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Travelling through the tall trees of the rainforest. ??

on a run around picking up some bits for work by bike on wednesday I came across these to old ladies in the back yard of one of our suppliers Austin FX3! London taxis built by BMC from '48 to '58 WTF? made me instantly think of that war poet Rupert Brook (?) who wrote in the 1st war I think " If I should die, think only this of me, that ther is, some corner of a foreign field that is forever England. There shall be, in that rich earth a richer dust concealed..." I can't remember how the rest goes, you;ll have to look it up. it must be a good 30 years since a learned it at school...

Both yesterday

So, earlier today: Woke up to a warm morning in the Alentejo region, lets guess around 27º by breakfast time: After getting on the road, within some quick 30km or so we were on the Alqueva dam makes for the biggest artificial lake in Europe, with 250.000 square km. It's pretty bloody big. After having an expresso stop 30km after today's start, we stop for a few pictures on top of the dam, were we meet this cool older dude on a ride with his 46 year old 2 stroke 50cc Famel, stylish as hell. Another few kms south, and this is the spot where hills open up On a dirt road that I didn't remember being dirt, Sofia stoops while I go ahead and check the road to see if it's fine for the Triumph Here she comes Brief stop in Mertola From Mertola until Alcoutim we have just a few kms of great tarmac road, very smooth and a few twists. Managed to scrub a little of my tire off on the time After securing a nice swimming pool for the remainder of the afternoon, I settled to it. For dinner, some tapas and white wine next to the Guadiana river in Alcoutim, we had a friendly neighborhood dog come to ask for a little ham, which he got along with some nice bits of anchovies

He's going fast already, better get him some brakes.

Up until the point, its broke....then you notice you are flying off a cliff approaching a terminal velocity of 236 mph moment's before you land face first.

a holiday cottage somewhere in Burgundy

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