It was expected to be a fun ride yesterday, and it actually was till we had almost arrived, let me explain you the whole story.
We left the high school at 3.45 pm, like always, and there was a prospect riding with us, just another student who wanted to join us, and of course, we all were crazy about it! He wanted to test himself and try to join us, but just a few kilometres away, he realised he was not in good shape and he had to come back to the high school, such a shame!
After this first disappointing moment we kept on, but just five minutes later one of the guys had a flat tire... fortunately Josep, our Jack of all trades, was there to fix it in five minutes!
After that, a cool ride through nice paths in the woods was waiting for us, and definitely a steep slope to ride up too!
We finally did it, and after 5 km cycling uphill we reached the summit of la Tosa, an interesting hill close to Santa Margarida de Montbui, which offers some jaw-dropping views of Montserrat.
We wasted our time up there enjoying the views and taking some photos, and also preparing ourselves for an exciting downhill!
Once at the bottom of la Tosa, it was getting late, the sun was getting off and we decided to go straight to school. we had the track in the GPS, but two of our guys said they knew a shortcut to arrive earlier, so when we were just 1,3 km away from school... the nightmare started!
It turned out that the shortcut was a creek which use to be dry but due to the last week rains the terrain had become completely muddy, we couldn't even ride on it!
What was expected to be a shortcut became a path that took almost an hour to make since we couldn't ride on it, and we had to haul our bikes on our shoulders, plus, everything done in the dark of the night.
Finally, we all arrived at the high school. It was definitely a bad experience although it taught a good lesson; we should always get stuck to the track!
Here you have some pics of the day.
Our team
team and teacher taking a selfie
Making their way up!
Showing off his skills, he's good!!
Nice views
Our young riders are getting in shape
Josep, our mechanic
Getting some information
Enjoying the views
At the very summit of la Tosa
Here you have the track;
Last week we went to Tosa by bike, it was easy and fun although it was cold. There was much height gain and when we came back it was the contrary. The problem was when we used another path to go faster and this path was muddy. The wheels couldn't spin and we were angry because it was getting dark. At the end, we arrived without any problem and another experience to explain.
Scooped by Ivan Piñero.
