[Leica] IMG: Vía Verde del Maigmó

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

A long and winding cart path does make a change from a long and winding
road! :-)

Nice set, well seen!

Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 6:32 PM Nathan <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> Vías Verdes ("green roads") are gravel paths that have been installed
> along abandoned local railroad tracks. There are quite a few of these
> around Spain, since the falling population in the rural interior rendered
> many of these local railroads economically untenable. So, since the 1990s,
> the authorities have been ripping out the tracks and converting the
> railroads to cycling/hiking trails. The surface is mostly gravel, but
> nicely hard packed, so any bike with reasonably wide tires will have no
> problems. And because trains cannot climb steep slopes, even in mountainous
> areas those Vías Verdes make for easy cycling, since mountains are then
> passed through  tunnels and deep valleys on bridges.
>
> The nearest Vía Verde to Alicante starts near Agost, 25 km from my house,
> and runs 22 km to the Maigmó pass. The elevation goes from about 200 m to
> about 650 m, but again, very gently. I did the ride yesterday on a mountain
> bike I just bought to supplement my road bikes, and it was very pleasant
> indeed, with some very nice views too, that I would not have from the
> normal road. I had the trail to myself, came across just one other cyclist
> and no walkers. Perhaps it had something to do with the temperature, I
> started the ride late, around 11, and there is not much shade along this
> route.
>
> The record of the ride is here:
>
> https://www.greatpix.eu/Via-Verde-del-Maigmo/
> https://www.greatpix.eu/V%C3%ADa-Verde-de-Maigm%C3%B3/
>
>
> And as always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
>
>
> Nathan
>
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
>
>
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