Goodness me time is flying! đŹ So quickly that it’s time for us to leave the EU and head for Andorra. Partly because we have to (bloody Brexit). Partly because the mountain biking is epic.
We had 8 days here which is the longest we have stayed anywhere so far… it was a very welcomed long stay and detox.
We stayed just outside La Massana, a ski resort by winter, a mountain bike haven by summer. Everything was at least a 20 min walk UP hill! We eagerly picked up our bikes and headed up the gondola đ for an epic 2 days on the mountain. I tried to keep up with Dan for 6+ hours each day, topped off by the longest downhill of 100 turns to the bottom (x2) which left us both completely broken and in need of a rest day by the pool!
Dan rented a road bike for the next 3 days to test out a couple of the Tour de France sections which are basically ALL uphill. Climb after climb after climb. I couldn’t rent bike shoes so had to give it a miss… shame! Lots of amazing trail runs and hikes kept me occupied instead. Sooooo much to do, we barely scratched the surface.
On our last day, we rented a scooter đ” so Dan could show me all the amazing Cols he had climbed. The views were absolutely incredible!
What a magical place. We’d always wanted to mountain bike a ski mountain in summer. Another bucket list item ticked off. â LĂ€s mer