The Pyrenees - Road Riding, Mountain Biking & Enduro Riding…… and more!

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Janovas actually straddles the Greenwich Mean Line.

This means that on one side of the village you are in the Eastern Hemisphere of the world and on the other you are in the Western Hemisphere. If I started walking North from Janovas I would pass through Greenwich in London.

The line in Greenwich represents the historic Prime Meridian of the World - Longitude 0º. Every place on Earth was measured in terms of its distance east or west from this line. The line itself divided the eastern and western hemispheres of the Earth - just as the Equator divides the northern and southern hemispheres.

I point this out to anyone I take to Janovas because I think it's very cool :-)

 

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Janovas sits on the river Ara - one of out two big local rivers. The river is fed from the mountains so a lots of the water in it is melted snow. Lovely in the summer but a bit cold right now - although there were people paddling!

 

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It was a hot day and the "Badlands" were dry and dusty, but there was plenty of shade for a lot of the ride while we were on singletrack through the trees.

 

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Guiding with Jose Luis Sustatxa from the Basque Country.

This photo was taken at the exit of Route ZZ-018, above the swim spot that Mrs Bonus & I use in the summer :-)

 

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Enjoying the evening views while Guiding with Jose Luis Sustatxa.

Temperatures had dropped a few degrees since last week, thankfully!

The Mountains never fail to impress me :-)

 

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Guiding Tom from Belgium yesterday. As a Landscape Designer, he enjoyed our local scenery . . .

:-)

 

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Another ride guiding Tom around Zona Zero......

We were out for a couple of hours and we rode in The Badlands, did some technical climbing, rode some nice singletrack......

 

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..... and finally took in a view of the Pyrenees mountains from Guaso, where our Build Project is.

It was a great evening and I enjoyed it!

 

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Riding with mi amigo Jose Luis Sustatxa on the trails around Boltaña and Guaso.

I showed Jose our build project up in Guaso and he loved the tranquility of the place :-)

 

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"Inspired by le Tour" . . . last night I put on my racing kit and did a flying lap around one of my fav little loops.

22km and 360m climbing in an hour and twenty mins - stopping at the Plaza up in the Old Town for a nice cold water bottle fill up. I started at 8pm and the average temperature for the ride was 27.4 C . . . .

Route: https://www.relive.c...ew/g37810530528

 

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After weeks of very hot temps, looking north towards France and some pretty heavy weather!

Some rain to settle the dust would be nice :-)

 

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An evening spin last week along the bank of the Rio Ara towards Ainsa . . .

I'm riding between 8pm and sundown to avoid the heat :-)

 

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Evening training ride from Boltaña up to Guaso and back on singletrack.

I have some guiding coming up and I need to stay in shape!

 

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The track that runs alongside the Rio Ara between Boltaña and Ainsa.

I rarely see more than the odd jogger or occasionally some older people walking along here. More often than not I see no one.

Ainsa old town is up on he hill and behind it the Pyrenees. . . . .

 

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Climbing up the singletrack on Zona Zero Route 18 between the villages of Margurgued and Guaso you come across this skull . . . .