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To not incur in @boboneleg's rath, I´ll post a few words this today's ride. I had a proper day's riding today, left the hotel at around 9 and headed south to the Algarve, rode through country and mountain roads, mostly small roads. It was a little chilly in the morning up to about 10 or 11AM, but as soon as I approached Monsaraz it got hot, from then on temperatures ranged between 31 to 35, it felt hotter than that though and when it got to 31 it felt cool by comparison I was in a better mood today, so stopped to take a few pictures First, storks' nests on top of telephone poles, they usually fly away when you stop nearby but managed to catch a couple: Half an hour later, stopped to send emails, and had my morning expresso in Estremoz: The full face modern helmet surprised me, and warranted a picture They say the Alentejo is big, and it sort of is for Portugal size, but I'd love it to be the size of Texas, I could ride around this for days: Warning, this thread is about to get flooded with pictures of my bike next to an Oak Tree Alentejo traffic jam, this went on for a few minutes while they figured out how to balance the panels on one single strap First sight of the Alqueva lake, from the Monsaraz Castle And a stop for lunch a snack and refreshments, it was getting warm now, so I found a nice shady spot to park And the day turned amazing, center and northern Portugal got rainy weather today: There are worse places to park for a phone call And then, near Serpa, I took a little detour from the road just for @XTreme's delection, this is an abandoned train station, so abandoned they already took the tracks away a long time ago, and it´s for sale! I am sure Pete would be up these with a puppy like excitement, but I didn't really feel the urge to it And made way, further on after a few great twisties I again got off the road to go and see a menhir. After a couple kms of loose shale dirt road I got pretty disappointed at the sight of this, they're smaller than they appear to be on the picture, the fence was just a little taller than me I didn't feel like walking to the other one, drank some more water and rode on to the Algarve hills Brief dirt road excursion in search of a great view, not very photogenic What followed was 2 hours of very twisty roads over the Algarve hills, no pictures of that unless the tires showing signs of an afternoon well spent after I got home. Searching for a decent meal in Faro proved hard, the local supermarket was already closed, a lot of places went under last year because of covid, a few of them also close on mondays, and I didn't like the crowds on the ones that were open, so uber eats came to the rescue and a pizza was had. I had a proper motorcycling day today, rode at my own pace which meant sometimes cruising admiring the scenery at very slow speeds, as well as enjoying the twisties. Tomorrow, it's going to be a little work and then a short ride to the local beach.

Thanks! And as you know, it's worse when you have to make that call. In our case the tests all showed organs failing and she only had a couple of weeks at most........so we couldn't let her suffer!

Did a search for “Stranger Danger” and this came up.

I always said you had excellent taste, except when it comes to food, then you are a gutter slurping toilet syphon.

Sorry for your loss. Our last dog passed away while we were on holiday. Wife said, "I don't want to go through that again"....we have been pet free since.

A Tory complaining about capitalism and the free market, very funny.

i aint got no Scooter

Went out to see how the one placentas live in the Beach communities locally, most are grilling cow parts. pork parts, beer parts. Bonus Ass Cam shot thanks to Go pro on rear rack. As we see Ass Cam catches Scooter riders being passed in a no passing zone, asses need glasses i just blew a stop sign to get this pic, Buck mode off. If im not mistaken its our local crew of Scooter Philes, @Clive @Mawsley and @Six30 You have to wonder what @Sir Fallsalot @XTreme @Mess @Mawsley @boboneleg @Grasshopper's Ride @Catteeclan Think about some maybe all or none of any of this?

We just thought being ruled by a family of inbred Geremans was a bad idea.

Ive got a nice Van Van Clive, could be right up your street

Neither was I, but it was better than it looked and I'm washing it down with nicely chilled wine from the region I rode through today, all's cool!

I will just carry on in the same way has I have been doing these past months.

I am having serious trouble not turning into a grammar nazi, feeling triggered though

I would take Fred's Doginator , proper bike that is If he won't give it up then I'll take Slowly's 9T (i think that's what it's called) , for a BMW I quite like it

@Tym........the knackered road going GTR ........Not that KLR donkey

Anything would be a downgrade for me, given I am the only person here with a real motorcycle.

