Mountain riding

After the pretty moist weather we have been experiencing lately (it did rain one day after all) we decided to go see the enduro trails, the rider had visited last time he was here. The path was located near Lorca and is actually a way through which the water runs down from the mountains when it rains heavily. The path was in excellent riding condition and we almost lost sense of time while the rider was cruising up and down the trails and mountains while the assistant walked along with the cameras. Unfortunately the only picture from the highest top is in the riders head, so next time we need to get the cameras up too. Anyway, you can get the idea of the surroundings in the video below.

Today we visited Torremendo track again. Because the rider was a bit tired due to 2 hours enduro yesterday, we took the training more lightly and choose a sunny detour home afterwards.

First we drove around tourist area of La Manga, which consists of a narrow, sandy spit of land, has beaches on both sides and a lot of 80's style hotels. Probably crowded during summertime. Then we continued towards Cartagena and drove trough the La Union area, where the landscape was very weird looking. The colour of hills varied from yellow and red to grey and there were lots of cute, ancient looking ruined factories along the road. The view was so odd that when we got back home, we needed to google what an earth had been going on in there. It turned out that the whole area is known of its mining business which has continued centuries, and also of the fact that because of the mining activity the whole area is now highly contaminated... Maybe it's not such a good idea to buy an old factory and turn it into a cool loft house after all.

The weather forecast has finally turned more positive, so we are planning a trip to Barcelona area during next week.

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