Madrid - Segovia - Natural Park Serra d'Espada - Castellón de la Plana
I leave on Saturday at 8:40 was Valencia. The day is sunny and clear and in five minutes I'm on the A3 . The sun is my bass and it makes driving a bit uncomfortable because I'm blinded. There is little traffic and when I realize I'm in the KP 108, sitting at the bar, taking my coffee and toast I know fear. I arrived with cold hands, had a pair of fingers that he did not know whether they were mine. At the gas station people are very friendly and the large window and the clean and quiet is the place make it very pleasant stop. Continuous
after 20 minutes and my hands hold up well until pass an area with lots of fog and temperature drop back again makes not know if I've left a finger at the pump. As a good highway, the road is quite monotonous to get near Requena where the vegetation changes and the scenery is prettier. The temperature rises and my hands are grateful.
's been about three hours since I left and I'm Madrid near Sagunto . Instead of moving Castellón, here I stray and took the A-23 towards Teruel intended to deviate to reach Segorbe . Took a while to find a gas station and I see none and I'm almost out of gas. I wear a short 90km time and see how it goes down the gas meter. The Km of motorway have bought the magazine before desired. In order to refuel and start the route enters the Natural Park Sierra de Espadan . This park is located within, but to get an idea on the coast, would be between Sagunto and Castellon de la Plana. Volume
the CV-200 and step by way Castellnovo Almedijar . A road is not very good I'm going deeper into the park, with a predominance of oaks, pines and scrub. Upon reaching Almedijar, the road goes uphill narrows and you find yourself in a way very loose rock that makes you go slowly, enjoying the scenery. On reaching the highest point I stop and see the bottom the sea.
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| Castellón De route |
I am struck by the large amount of remains of fortifications that I've seen. Apparently this mountain lived a golden age with the Arabs, when they built castles in every town and became a center of some cultural and economic importance, with a herd and agriculture on the rise thanks to irrigation canals, dams and aqueducts that favored an increase in the population. Returning to the bike, under this little port and arrived in Ain, a care and quiet town where I stop for a while.
From there take the road CV-223 Eslida direction. Now the road is much better what is appreciated. The way I get into a tunnel trap: the tour is a sharp turn to the left which makes the mixture the light that is on the outside and that the tunnel is unlit, it seems that as you enter is complete, but everything is in that little scare. In Eslida to Artana, the road is fine, the scenery is beautiful, there are many ruins of castles and towns up and you start seeing orange groves.
time I realize I'm in the A7 and came to Castellón . 90km have been so lonely, but I have removed from the monotony of the highway and allowed me to enjoy my Deauville how well behaved in all circumstances and in particular road. Arriving in Castellón ask to move to the map and I find that there are no roundabouts if round. For this round I stand at a time when the hotel. 14:30 are and fancy shower and eat. In the end I have come across links 442KM and special, like a Dakar.
A brief paragraph. The purpose of the trip was coming to accompany some friends who competed in the XV Swimming Championships in Spain - Winter Open Master. For me sometimes I've been bitten by the bug to compete, but I've never started, but seeing the good atmosphere there, mixing ages or will it check the people, they try to sign up.
Castellón de la Plana - Onda - Olba - Teruel - Monreal del Campo - Madrid
Sunday dawns warm and sunny and I consider a route back to pass as much as possible on roads and avoid highways. But before leaving I have time to see the full moon Castellón, sunrise on the beach and see three swimming trials.
At 12 I ride the bike and head to wave in CV-20, close to Castellón. When you get there I realize that the choice of route promises, as I meet with several groups of motorcycles and soon began to enjoy the road, a road that goes into a low mountain range, all very green and very road curvy good not too close.
The weather is good and the road takes me a lot of small towns, fields of orange, the remains of ruins of churches or similar, abundant green and plenty of water.
all very carefully and sometimes the road passes through small canyons and the occasional cross tunnel. The succession of curves allows me to enjoy even more.
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| Castellón De route |
A small harbor and spotted the swamp The Sandy, with a turquoise blue waters .
Olba 
Upon reaching the road changes abruptly and becomes a goat track or road map as yellow. I go into the province of Teruel and campaign a few years ago "Teruel exists" comes to my head, but it must be urgently needed infrastructure. The road is now called TE-V-2001 and after leaving behind several small villages and a town meeting left me up a little port and get up my surprise is capitalized. In front of me I have a forest of pines and saw higher fund all snow behind which must be Basin. Addition the road, if you can call it, has narrowed even more and seems to disappear when taking the curve at the bottom.
The site is beautiful, but the dark clouds that have been present, since no absolute solitude can see not a house and the road so bad I do not recommend to go over 10 minutes on this road. I begin to doubt that I did not get the wrong detour.
Fortunately, by taking the curve that I am seeing the background the highway was looking for, the A-23 up to Albentosa .
soon as you enter the A-23 and get to 120KM gives me the feeling of going on a missile, as almost 90KM I just did, so stop and see the scenery and take pictures and the way goats in the last 15KM I have done quite slowly, using more than one and a half.
Now everything is different, but my joy would be short. I decide to go on the motorway and take the N-211 in Monreal del Campo. Stay away from the very black clouds that gather in the mountains there to my left, the Universal Mounts should be angry because the sky is closing until it breaks to rain. I stand under a bridge and put on my wetsuit before calarme. I walk down the highway in a downpour to detour and stop there to refuel and eat a snack. I put on my wetsuit and boot covers (before I resisted) and head to Molina de Aragón . This trip had to have been enjoying the bike a lot, the road is good, the beautiful views and little traffic but there are 130km to the N-II become an adventure since the beginning reconcentrated driving in the rain while I see the sun farther north, but soon it's as if made at night and are only three in the afternoon. Rain, small hail and snow which, fortunately can not materialize on the ground but if my helmet and visor of the bike. I can not believe the storm where I am at least is good alternating rain and snow and thus not fully materialize finish ever. I meet up to four snow that must be spreading salt or at least prepare for the looming. I choose not to stop for a moment to try to reach the A-II before it can materialize and so I do.
time I get to the A-II the situation is worse. I'm up to Alcolea del Pinar and there only if there is enough traffic that up. Entered the highway and only 300 meters there is a cache rugged wheels up and the subsequent retention. Move forward and past few kilometers of snow becomes water and the height of Guadalajara the sun rises and I stop at a gas station off all the paraphernalia of water equipment, except the pants too lazy because I take off my boots.
My hands back to life thanks to the heat that makes the gas station and dry gloves Madrid the way to do it in a blink of an eye. Durum has been, hands gripped the little I have a bike and hold the cold, but I shower and I quickly make me forget sofa the most chunga travel and stay with the good taste of another trip on me I said above, great Deauville (which on Monday washed extensively to remove all salt or mixture that has been embedded in this trip).
have been 512KM return travel. In total 953km
Diego Soler.
