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Went for a little ride with @Sofia today, to check out the biggest fortification on the Lines of Torres, which is quite close to her home. It was a pretty awesome winter day today, the weather was perfect and we took no pictures of the ride itself because we were running out of day light, but it's a little gem of an area with rolling green hills that doesn't seem to belong to center Portugal but still within the great Lisbon area. I realize this report has too many pictures of embankments and of myself, but bare with it, I'm not one for spending too much time looking at historic things and this really peaked my interest, more so as I didn't really know what to expect nor where we were going at first. The Forte Grande (Big Fort) or Forte do Alqueirão was the biggest fort in the Lines of Torres used by the Portuguese / British army to hold back the French, led by General Wellington. They built two lines of fortifications along the hills from Torres Vedras to Vila Franca de Xira, this is the most important if not only by being the biggest. (I think, look it up if you're interested, I know very little History) There's a couple of kms of sort of loose gravel with a couple of ruts climbing from the road to the fort, so Sofia left the Speed Triple and it's Supercorsa tires down below and rode up with me. Here I am annoyed on a work call, she made herself entertained exploring my different moods through the whole event We rode up next to the old stone road, probably built along with the fort, I was happy to have nice smooth dirt and not those bumpy big rocks, me examining the old road on foot and not really caring much for it: Wouldn't want to ride up this, as always the rocks look bigger in reality than they do in Pictures, bringing supplies on horse carts up this must have been a chore. Give me the right smooth road anytime: Parked right by an embankment There is a geodesic mark inside the fort, and on top of that they built a cool viewpoint from which you get reference point to all the other forts as well as a great view. And then a walk around checking out the defense structures and ruins: Cannon embrasures, and how they look now: To me, the most impressive thing about the Lines of Torres, is how quick they could transmit a message over a long distance: I got a kick out of the drawings, they really made it easy to imagine how the ruins looked back when in use, so I tried to take a picture of some of the ruins from the same angle as the drawing was made, like the below one of a Powder Magazine: Or this one: And my favorite one, the "Governor's House", which was a small house used as an office, with a division for supposedly storing maps and charts, and a room for meetings. I made a point of standing in Wellington´s meeting room, nobody showed up Afternoon was getting on, and we rode back before the sun started to go down, stopping on the way to buy dog medicines by the vet pharmacy. Good little ride, it was today!

Using the aircon in your car is also the quickest way to defrost the windows of your car if you haven't a posh car with heated windows

I'm going to be helpful, @XTreme, see the little sun on top of this aircon remote above 28ºC? Means it's throwing warm air:

It was @Six30’s wife.

Like this sort of thing and I've just discovered some castle ruins a few miles away I haven't visited before.

I have to say, I don’t usually spend a lot of time looking at History stuff, but these Line of Torres forts are obviously in scenic locations, with a little dirtroad to get there after some nice roads, so they are growing on me.

You cant be to careful, sure, she looks 17 in that pic on facebutt, cause she was when it was taken dumbass. So, before we fall in love with another hottie, lets review something, get back on track here, ugh. ps. (Never make a vid with Justin.)

I do. Road and off road.

Just got it .... bit fucking harsh @Clive and undeserved

Hit the send button when you say so

Twat!

It's in the second part of his statement...

That’s probably because of the netflix tv show that came up a couple of months ago, the portuguese name being “Gloria”. It was pretty unknown history before that.

so Buck was right! well I guess that telling everyone to fuck off, he was bound to be right sooner or later

Not sure if this can be classed as 'humour' but this thread is as good as any. An epic rant on the state of the UK now while Bodge Johnson and Dominic Cummings have a tiff over parties. One for you @XTreme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzwufOxle0E

Bozo just said 'nobody told me' No 10 lockdown garden party was against the rules!

Cant see a downside there to be honest. Non Brits would think themselves cool knowing some little know fact only the websites users know. Like the secret sign Woodchucks give to each other in our gang movies.

Well at least you didn't whinge about having to go to Baza to get them

Thai bikes are great.

that he love you long time...

The other day I saw a fellow female overlander getting roasted (on the internet) because she decided to drag loaded DR650 over a log instead of jumping it like Evil Kneivel. Which inspired me to write out an explanation of exactly how differently you make decisions when you're longterm solo overlanding, than if you're out with your mates on the weekend. It's not the same game. https://bikehedonia.wordpress.com/2022/01/18/risk-calculation/

Don't mince your words in it Clive......put in loads of incomprehensible shit about "feelings".

@Clive......get that Incomprehensible Warning PM ready!

your a bit of a cunt tonight... you had a bad day , do you need to talk ? well go find Clive and have a chat you twat

19 inch front ..of course

Doesn't everybody? I need bike number 65 to keep the momentum going!

you just want to change for the sake of it ?

Nothing much turning up at the dealers! It beats me how a Tracer or an NC750X can be classed as trail bikes!

I can't tell if the person that wrote that was in such a red mist that his imagination failed him, or just dum.

My bike's engine is supposedly assembled in Berlin, I don't know if one should be proud of that

Unfortunately yes. But it was the previous owner who had abused it. It was just amazing that the dealer hadn't replaced the front brake lever! MOT failure in the UK!

He might even find a real cunt eventually

from 2014 I think.

I've got the aircon on now! It's reversible, so it can heat as well as cool!

We Well done Grace, onwards and upwards

Doin' it right

I like the multifacetedness of "carry on Motorcycling" but I also think that non brits won't get it.

I just scrolled by beat that you wannabe Beba lovers

Going to Lisbon’s busiest biker meeting point today, to check it out as I’m not a local. But taking less busy, and more challenging roads:

Why would anyone want anything else other then this amaZing machine! https://powersports.honda.com/street/minimoto/navi

He was brilliant......and no different in real life!

has anybody ever noticed that Sid james never altered i think he was born looking like that

never seen it , yeh right.... you was in one of em...

Ya, according to the woke liking women becuase they are women nowdays is misogynist. Same BBC telling you this chit has your knickers up your crack because of the China's WW3 we are fucking you from WUUUUUUHan. How many sexes again? Butt cornholio, they dont make chit up about that....Shirley. Fucktards, not just a rare fish in the Delta.

Or in your case.....Carry on VanBoy!