Mountain Biking in Los Alcornocales

This past Saturday I was given the opportunity (or forced, call it what you want) to lead a Mountain Biking Trip to Los Alcornocales. It was a new experience for myself as well as a few of our participants. A group of us ended up going about 30k on our bikes. Exactly 1/2 of this was straight uphill on gravel, which meant the other half was downhill on gravel...

I found out the hard way that breaking on gravel is not really an option...

While I didn't wipe out completely, I did end up flying down the mountain at a much greater speed than I wished and had more than a handful of close calls with my face and the ground...

Here are a few pictures of the area...

It was a great trip, and while mountain biking is not the biggest fan of me, I would definitely give it a second try!