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Some more from yesterdays ride..........

Temps 25 degrees and never seen so many bikes out as there were today. Literally hundreds of them! But it's the first weekend that we can cross into other provinces since the start of March.......so everybody's out. I'd have liked to have gone down into the mining complex itself.....but that would have involved scaling down the banks on very tricky surfaces. I thought better of it.....because at 66 I'm in no fit state to fall off mountains!

From today my house is around the centre of the photo in the distance

First of all, most pictures were taken just for you guys, didn't feel like stopping at all ? My home is about one and a half to two hours away from Sofia's, if I take small scenic roads. A little tired of being alone by myself I offered to visit and cook dinner, we were to meet halfway for a coffee. As I ride off the weather is looking a little much like not-summer. We were to meet at my cafe of choice for going to have something on the bike, it's located in Serra de Montejunto, which is what divides inland weather from coastal weather, going there on the extreme summertime provides me with easy relief from the summer heat. Riding into a very low cloud A few minutes after I arrive, she does too: Thinking of wether to ride straight back or not, it starts to rain heavily so I choose to have a nice hot toast and coffee in the dry and heated cafe. After, I put my padded winter mid layer on and plastic rain overpants, in June ?, to go to Ericeira. Ride there was wet with roads covered in mud and grime, I followed Sofia as she was breaking in her brand new Pirelli Supercorsas in less than ideal conditions In Ericeira she went straight to work and I went for a warm shower instead ?, before visiting her current patients, that were born not long ago and now getting a feel for chewable food: They're rather more interested in playing and exploring than eating: Dinner was prepared by me, and consisted of tinned sardines cooked in paprika and turmeric seasoned onions and tomato, African inspired, it tastes a lot better than it sounds, and was served on toast on top of goat's fresh cheese. Too much wine was consumed so the next day I slept a little later with her dog for company, also lazily taking some effort to get up: Instead of riding back home, on friday I did a little ride around the area, successfully avoided more than a few rain drops, and managed one single picture of the entire thing, stopped for refreshment: Today, weather is glorious in sunny Ericeira, so had breakfast at a street side cafe and took my sweet time walking around before riding back home. Riding back, I used countryside roads to head home, crossing the Lisbon wine area without taking any pictures as basically whenever I though of doing so the pretty landscape had already passed Stopped for a cafe at lunch time back at the same hilltop cafe, but since it was almost empty I decided to stay for lunch. Had a nice burger, cooked while both other bikes there idled away for 15 minutes, some people must really worry about riding off on a not hot engine. They proceeded to stop 1 km away for almost another hour Burger was not worthy of a picture. Going back down the hill on the other side, almost home A brief stop for urination purposes was made a lot better by pissing with a view: Arrived back home with a terribly dirty bike to a dark and moody sky. Might even wash the bike once it has properly cooled off, if it doesn't rain.

Ericeira is the only World Surf Reserve in Europe. It is a very special place for many reasons, but above all has a special energy. One can compare it to St Ives or Padstow. Rich Northen European Retirees discouvered it ( helped by the Non Habitual Resident status ) and started buying houses like mad, so a place that has always been above average regarding house prices, became ultra expensive. It was never cheap, its a little bit like Isle de Rè in France, but now its crazy. Not even Corona brought the prices down. Still, if you fancy holiday here I can help and @Pedro can be your guide!

North is old money and industry, blue colar and foul mouth people that are honest and down to earth, south is finance and banking more than industry, overpaid people that spend too much on superfluous shit and end up being broke next to their relatives up north that get paid half as much but live better. North is better wine for less money, south is overpriced cocktails. North is in your face hard truth versus south being backstabbing sweet talking ponces, you get the gist of it. PS: I'm from the north, so this is my disclaimer for considering my opinion above

Well......it is a cockpit!

I don't know about looking stylish but black and white makes everything look better or maybe not ?

Now be fare, he was trying to figure out why it was running, why wasnt it running, kinda was running, started running great then started to run like crap...Team Green 2020

The Kawasaki ones fall apart after two rides.

@Tym.........some clown on what looked to be a Kawasaki got in my way. Poor bastard is probably pushing it home as we speak!

Nice area, always looks like a western setting.

I have a couple from there somewhere.

Correct, it’s one of Portugal’s prettiest 20 towns, I think. you just spend two days here, Pete, and I’ll show you a little tour with those blue houses, nice eating, nice drinking, and some nice roads, and you’ll be able to show these portuguese twats (that warm bikes up forever in 20 degrees) what styling and profiling really means!

Nuff said, Sophia wins by a mile

Near Compton Abdale earlier on today..........

I suppose this could be classed as stylish or more likely, look at that feckin clown

Col du Bonette Fred, I took the photos ?

Hard one this as i ride alone a lot and when i am out with someone i'm usually taking the photos Got this with no bike unfortunately from a while ago And here's the bike (RWB Africa twin at back centre) at the location best i can do i'm afraid lol

From today's ride...

Stuck in traffic

One from today........

Great ride, after riding through a crazy overgrown trail we come out at the end to this small lake in the middle of the forest. ?