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11th July 2016 WHICH BIKE DO I NEED? (PART2)
WHICH BIKE DO I NEED? (PART2) Last month we talked about city and trekking bikes, and this time we’re going to talk about road or racing bikes and mainly about mountain bikes. If you are going to cycle on asphalt roads, there’s no discussion: you need a road bike, lightweight, with big thin wheels and […]
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11th July 2016 WHICH BIKE DO I NEED? (PART 1)
WHICH BIKE DO I NEED? (PART 1) In Orange Bikes we always try to give to our customers what they need. When a person comes into our shop and says, ‘‘I want to buy a bike’’, our first questions are: Where are you going to ride it? City? Mountain? Are you going to use it […]
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11th July 2016 EL TRIBUNAL DE LES AIGUES
EL TRIBUNAL DE LES AIGUES If you are passing through Plaza de la Virgen one Thursday morning, you might come across a group of eight old men in black capes huddled around the door of the cathedral. This is not, as you might think, an octogenarian Batman convention but El Tribunal de les Aigues, one […]
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11th July 2016 IN AND AROUND CALICANTO
IN AND AROUND CALICANTO This month I want to tell you about quite an interesting circular route close to Valencia that I’ve been doing a lot lately. First, you can get tot the starting point by putting your bike on the train to Torrente. From there you look for the industrial estate called Mas del […]
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11th July 2016 REIKI IN VALENCIA
REIKI IN VALENCIA Healing hands? Yes. Over the summer holidays, on a lazy afternoon with plenty of time to reflect and relax, a member of the 24/7 Valencia team partook in a ‘Reiki’ session at the Oblivium Centre in Valencia. At our session, with loose fitting clothes and chill out music playing gently in the […]
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11th July 2016 THE VALENCIA BIOPARC
THE VALENCIA BIOPARC The Bioparc is Valencia’s innovative and ground-breaking new zoological park, set in the Parque de Cabecera, a 200,000m2 spread of luscious green from which the Turia River park stems and runs right through Valencia all the way to the City of Arts and Sciences, making it one of the greenest cities in […]
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11th July 2016 PINE TREES AND COVES IN JÁVEA
PINE TREES AND COVES IN JÁVEA We have been cycling from Denia to Jávea (Xabia), taking the Cabo de San Antonio as the main reference, but now we’re going to cycle south, to Cabo de la Nao, discovering some other beautiful places in the area. Jávea and the surrounding countryside is one of the prettiest […]
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11th July 2016 YOUR BIKE EQUIPMENT
YOUR BIKE EQUIPMENT We’ve talked on other occasions about aspects of our own security and that of our bikes. This month we’re going to look at things which can make our journey on two wheels more agreeable. The first and foremost, as it directly affects our health, is hydration. The typical thing to do is […]
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5th June 2016 VALENCIA BOOKS : MOVIES MADE IN SPAIN
MOVIES MADE IN SPAIN In which small village in Guadalajara did Katherine Hepburn spend a summer making a film about Troy? Where did Steven Spielberg build his prisoner of war camp in Spain for ‘Empire of the Sun’? Which famous British actor tried to steal some jewels from the Spanish royal family’s summer palace […]
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11th May 2016 MINDFULNESS IN VALENCIA
MINDFULNESS IN VALENCIA 1. Tell us something about your background and experiences. Originally from London, I moved to Spain in 2012 to live in a Mindfulness Retreat Centre in the Marina Alta to be their cook for a year. I left a 10 year career in the NHS as a Speech Therapist for an adventure […]
