El Vado revisited

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mortinson
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Wonderful day out: rain, sleet and snow in spades... water and mud all over the place, freezing cold, and some 175 kms of off-roading.

We visited the following places: El Pontón de la Oliva - Alpedrete de la Sierra - Sierra Concha - Collado de la Pinilla - Sierra Pobre - Cabezas - La Vereda - Santa María de El Vado - Matallana - Cabeza del Viejo - Collado de la Vihuela - Colmenar de la Sierra - Corralejo - Campillo de Ranas - Espinar - Campillejo - Ermita de los Enebrales - Presa del Vado - La Guarida del Bicho - Retiendas - Casas de Uceda.

Find a small video here: http://youtu.be/qAE3gE81Www

All the pics are here: https://picasaweb.google.com/105626626853585231585/PorElVado#

And you can check the track here: http://es.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=5894463

 

 

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Great pics...Super Landscapes and what looks like a Brilliant day out yes

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 Superb! 

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Muy buena!  y dos G's.... excellente!

mortinson
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Thank you guys. I have enjoyed countless days off´roading in the north of the Guadalajara province in Central Spain and i cannot believe what people are missing... thousands of square kms completely devoid of any human settlements and only a few dozen kilometers away from Madrid. The province has an average population density of just 21 persons per square Km ( compared to 67.5 persons per sq km in Scotland, for example). It is very rare that we encounter any human being during our outings so that you can say that we have the whole od the country for ourselves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Guadalajara

 

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Great Pics Jesus! What's the price of Petrol out there at the moment? Would be great to join in on the next one.......... With Bank Manager and Wife's approval! laugh

 

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Spider1V wrote:

Great Pics Jesus! What's the price of Petrol out there at the moment? Would be great to join in on the next one.......... With Bank Manager and Wife's approval! laugh

Spider1V

Hello.

Diesel is € 1.25, petrol € 1.31 and gas some €0.78 a litre.

But off-roading is stricly prohibited from 01 May to 30 September becuase of wild fires (they blame offroaders when it's rednecks cooking barbecues who cause fires)

Some pictures of the last visit paid by some GWOA members on december 2007 are here:

https://plus.google.com/photos/105626626853585231585/albums/5229669390706345393

 

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aren't offroaders also rednecks, not always but oftenangelcrying

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Always a treat to veiw your Photos

Thanks Jesus smiley

mortinson
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Thanks guys... pleasure is always mine

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As always, thanks for sharing.ph

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A little bit Green with envy! wink