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In countries where you dont speak the native language, it can be a great help. Same goes with unfamiliar areas when you have limited time. Sometimes it is not knowing where to research points of interest. I've taken two Edelweiss Tours, both of them well run, fun and great motorcycle roads experienced. Have also done two tours with Ride in Tours, which is a one man outfit (Laurent Dozias) who knows France inside and out, as well as a couple of other countries. Laurent has very reasonable prices and is freaking crackup to be around. Looking forward to one next year that takes me back to Spain!

So the w*nker in charge of Wales said we are allowed to invade again, well I don't need a second invitation No gestapo on the M4 once I'd crossed the bridge so away we go, off at jct 28, up through Risca and onto Machen, time to stop and get some fuel. Fuckmine, what's all this shit ? Anyway, I got some fuel and made my escape, obviously the they realised that the T700 is too cool to be classed as an off road bike ? Made my way up around Caerphilly and through Abertriwr to go through Senghenydd when all hell broke loose, cops everywhere , chopper in the sky , the whole caboodle . Obviosly looking for stray Ingerlish but I managed to escape. On a serious note, anything on the news boys as it looked pretty serious up there ? Now this is what we're talking about, the road over the top from Bedlinog is a corker............ Onwards and across to Fochriw and passing the remains of the old mines and the bridges that took the trains to them............. and then I sneaked though Dowlais to get to go by the Brecon Mountain Railway to get to Pontsticill. https://www.bmr.wales/ I made my way down past the reservoirs before stopping at Talybont for a coffee break........... I rode on through the back lanes to get to the Upper Chapel road. As this bike is fairly new to me and only just run in I was now in the position to give it a good test. The road from Brecon to Builth Wells via Upper Chapel (Capel Uchaf) is a great road to test a bike, undulations , sharp bends, straights, it has it all and the Yam passed with flying colours, I am really starting to like this bike. Down through Builth and on to Hundred House and so to the A44 before passing briefly back into England at Kington. I took some back roads down through Brilley skirting the border the whole time , got to love a road with a grass strip down the middle and down into Clyro and onto Talgarth, here the road was blocked so I took the alternative route past Llangorse Lake before dropping down through Llangynidr and stopping for another break by the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal ................. I made my way past Abergavenny and Raglan and onto the back roads befor one last stop just before Chepstow and the Severn Bridge to take me back over the water and into England. I've ridden through here before (early in the morning when no one was about) but they're making it plain now that we are not welcome.......... However, it seems that this area is reserved for some other sort of activity ? I'll leave that to your imagination ..................... ?

I'll be going through that area tomorrow, won't be filming though

well, it was special on Pirelli Supercorsa! Who needs Pakistan´s road of Death when one has surprises like this right here!!

OK, I have to admit that @Pedro is a much better photographer then me, but, on the other hand, I am more stylish then him!! ?? because you asked, some photos of the photographer made stylish by the other photographers!

I'm using a Mac with safari, click on a saved link and normally I'm in so I have no idea what happened. This also happened to me years ago on another site with my old pc. Made contact with admin and they never came back with a fix. Trying to tell me something?

Heading back to that area first week of September. Might even stop in Tin Cup this time, but they have great hot dogs in Pitkin ? Last time we were up Cottonwood, they hadnt paved the west side down to the reservoir. Huge surprise to go thru there a few weeks ago and see the new asphalt. reminded me a little of Stelvio Pass!. Gravel in the curve is always fun, too.

I can't get over that shit. Portugal has been complaining that the UK doesn't open traffic for tourists to come here and return freely, arguing that we are better than the UK at the moment, and that they have no reason to protect themselves from us. Well, if the UK is really in a far worse condition than Portugal at the moment then why in the royal fuck would we want hordes of uk tourists coming over? And why is the government openly trying to open borders? Honestly, there is no shame in politics or economics.

Really not a fan... I dont mean to get myself into adventure, it just finds me!! But I have relented to the reality here and will try a R1200GS at some point. Its the only one I like. If ever I can afford one, I will get it.

I'd prefer to see pics of the photographer myself!

And even better.......I drove there via Death and Dismemberment Boulevard!

Maybe get there next year. Trying to plan a trip to Spain with a tour group, then keep the bike and head north into UK to see some "friends". You know, those online peeps you've talked to for years but never seen face to face. Plus a couple that i have met face to face.

