In mid-May I turned 37, a date when you're dangerously close to forty, and I thought it was time to start them off with a good challenge to keep going strong. A couple of years ago I pedal a gravel bike through Girona and I wanted to try cycling from home with everything you need to sleep away. It's what many have come to name bikepacking, although in my case I wanted to avoid carrying a tent and all the food, because I didn't intend to be self-sufficient. One route in particular caught my attention: what if I circumnavigated the Girona region in five days, traveling by bike for an average of eight hours? That's how my personal birthday present began, on a trip supported by the Greenways Consortium and the Girona-Costa Brava Tourist Board, which provided the accommodation.