Have lost track of time a bit….Left the site at just on 8am and rode over the top of the hill on some small roads – David had a bit of an altercation with a tractor that decided to let Rui and I passed and then pulled out on David – a good test of his ABS, bowels and heart…. !!!! I had a lighter time when hit in the face by a large black bug…. and that one did hurt – later I got hit my another large creature that bounced off the chin guard and went straight into my left nostril and did not want to come out…. I could feel him moving about but not amount of “sneezing” would dislodge it…. So up with the visor – a grab of it and pull him out ….. it did not end happy for him I fear….
We made our way around Albacete with only minor disruption from Gertie…then back on the high plains and through what must me the bread basket of Spain – with miles and miles of wheat fields…. We had a quick stop for coffee and then rode to Motilla del Palancar… and onwards to a very expensive pavement café in Teruel – and the pavements full on Harley posers…. Back onto the road and what felt like endless long roads – some of it through rocky moon-like landscapes… also Cowboy Western landscapes and very long views…By late afternoon we rode into Caspe to get fuel and then managed to get separated within the back streets… but we all eventually arrive at the lake-side camp site…. Some what hot and bothered… The ground again very very hard and will need 6 inch nails instead of tent pegs…. Not forgetting the big hammer… note the temperature was 39.5 degrees in the park when we arrived…
Tonight will be a hot one…. But tomorrow is a much shorter day of only 140 miles to
Andorra….. bye bye Spain …………….
Mon 25th June – Spain
I don’t believe a court in the land would have convicted my if I had dumped off all the people involved – with tractors and specialist equipment – in picking or whatever the field of plums at 4.30am this morning…. A cool part of the day it may have been but I don’t care – they had their siesta in the afternoon and I didn’t ….
I am turning into Ed Reardon (Radio 4) or someone very close to him and the Grumpy Old Men…. I know – I hear you saying Nigel is already a GOM or even a Grumpy Old Bike… GOB……. I am because events and people have made me that way – you only have yourselves to blame…
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We had a good start at 7.30 this morning and didn’t really get lost at all…a good hot ½ day’s riding – fought our way into Andorra past all the fag shops and dozens of petrol stations… and even managed a quick trip around the first hyper bloody market – far too much choice and stacks of booze and fags on even corner to lure the unsuspecting…. We bought bread, water and potato chips and left ………….. the last time I came to Andorra half the main town was like building site – we three years later the other half is being done….
Got the the camp site by 12.30 and we are all now chilling – Rui is doing his dhoby, David is checking and noting his maps as he managed to lose his note book somewhere en route (pardon my French) – as for me I am writing up the blog ready for up loading sometime tomorrow – maybe even at a McDonalds – I get the impression that the other two are too ‘foodie’ to enjoy the delights of a Big Mac…. I how ever am not….. they may have to just watch as I eat one with chips !!!! We are on the way the Millau tomorrow but the route is taking us over some more Twisties and even some Wiggly Wiggly’s ……. Night night dear reader…. PS the temperature today was 44 degrees - bugger
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