Spring/Summer 25
04 30 25Words and photos by Rupert Hartley
Adventures can be big or small, but some common ingredients are essential.
Versatile and packable kit, and the attitude to match.
When you are out on the bike all day, things can change fast.
Nowhere is this more evident than some days spent Island hopping in the Canaries.
Stark changes of landscape and climate between Islands just a short ferry ride apart.
From one day to the next, the rugged earthy tones and pine forests of Tenerife and Mount Tiede give way to the humid, verdant roads, tracks and palm trees of La Gomera.
A rain jacket is always needed to hand alongside your sunscreen.
Hot days on the side of the volcano end with clouds rolling in and rain settling; layers are needed to drop down from altitude back to sea level.