I think she's breaking all records!

i would have Uncle Bucks Harley with out a doubt not cause i like it ...... so i could kill the ugly gay cunt of a bike with fire and explosives

You can’t have mine, Pete, get your own I would choose between @Buckster’s Harley and @Sofia’s Speed Triple, or probably @Specs’s GS, can’t hurt to have two

No more for us either....we're too old to exercise them properly. And the wife's osteoarthritis limits her mobility these days. We're down to 1 Dog, I duck (who's 15), 2 tortoises, and the 2 horses.

I did give my last one a whopping dose of tramadol as she was shuffling off and her saucer sized pupils were smiling on her way out which was nice. Sadly dont have anymore of that now frowned on opiate (left over from Mr Slowlys shoulder op) so the next two wont have that pleasure.

Butt............................ its still only a KLR lets be real are you ok? Medic!

@gymwitch that is a pain I understand far better than I want to, gone from five dogs to two in the last 18 months, you have all the sympathy I can send. Loathe as we are to say it out loud our dogs mean more to most of us than some of the relatives in our lives and that grief is hard. apparently thats the hug emoji which needs explanation unless the idea of jazz hands might make you smile a tiny bit?

@gymwitch sorry about your dog ... its heartbreaking.

Caught this blood moon shot over the Wirral. Andy got better pucs on his fancy Samsung.

Uggghhh what psycho would do that !!!

I haven't.....I've got Baboon Bum and Nappy Rash again!

We got a Granada hospital trip on Wednesday.......that's going to be a long, hot day!

Most our 1970's scooters have badly rusted gas tanks, my best guess is thats the main tank.

It's been a busy few days......same today. Taking wife to docs in a while for her drugs!. Then she has a opticians appointment (see if they give her glasses, or a Labrador and a white stick!) at 2pm. Pick granddaughter from school at 3.30......hardly a minute to myself.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9754801/Father-three-quoted-71k-weeks-stay-Cornwall-holiday-home.html

I have got a great idea, wars, online. Everybody on each side, or sides, plays a VR game over the net, butt, when you die online, you also die in 3D!!,Electrocuted through the vr! is that a great idea or what!

I doubt i really ever have any idea what i mean to be honest.

E A D for $20 Alex

We don't mind losing......as long as it's not to you lot!

Ive used my CRF250 Rally to got to France twice, the first time I only used it as my DR650 was out of commision. I thought it would be underpowered but absolutey not, stick to the side roads and trails and it's bloody ace. Those sort of roads are soooooooo much better that route national or autoroutes in France anyway, there is so much more to see. I wouldn't hesistate to use it to ride to Spain or Italy.

Todd, ever the animal lover, tried to resuscitate a deer but it was too far gone...

We rode for 25 miles through a huge burn area. Really sad. Flowers are making a comeback this year...

Saturday morning dawns and we're headed north to some off road areas that I know of. We ended up just south of the Wyoming border. This used to be one of my favorite areas, but last year's huge forest fire took care of that. Nothing but burnt trees everywhere...

I'm trying not to think about Italy v England final

An entertaining covid story- school children have discovered orange juice gives a false positive on a covid test so guess what the little monkeys have been doing when they want to stay at home

Well that is sort of true. The vaccination gives your body’s immune system a memory of what the unwanted virus looks like so when the real deal turns up your immune systems bouncers are ready to go. A side effect of this in people with a reasonable immune response is the virus is wiped out before it gets a hold or to the shedding stage which is where you are shedding diseased cells and can infect other people. The shedding timing is different in different diseases. So by their very nature all immunisations cut down on disease transmission. This is how the herd immunity effect works, it helps to protect the unvaccinated because it becomes difficult for the virus to transmit and that gives protection to the morons who dont want to get vaccinated. So yes someone can have a vaccination and still catch a disease and pass it on its just at a vastly reduced rate. Its not something they want to broadcast at the moment because its not useful for compliance with mask wearing or crowd control before they have enough people jabbed.

Yes. Infection rates are rising but hospitalisation and deaths currently arent increasing at the same rate which is the key factor. Getting a mild illness that requires no intervention and causes no long term disability is the key.

Actually, we get to thank Civilians with guns for this one. Behind every tree bitches.

Infection rates will rise but have the death rates risen, you can test positive after having two jabs but are less likely to die is this what we are seeing now ?

This is what 70mph feels like on my 400 and 650 And this is what 70mph feels like on the Africa twin