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Out at 10.....back by 11......it's brutal out there already! And just for @yen_powell here's a Spanish cemetery picture. Nothing brightens up that weirdo's day like a nice Cemetery!

Or have a wank in the pot noodle, I'm sure there's a student somewhere who's done that

Stateside they wont give out any pain killers anymore, you have to see Pookie at the corner, his chit is better anyways.

Never been to Wales there to fucking scary and talk funny, especially the ones that go to Spain.

Woke up with dawn, enjoying a great light on sunrise, my phone doesn't seem to capture these moments, though. And after a while, it turned into a beautiful day Stopped by the fortress which is the very tip of Sagres, to have a walk around and see if I could see all the way to Brazil, but it was still closed and I didn't feel like waiting around Fueled up, and after a couple of kms stopped again at the lighthouse to see if I could have a coffee inside, also closed! There were a couple of italian bikes there, owners were very exuberant but we only said hello from a distance, I think neither of us felt like wearing a mask so we just said hello from a safe distance. In the next picture, you see a british family. The guy was making a right show of screaming at his terrified wife and daughter to climb down to the very edge of a cliff in order for him to take a selfie with them. Poor family was so scared but he did get his picture. They had a rental van... everyone could tell it was theirs because the screaming never really stopped even when they got into it From there, I rode a couple of dirt roads to my favourite location in the area, it's been shown before in previous reports as it's a special location to me, so here it goes again If you look closely on the picture above, there's someone flying a para glider from the second rock formation, I waited a while but he didn't venture higher or onto the sea. I spent a while there, thinking about stuff. And taking a picture or two of the bike After a while, headed north on the N120, very typical of this area There are some corners, and it's a weird road because you can cruise along at whatever speed in 6th and then all of a sudden there's 3km of very tight corners, I like it but didn't stop for corner pictures Stopped at Cabo Sardão (lizard cape), not as imposing as the previous ones but the ocean was really pretty today and I love a good lighthouse There's quite a big cave down there Rode off via a series of short dirt roads, here's one that had a little sand, not what I prefer in my fuelled up bike with road tires Stopped in Porto Novo for lunch, in a lovely place with a great view and ocean breeze. The local typical fried cuttlefish were great. Rode on, and stopped by one of the biggest beaches in Portugal, south of Comporta (50kms long) , I stopped to make a call, and prepare myself as I know that as soon as I rode away from the ocean it'd start to really heat up and I didn't feel like having to stop and talk on all the heat. It was just a perfect day for going to this beach, no people, perfect temperature, beautiful water... After Sines, heading in it quickly got hot, and I stopped yet again to open the vents on the jacket, and a wee. It was about 33 or 35º by now By Grandola I took my last foto of the dashboard showing 38,5º ambient temperature, before I put my phone away as it was boiling. It eventually got to 40º on the motorway. After temperatures got that high the smaller roads were about to get boring too, so I just got on the motorway for an hour, or what felt like an hour, and headed to Ericeira to meet Sofia for dinner, passing the Tejo river over Portugal'l longest bridge at 11km I rode all the way at 90kmh and standing up most of the time. The temperature dropping to 33º over the river felt like air conditioning Made it to Ericeira for a very cool 25º again next to the ocean. A great day on the bike again, which is now proper dusty.

Went for a great ride yesterday on Charlotte, my Honda. Took one of my favourite routes around a bunch of lakes with lots of twisty corners. It was on of those days where every corner feels just right and you feel one with the bike. That might be a bit to philosophical for some.....but that's the way I roll..... This trip was for a few reasons, one, to take a nice ride and enjoy a break at the lake in the sun, but also to scope out boat launch sites. There might be a watercraft in my future, besides with all these lakes in my backyard it would be a shame not to enjoy them. Grasshopper's don't swim so well, but they do float.

I get the impression your deliberately remembering and reciting all the bad things you experienced in Wales because you are suppressing the feelings of being seriously homesick just a thought

You should come down here Clive, you can sit in the sun and watch it raining in Wales from where I live

Ive got to question while there's shingle , why not some nice slabs so that the occupants get some kip

A quote from my wife after showing her Immobile's miraculous recovery when Italy scored , 'well the Italians are good actors'

see if you can give yourself a wank mate , probably wont help your back , pass a bit of time though.... then treat yourself to a pot noodle .

Looks like it might be a tent/garage day......surprise, surprise, Bagheera, my Himalayan, is not working....... So let's see..... a broken Himalayan, a tent, some sunshine, shiny tools.....what's missing????? BEER!!! Good thing I have a second bike to do a beer run on.....

