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..but more of a "drive" report as it's too sloppy, cold and shitty out to ride yet. But it was about 1C today and bright Sun, so took the wife out for a cruise in the neighborhood....

Riding to Texas in two weeks (hopefully) and will have bike content in those pictures - promise!

In the morning took the E30 to go shop for a shirt, it started first thing yesterday after way more than a month standing. This car is like a donkey, always happy to go for a walk. Ran into my dad's salesman who lives 400km away and was going back home with his family after the Easter weekend in Lisbon, what are the chances? Did a little work, not much to do today since my clients are almost all closed on Easter monday, but the Spaniards alway find new things to annoy me, then had a pretty healthy lunch of raw cherry tomatoes with a toast and olive oil. Spend most of the afternoon picking up grass and wild stuff growing in between the stones in my portuguese pavement, which is similar to cobblestones but white and smaller stones. Hard work in the warm sun. Missed a lot of them, managed to fill two 50 liter buckets and it still looks like shit! Then washed the GS, which is the easiest bike in the world to get really dirty from normal riding, and the hardest to wash. Managed to bang my knuckles into the aluminium bashplate while scrubbing under the cylinders, and my neighbors got to hear some northern words they're not used to. A short ride to warm it up after drying and found someone ran out of talent and crashed a Citroen AX into a wall, the car was left on the outside of a corner on a very dark not lit road, smart! Then vacuumed the house in a 50% ok way, had a shower, and am now enjoying a glass of wine outside, while the sun sets over the front neighbors houses. My almond tree (the one with the sun through it) is really growing and shows some pretty nice big almonds in the making, I should spray it against aphids this week. I'm tired, such is the life of a quiet day in the Ribatejo. Tomorrow I have work and a ride to go somewhere eat a sandwich for lunch. I'll take the stylish leather jacket!

brightened up here .... thought i'd get out for a blast ..... had a quick dump .... looked out window and yup .... raining

It's as painful as a HD report, but there's no breakdown pictures.

Driving in a black car made it pretty warm inside - so we had the sunroof open for a lot of the ride...

Being Easter, I expected a lot more people to be out driving around - but we didn't see too many others....

part of my day today... the point being i decided to go out on bike and by the time i'd dumped it was raining... would you prefer i told a lie and said i thought i would hoover up first or have a quick cuppa

My boy just signed for a flat in Madrid......so the fucking bitch will be gone in a couple of weeks!

I freakin' hope so ! It's been a long, cold, snowy winter and I'm ready for it to be over. But I know we'll get hammered with 12'+ snow again at least once in the next 1-2 months.

When I left Lincoln Nebraska Saturday morning last week it was below freezing. When I drove through there yesterday (afternoon) it was 80 degrees. In two weeks you'll probably be worrying about heat stroke on your way to Texas.

First ride 2023..temp shot up to 17c today managed a little bimble afterwork.

Your right Pete not a common sight here, however i grew up in a timber house, my father bought it in kit form and built it himself he moved in when i was born so it's 55 years old now. The land it's built on and the house itself cost around £3000 back then

If she does that then your wife should punch her lights out

Makes sense as you don't have any forests - I mean comparatively.

And no rectum stretching either Eric!

Ungrateful bastards. hope she does allow you to see them and not stop it when you get there deliberately wasting your time and messing with your head

Will they be providing a place for you to stay while there

I can forgive you but I have to think of the others, they fucking hate you.

pissing down here.... had a ride planned , with ride report and pics and everything ..

Early...pah I'll be up at 4 in the morning to get on the road at 5 with a nice drive round the corner to Norwich then reload at Wymondham and down to Tilbury time dependant

Out … notice the Art Deco building in background .. bike of the month for sure

Got home today and my garden is in bloom. Looks brighter in reality, pretty warm out here too.

Yes, Portugal and England have been allies longer then anyone, since 1386 when in Windsor the treaty was signed. It's been proven again today when a Sikh gentleman came in to the practice to give me a flyer for his Kebab shop!! UK-PT always hand in hand as Atlantic powers and Far East connections!! We can now go to the kebab after a binge, we live the dream!!! PS that EU flag soon to be replaced by a union jack...

Correction, two glasses.

I thought i'd drag the 650 out to have a look over it to see what if it needs anything for the MOT, Battery was and is totally flat even though my battery tender says its ok so that's a disappointment for a start. Got it fired up off the boost starter no problem but noticed the stop light isn't working, Checked the but bulb that's ok, so after fiddling about a bit i find there's no continuity on the cable for the stop light and finds a break under the rear mudguard repairs that and it's a bloody awkward job, puts all the cable back checks it and it's all working but i find one of the number plate LED lights is out and the wiring is the same route as the ones i just put back so that's it for tonight I've had enough will look at that through the week then it will be onto the check wheels. bearings steering and suspension

That's more of what Pete understands, always hoovering and dusting in his flowery pinny and marigolds I've heard when it's nice out. I guess skippy would be able to elaborate further as that's where my reliable information came from

And those two things are connected somehow?

I didn't post this in Jokes because it's actually real! It's the Minister for the Environment getting enthused about a new bathing site! @yen_powell.......that's this year holidays sorted for you! You can soak yourself in shit and sewage for a couple of weeks!

Lots of them out there - sitting abandoned with no one in them. Don't see a lot of people in them in the summer, either. I guess they're just rotting away.

Yes - closed.

I don’t care about that … the Twats

There are a lot of people in Madrid, where will they all go when you visit?

Drive report?

Another week! I expect I'll be quite quiet with work today......but tomorrow I've got a trip to the Hospital in Granada with the wife! Early one too, leaving at 8AM!

swim in the Thames anyone ?

Who the fuck has a tow ball on bike, oh yeah, people with tractors that identify as bikes.

Photo's in your link, your 'Fact Checker' link, who checks the fact checkers Buck, they're just a bunch of lying lefties.

I didn’t post a photo, sounds like a conspiracy to me.

I think you should visit then report back or not.