Riding to Ronda

The back roads of Spain are great. Traffic is light to non-existent and there is usually great countryside to see. The drawback for a solo traveller is that should he require any assistance, help may be a long time coming - especially in the absence of a mobile phone signal. I was always conscious of this whenever I turned on to the mountain roads but took comfort from the fact that my Yellowbrick satellite tracker could send text messages even in the absence of a phone signal. Most of all, I was very careful to avoid situations where there was any possibility of dropping the bike. This meant however, passing up a lot of great photo opportunities in spots where parking the bike was difficult - typically a steeply sloping gravelled area at the side of the road where my boots couldn't get a proper grip. It was doubly annoying on these occasions when the helmetcam refused to work properly. However, I do have some footage of nice back roads as in this area of Andalucía, for example.