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No bike action today, but a bit of walking instead. It was sunny, but the wind was pretty keen!

Was going to make a break for freedom tomorrow. But wife wants to visit the outlaws.......bollocks.

What you say @Buckster?

Spain offers to send fighter jets to Bulgaria as part of NATO plan to deter Russia Good call! Send in some lazy dagos to do fuck all......that'll stop Putin in his tracks!

The only joints that work now are the ones i never used.

If I tried walking a bit I wouldn't be able to ride a bike now Bob......too much impact on knees.

No @Pedro....my wife's sister. We rarely venture into my sons home, his partner is a lazy cow.......we wipe our feet when we leave.

I'm in Kanchanaburi, western Thailand, with a CRF450RL, dodging the unseasonal rain. I just came back from the Death Railway cemetery. It is this beautiful, still place under a tropical sun, filled with young men. They were so young; I look at their ages, 20, 21, 23, and I think they are babies. They haven’t lived yet. And they never will. To sit in the shade amongst endless headstones is to realise how much living you’ve been lucky enough to do, and that you might be lucky enough to do yet. I read the headstones of the Australians, some of them inscribed with tributes to King and Country. I wondered what they would have thought of my choices. That I left the beautiful country they fought to preserve, and came here to live in the place where they died. A waste? I like to think that a lot of those young men imagined they were fighting for a way of life as much as a country. That they would have approved of my wholehearted usage of the freedom and the years of life which I have been lucky enough to have. I sat with them for an hour, and then I went across the road and bought a beer. I cracked that cold longneck and sat and drank, just for a little while, in the presence of those young men. I imagined they would have fancied a beer too.

of foreskins?

Spending a few days in Ericeira, and the weather has been so great it almost feels too good to be true. Getting to know the roads around here, I needed a goal to make me see some new stuff, and indeed this was the perfect plan, to follow the forts of the Lines of Torres forces me to see new things and actually learn stuff. Also took plenty of pictures, most are of hills and grass so not really an Indiana Jones film. After lunch, setting off from Ericeira on a perfect winter afternoon: https://www.rhlt.pt/interactive-map/ Today's ride was along these forts, if you look on the above link you'll see the whole of the lines on a map of the region. A few kms on, about 20 minutes and I reach the first fort, now bare in mind these are not castles with massive walls, just fortifications, you do need to use some imagination to make the best of visiting them. Forte do Passo, very small with a windmill inside, at the time used as a magazine: To one side you see as far as the ocean: To the other as far as the next fort, which is what these positions were all about: Back on the road for another 10 or 15km: And through a farm track and up a vineyard: The Forte do Grilo (Grilo = Cricket) Stopped right by the surrounding pit Surrounding fields were gorgeous green: As I said, with a little imagination, standing on top of one of these you can really picture what went on, with the basic structures providing cover from what came from below, the openings on the walls with a cannon sticking out, and a good viewing point into the distance: Back out through the farm again, and onto some smooth gravel road for another few kms, little distance but entertaining: Could have taken a normal road, but couldn't resist the uphill gravel road with twisties and chose the slightly longer way: Again through a farm road, if this had been wet I wouldn't have wished to go through here: Not on the oficial map, but showing up on Google maps is Forte do Pelicano (Pelican), took a little dirt detour and found it on the way to Torres Vedras, the biggest and most important town in the area: Not maintained at all, you would walk past it without a second glance, and it really takes a little effort to see the flat surface on top of the hill, being covered in thorny bushes I didn't feel like walking around it either: Didn't spend a lot of time there and carried on towards Torres Vedras You probably don't bother to read these, but it helps me structure things, so here's another poster, of the Fort S. Vicente, in Torres Vedras, this one more like a proper fortress and obviously a lot more important being right on top of a major town: Had a good walk around that, not anyone else visiting any of them today, being a Friday, good stuff! No more than 1 km away is the Forte dos Olheiros, basically a small one that served as a lookout for the bigger fort picture before. I almost couldn't resist riding in and around inside it but behaved: Next were two places on top of a hill, places I have visited before but still wanted to pass by today as they'd close the ride nicely, and I enjoy the dirt road leading to them. On the way stopped by a deactivated train station in Runa, just for Pete: The tracks still work, though, but the station no longer does. The badges were prizes for winning 3 first places, 1 second place and 1 third place in the Competition for the most Flowery Stations, such an old school Portugal thing to do. Rode on, and climbed a little, and made it to the Forte da Feiteira, just a couple of kms before the Archeira but a cool little place to ride by on a lovely dirt road: Quite a bit early for these flowers, I think: And on to the final stop of the day, the Fort da Archeira: Although I didn't take that many pictures, this is where I stopped the longest, just enjoying the view and the breeze Starting to go back home, a mere 40 minute ride so let's make it interesting: Just going back down the mountain via the shortest road, a little steep but perfectly fine as long as it's dry: And then on to Ericeira via country roads, with the sun in my face: Stopped by praia dos Coxos, to see if a surfer friend was there, arriving: I stopped way more often than normal, but the light was just so amazing I couldn't help it: Turns out she wasn't surfing as the waves were non existent, but still it made for a great location to end the report: In all, a great 3 hours riding around the place with way more stops than usual.

