Yesterday I rode the A348 from Tablate (north of my stop in Motril) to Benahadux, which was a great road, twisty and although there were a few big trucks on it, there were quite a few places to pass. Scenery was great too. Encountered a light rain shower for about 10 minutes along here somewhere.
Then rode north along the N340a, and onto the start of the A3102 Velefique and the start of the Alto.
It's a great ride up through the summit and then through Balcares and onto Tijola. In the 50+kms along here, I only saw 4 cars coming the other way. And not a single pothole, the road surface is just so good.
It was bloody freezing at the top though (altitude 1820 m), thick frost and -2°c.
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From Tijola A344 east onto Olula del Rio, then south on A349-AL6105-AL5100-A1000 then the A340e east to Almocaizar, where I took the A7 motorway home.
A great two day trip, but yesterday showed me that I think Ronda is overated. There were lots of cars (stickers showed the majority were hire cars) driving slowly and unpredictably, presumably looking at the views.
I'll be going to Velefique again in February to ride with some mates coming down to Malaga from Czechia and Poland, so will look at other routes from Tijola, as there are many others to pick from.Too many perhaps?
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