So we should be good then because it only kills Americans

I hope it gets better for you soon Keith. Keep your eye on the diabetes, I never realised what a bitch that can be until I had to go for a prosthetic leg. I though how have all these people had accidents until someone explained about diabetes leading to bad circulation.

That's not how i experience it here. There's plenty of good weather to ride and all year not just the summer months obviously when it rains it bloody rains. If you stay away from the tourist traps the roads are quiet, admittedly i have seen an increase in people out where i ride since covid but hoping that will change once foreign travel starts again and people slip back into their old life. Big towns will always have traffic there's no getting away from that pretty much the same everywhere so i avoid them as much as i can. If i go away for a two week holiday i always find myself pining for home i enjoy just being here even if i'm just sat about doing nothing couldn't imagine leaving it behind

Referral that’s a joke can’t get to see the doctor they are way to important, can see the poor nurse though they don’t matter, It’ll be ok just pulled it the other day, just takes longer to recover nowadays.

If you get on the country roads you can piss past everything, but with Skegness,Mablethorpe,Cleethorpes and the like most of that traffic is around the county here so you are passing lines of traffic, a lot of the time filtering, and we seem to be plagued by Sunday drivers and of course caravans.

Butt, lots of wet sheep!

I didn't really experience bad things as such.......it was more a case of as the years went by it just felt like it was an existence rather than living. Everything was always the same.....nothing ever changed. We just wanted something different in life apart from what we'd always known. The few days you'd get decent weather there the roads would be jammed with caravans and holidaymakers etc. You'd spend the whole day looking for gaps to get past bunches of cars......then it was belt it through! Couple of miles later you'd be plodding again in traffic and have to repeat the whole thing again. It wasn't like that when I started riding.....it just got progressively worse as the years went by. In the early 2000's I started seeing ride reports on Buttrider from people living in other countries......and it was just so different. Great weather and empty roads. Totally different way of life and it looked great! So when we had no more family ties in 2005......we were gone.....and never looked back. Don't get me wrong....I love Wales and I'll die Welsh! But as for living anywhere in Britain ever again.....forget it! That door closed forever 16 years ago.

Went to Porthmadog for a hol years ago. Pissed it down for 2 days.........the guy on the site said "when the low cloud and rain clear away the views are stunning".......it never did clear.

It's the only thing in the States that's smaller than ours, look at the feckin breakfast

No, normally I would have offered to take the picture if I see a family wanting a family picture, but the guy was a real jerk. A few people a year drop from cliffs for taking pictures on the edge or looking at big waves here. But even though I rode around quite a lot, I hate wearing masks so just don’t approach people unless once or twice a day. After a while it gets sort of sad because some days I never talk to anyone at all. The Algarve is getting big on covid again, most infected people there aren’t portuguese …

I’m sure you will be parked up near a playground in your van as usual.

I don’t understand why anyone would take the risk of booking anything right now and paying the prices that are being asked for.

A dash of yellow to brighten your day! Some Bird's-foot Trefoil

Of getting old eh, sat here with my back in agony, went for the annual diabetes screening yesterday, blood pressure is up, kidney function way down, will wait now for the blood and piss test results while I sit here in pain drinking more water, well at least the cholesterol is ok.

at somebodies else's house of course

It's up there with wiping your nob on the bedroom curtains!!

Wanking in Pot Noodles? We've hit rock bottom now!

Not a football fan but I thought this one was right on the money...... Going to be fun in @boboneleg's house tomorrow!

Everything happens for a reason, sometimes the reason is you are knob end and make bad choices.

Suddenly i feel better, you old people rock..lol

Can I have some.

So now I can go to amber countries and return without quarantine. Why the hell would I want to go to some shithole?

I just spent the last few hours cutting and cleaning up what little vegetation we have around the house i have now earned the next six months off

Sure thing @skyrider I’ll certainly try just that small thing.

I usually do, the wife calls it being a lazy sod.

Yeah unfortunately, plus other shit things, but I’m still breathing that’s the main thing, plus loads are worse off.

Your jacket has more facilities than mine has!

Yeah you’re bang on there with traffic, unfortunately it’s the same all over here, gets to be a waste of time getting the bike out, the roads look far better and hardly any traffic it seems when you are riding over there.

According to some cunt called Pete it’s a shithole.

I thought Sophia might have snuck it on there

And you thought that’s what I would put in my plate if I had a chance choose one?

and has the handling of a feckin shopping trolley

It doesn't say Fat Slaphead?

Bang on Bucky, some of these poor loves can't face life unless they have at least 4 holidays a year

I see coastal shots like that and I want to get my walking boots on. Cheers Pedro, great stuff.