CASA CAMPO-COLMENAR VIEJO LAKE

📅 Day : Sunday, August 2 ⏰ Meeting time : 7:30 am 📍 Meeting point : El Urogallo Restaurant, Casa de Campo Lake. 📍 Joining points: Possibility of joining during the tour. To coordinate joining, contact the participants. 🚴 Bicycles : road · gravel · MTB · e-bike 📏 Distance: Approx. 80 km ⛰️ Positive elevation gain: approx. 600 m. 🔄 Route: Linear, out and back 🛣️ Surface: Asphalt, roads and cycle lanes) 📍 Route description After leaving the lake area, we'll connect with Madrid's Green Cycling Ring and then join the Colmenar Viejo Cycle Route. The route passes through Cantoblanco, Tres Cantos, and Colmenar Viejo, all towns with commuter rail stations, allowing you to adapt the route or return by train. Colmenar Viejo, with a great livestock tradition and an interesting historic center, is one of the most representative municipalities of the Sierra de Madrid. We will approach the Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady, one of the most emblematic monuments of the town and considered one of the most important churches of late Gothic Madrid, standing out for its impressive tower and its magnificent portal, where we will make a brief stop to rest and replenish our energy before starting the return journey. The return journey will follow the same route back to Casa de Campo. Group dynamics 😊 Pace adapted to the group so that everyone can enjoy the route. 🤝 Although the route is not difficult and is well-traveled, we ask that you do not leave the last person in your group alone. If necessary, a member of the group will bring up the rear. ⚡ Anyone who wants to go faster can do so, by agreeing on regrouping points beforehand. 👥 It is recommended to travel in pairs or small groups Safety and recommendations 🪖 Helmet required. 💧 Bring enough water and food. 🔧 Puncture repair kit and basic tools. 📱 GPS or mobile phone with the track downloaded. 🚴 Each participant will be able to adapt the route to their level Individual responsibility 👤 Each participant is responsible for their own safety and compliance with traffic regulations. 💪 It is the responsibility of each person to assess beforehand whether the route is suitable for their physical and technical level. 🚴 The person proposing the outing acts solely as the organizer of the event, without professional status or assumption of responsibility for accidents, incidents, or any other circumstances that may occur during the activity. 🔄 Participation in the route is voluntary and each person freely decides to participate, continue, modify or abandon the route according to their circumstances. Track https://loc.wiki/t/44649559?h=gp2yjwe2zv&wa=sd&la=es