Moderator drewpy Posted August 12, 2017 Moderator Share Posted August 12, 2017 Finally made it back in one piece and as a virgin european rider, had a blast. little Drewps all ready for the off 5 in all went, me on the TDM, 2 other mates on XJR1300 along with Tommy's and 1 on a Triumph thruxton Ace special. Took the Portsmouth Ferry to Bilbao where I picked up a screw in the back tyre so we got that fixed and had a drinky poos whilst waiting. The guy was 2014 24hr winner at Catalunya for Suzuki and his dad a champ in the 70's riding Montessa's. first stop was Pamplona and the Albret Hotel. typical city centre hotel, but they had underground parking which was a bonus. having a Leffe in an "Irish" pub day 2 took us from Pamplona to castejon de sos, this was an amazing place, a little village and the best ride coming down the N260 at 9pm as the light faded, through this ravene, with the sound of the bikes echoing down was one of the many highlights of the trip. this was the best place to stay IMHO Hotel PLaza, very traditional and great hosts. there was a fiesta going on and the small village was packed with guitar trio singin traditional spanish songs. great watch the senoras and senoritas dancing and the men doing those clapping beats the next stop was to Viella which was a large ski town and again a fiesta was on, but not as personal as the last place. here's some photos it was a bit hot too bike struggled at 2000metres due to lack of air, ran very rich and had to keep revs at 4k which made thwe switchbacks interesting was like being on top of the world so from Viella we did a round trip to Andorra, yes it was awful down in the main city but get up into the mountains and this is what greets you it was a long day, 12 hours riding but it was worth it and had plenty of stops on the way. aparently this was in top gear part 2 to follow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted August 12, 2017 Author Moderator Share Posted August 12, 2017 Sharing a Joke in Viella so from Viella we went into france and visited lourdes. we all agreed the french are rude and self centred. they don't give a shit about motorbikes and trhe only saving grace was a lovely girl who styed and got us pizzas when the shop was closing. she couldn't speak english so i got by with my O level french we were joined by a solo rider from Keswick, David, who never saw an English plate till now. So we had a chat and bought him a coke found this place ontop of the hill made it to Lourdes where Tommy went rounf the religious shops back into Pamplona and knackered. next was to Santander and this "lovely" Hotel. Imagine visiting your 80 yr old aunt and that musty smell in the house with furniture that is well past its sell by date the adams family springs to mind we also did the "pots and Pans" in the Picos. basically Potes to Panes through a beautiful valley 10 miles long the start waiting for the slow coaches we aslo called into san Vincente do Baquetta, a lovely seaside town near Santander then it was all over, waiting for the ferry final view of spain on the way back, we called into Weston bike night, it was rude not to and also Tintern Abbey and also Ponderosa loads more photos here, knock yourself out https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipOWf2vd2amq6GdH7uNZRd_1vEdZDsndaNTh5UWc 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy xs Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 So that's what we did, its all a blare to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy xs Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 So that's what we did, its all a blare to me Don't think that link works Drew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted August 13, 2017 Author Moderator Share Posted August 13, 2017 link works for me so no idea what your seeing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Cynic Posted August 13, 2017 Moderator Share Posted August 13, 2017 Nope, same as Tommy, error 404 for me too. I'm not jealous....... really I'm not...... no, I told you I'm NOT!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted August 13, 2017 Author Moderator Share Posted August 13, 2017 1 hour ago, Cynic said: Nope, same as Tommy, error 404 for me too. I'm not jealous....... really I'm not...... no, I told you I'm NOT!. try this then https://goo.gl/photos/b7BKxTYmx9YeZHnj8 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slice Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Smashing photos Drewpy, well done all of you, like Cynic I'm not jealous. had my chance and SWMBO wasn't having it..! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhat250 Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 bRLLIANT write up,,,,,,,, great adventure eh,, ,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neversaydie Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Good show chaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatloaf Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Drewps, tommo, looks like a brilliant trip and some of those roads look awesome, great pickies and great write up but what's with all the boots on the table, is it some Spanish tradition or what? Likewise I'm not at all jealous no really I'm NOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted August 15, 2017 Author Moderator Share Posted August 15, 2017 13 hours ago, meatloaf said: Drewps, tommo, looks like a brilliant trip and some of those roads look awesome, great pickies and great write up but what's with all the boots on the table, is it some Spanish tradition or what? Likewise I'm not at all jealous no really I'm NOT it was some art installation at La Guardia. imagine riding open roads with straights and twisties for 300km and don't need to stop, hot weather and road surface to die for, that's what we had going to Andorra 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy xs Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 It was an amazing adventure with a great bunch of guys, best holiday I've ever had but don't tell Mrs xs I said that. I haven't posted any pics as we pooled all our pics on whatsapp and as I've not got to grips with flicker yet, I thought just leave it to Drew who done a better job than I would have done anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted October 8, 2017 Author Moderator Share Posted October 8, 2017 uploaded a short vid of the trip, well not short its an hour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slice Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Oh wow that looked like fun, nice swoopy roads and lots to look at, next time..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neversaydie Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Good show. Oddly, the first thing that stuck me was the lack of roadside litter/debris. No binliners, setees, bosted lorry tyres etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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