breakfast then set off on a 26-mile loop with 1500m ascent.
An easier day as the climbs are milder, none of them are more than a couple of hundred metres, and notably the first 12 miles is a very gradual ascent that is all quiet roads.
Full Route fly Through!
B&B owner will return the hire bikes to the operator using their minibus
Sunday evening dinner at Casa Gustavo B&B
Plotaroute Map Info for Day Three Long - Please Click here
Plotaroute Map Info for Day Three Short - Please Click here
Breakfast, pack bags and checkout.
A plan for those who want to join is a 45-minute easy walk to the medieval market town of Potes.
Monday is “market day”, and it looks a beautiful place to wander and stretch the legs.
Minibus/taxi transfer to Santander airport
16:10 flight from Santander to Stansted, arriving 17:35
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