Mijas Singletrack

We set out to ride and track log a route above a place called Mijas. It was yet another sunny, warm day and we were looking forward to getting some riding done. We arrived at Mijas and stopped for a Coffee before getting ready. The ride began by climbing on dirt track for a while before climbing/ pushing steeply on single track. Before long the single track levelled out and then began dropping. This is quite possibly the longest, uninterrupted piece of single track I’ve ever ridden. It flowed really well and undulated across the side of the hill for kilometre after kilometre. It traversed the hill taking you in to, and spitting you out of gullies, sometimes with steep awkward climbs out. One of which claimed Sue P., there were, thankfully, no serious injuries though. It was an amazing contrast too from La Mesa descent yesterday, not nearly so technical, but just as much fun.

The ride continued along dirt track to meet up with a ready made MTB loop. This couldn’t have been any different from the man-made trails you will find in the UK, I wouldn’t have been surprised if we were the first people to have ridden it this year. The trail itself was really good fun but a bit vague in places. To finish the ride was a piece of trail, appropriately named ‘Babies Head Revenge’, with huge rocks littered all the way down, it looked like a section of trail from Coed-y-Brenin, but was all completely natural.

After each section of trail I’m always convinced it’s the best riding I’ve ever done, that is until I ride the next piece. The riding is so varied; it keeps bringing up new challenges and new interesting features so it keeps you on your toes and makes it even more exciting.