After @Pedro showed me where to eat a nice snack in the middle of a 500 kms ridding day, I went back for more! I dont take almost any pictures ever! But here are some! Sao Pedro do Sul, where we had lunch last week and the others are from a gorgeous place really North next to the border with Spain, also recommended by @Pedroand he was not wrong when he said it is breath taking! Plus a view point with my own name, the egocentric in me says, whats not to like!! The only thing missing was @Pedro himself that this time was otherwise engaged and didn't join me for the ride! there are a lot of videos, however will not bore you with them

Pretty much sums it up. Never understood why someone would want to pay for a "tour" when it's just as easy to set out on your own and wander around....and lots cheaper, too.

Actually, thats where i crashed back in 07

If you did it for a living it would probably become a chore very quickly. i know it would for me, bikes are strictly for pleasure

You've come a long way since 2005 Pedro.......

Couple of months ago, on my birthday

After this traffic jam subsided, it was smooth sailing the rest ifteh way home...

Made it up to the Pass at 12,126' above sea level. Nice and cool up here today and no smoke...

Fantastic shots Sofia! What camera or phone are you using?

Looks nice Pete! Im working at supressing wind noise while taking vids from the cockpit, so far the first tests went well

On bright side thats the best cockpit pic so far @Grasshopper's Ride!

I took the scenic route home from work today............

Well hello there ?

What about an off road video taken many years ago, a mate warned me there was a hole in this puddle so proceeded with caution but still gave me a surprise lol

Morocco was once and many years ago, before two men on BMWs ruined it for everyone. Abroad now is a normal holiday and hire bikes if you can get them. Last year was Rhodes and a Pegaso single cylinder bike. Just used it to explore and nip into the capital, I used to park it behind a lace stall run by a very old lady on the city walls, she was lovely, she would guide me into the space after the first day. I was in Corfu again 2 years ago, hired the same bike you have Pete, one of those Suzuki 650 v-twin things. Hated it, I took it back because it was hard to ride on a steady throttle, very jerky, told the owner it needed the injectors balancing. He polished it and sprayed lube on the chain and gave it back with exactly the same problem. I just had to ensure I was always speeding up or slowing down. I stopped for a red light on one of their main roads which caught the truck behind out (they usually go through for a few seconds after). I heard a lot of tyre squealing as he slid sideways behind me. He did wave an apology and as I pulled away he was using forward and reverse to get himself pointing the right way again. Before that it was Cyprus, the Tenere seen in the other picture on here somewhere. Also tried a quad. Did take both on unsurfaced roads, the Tenere was way safer. Malta, no bike hired, it was very cold and wet, also hard to even park a bike there, lovely place, very crowded. I believe even the countryside is classed as a conurbation by population density. Cyprus and the same Tenere before that, it was still new then. Portugal, scooter only available, 125 I think. Under seat storage was useful for shopping, not a lot of go though. Parked it in the 'Rua Sir Cliff Richard' one day, which is, I kid you not, the street with the cemetery in it. Lanzarote, BMW single. The only off road there is full of rocks spat out by a volcano, beautiful and moon like scenery. Can't go back as I had a parking ticket and left without paying it. If I go back they might hunt me down and do terrible spanish things to me. Pics below are varied and of all dates, Essex green lanes on my DR (currently being put back together) and my Africa Twin, Isle of Wight, Peterborough speedway track, moped race (I'm in the red shirt white crash hat), Wiltshire, Lanzarote, Morocco, my contractors yard, Billingsgate Fish market (traffic light tree I put up). Also Cambrian rally on a CRM250 lent to me a few minutes before by a dealer, what a guy. My bike had just failed scrutineering, wheel bearings had gone trail riding day before. I went to a bloke displaying bikes to try and get a bearing, he offered me a choice of bikes to borrow instead. Also Salisbury Plain, one picture looks like Little House on the Prairie to me, on my first DR kickstart....or rather didn't. Finally there is one on the Ridgeway on my Varadero on my way to a bike rally, the day before it closes for the winter. I believe that is supposed to be the oldest known road in Britain.

That looks cool, and the T7 looks great as well. I would guess that the actual call to the cops might go weirdly: "they're filling up on petrol!"

......word on the street is it'll take effect from 18th September so they can eke out more tourist revenue up till then. Then we'll have to live with the aftermath! And that time will coincide with temperatures dropping to more pleasant levels! Sort of like the end of the first lockdown coinciding with the wall of heat coming down!