Taken last Tuesday evening on my mountain number plate perfectly legible fucking copper was blind

Spain and fighter Jets they'll never take off , they wont get em out of neutral didn't they give up on getting involved in wars after the Armada....

https://www.minds.com/Tymobyrne/

thay offered to send fighter jets... no one mentioned anything about pilots...

Because I would like to be still fit enough to ride a bike if I reach 80 years old, Pete!

And no hope of you jumping the fence on that Scooter Clive!

Still looking grim here......but work came in so I've been getting through that!

Most of you dont seem like you;;;;;;;;;;re going to make it to spring to be honest.

Nephew is back in Australia now he is happy after 5 weeks of UK shite weather.

Nothing special about tomato and fried eggs, but these “Ox Heart” tomatoes are amazing, and market’s homegrown chicken eggs make it amazing Codfish, oven cooked and then flaked plus small potatoes, onion, garlic, olive oil, Portuguese comfort food! Liver slices with baked potatoes, we call them Iscas, cooked with onion and garlic, done right it’s very tasty, also very oldschool “tavern” food:

I went to a stag do at Dirty Dicks. We had a room upstairs and a buffet next to the bar. The groom to be came up and asked me if I knew the man tucking in to the food. It's your stag do I said surely you know him? The stranger claimed to be the barmaid's boyfriend, a claim she denied. He got manhandled out of the door, dragged down the stairs and pushed out in to the street.

Just a bit of planning Pedro.......find the time it's due to go through and be there over that period! But not as effective if you can't get the bike in the shot though.......maybe you could consider pissing over the train as it went past?

Dusting is for wimps! https://spitalfieldslife.com/2022/01/22/at-dirty-dicks-x/

Thanks! My bike wouldn’t squeeze through the fence opening, and also I wouldn’t stand around waiting for a train

Roads are white from salt ugh....

6C at 10AM so a bit warmer......but it rained a bit overnight and the sky is black! So not looking promising!

I thought the same but this one.

I am anti Vax and I don’t care what you think. I am absolutely sick and tired of seeing people that are anti Vax getting ridiculed and bullied because of their choice. YOU need to understand WE have good reason to feel this way and that by simply attacking us or belittling us WILL NOT change our minds. We will not be silenced. I for one will never have another one again. Not a chance in hell, I don’t care what you say to try and convince me, I’ve fallen for that trap too many times before. They are absolutely the worst brand of vacuum cleaner ever. It’s Hoover or Dyson all the way for me!

Apparently i'm taking the wife out tomorrow she hasn't told me where yet there maybe some riding involved but this is the wrong forum for that kind of ride report

Fixed it for you

Marketing Genius! Butterkist popcorn trying to cash in on the drama in Westminster by setting up stall outside Downing Street! What you say @Tango @Mawsley

I´ll for sure be on the bike either today or tomorrow, maybe visit a couple more fortifications, who knows?

OK that pic was plucked from the net.

Content? At least I try to get mine factually correct.

Fat Twat

Fucking yeah

bull. if it was Covid he wouldn't have died with his wife at his side and friends visiting him during his final day. Though I see speculation is rife in the tabloid press. my guess is it was some form of cancer or some other disease that was terminal. heart, lungs.. etc.

I see the Tribute acts have started then......

One could assume the moment meat picked up a lace hanky.

"History 101 type chit to be honest."

Spring comes early there! Just look at those flowers.

EU?

Now I like a drink but would have to be after the ride for me. Thanks Grace.