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I was going to vote for @Slowlycatchymonkey but I can't seem to find a photo of any of her 15 bikes .............

Took a run into the Jaen province today......or more specifically La Sierra de Cazorla! About 28c and perfect conditions with loads of bikes out. At one point on the way back I was stuck behind about a dozen Moto Club Fuckwits going slow as hell and wobbling all over the place. It's well known how boring my bike is......but I even had a message come up on the dash warning me that now I was a boring cunt as well. Once I'd got past those fucking idiots I encountered the sort of incident that would have meant Death and Dismemberment to any lesser rider. A stupid fucking Dago in a tractor stuck the prongs of the vehicle straight into my lane just as I got there. I always ride in the centre of the road anyway so it was an easy switch of direction involved. You'll see it at 0.48 in the vid! For all I know he may well have taken out all the Moto Club Fuckwits like a bunch of skittles because they were on the way there! I had to use the wife's mobile to take the pics cos I buggered up the camera on mine last week. Her camera is a lower spec so the pics are not quite as sharp, but they're decent enough. And unlike some I'm not too lazy to take pics. So here you are.....as always, everybody is welcome to join me! If you think you can hack it of course! A Real Man's motorcycle! Into Castril and water levels are very low now! Then up into the mountains...... Entering La Sierra de Cazorla and the province of Jaen! Then we reach the reservoir there.... The water is very low here as well! I was surprised that I was the only bike there......cos there's usually a few! Then it was back on the road again! And back into Granada province! It's bizarre weather for October, so I'm making the most of it. The bike ran perfectly as always, but that won't come as any surprise to you obviously! This routine of going out and not having any concerns about the bike is pretty good you know!

@busabeast did you used to drive trains as well

A few gems from the event today. Very small but looked to be a success. This was the star for me. So clean and very well restored. Was so taken by how good it was under the bonnet I forgot to take any more pics of it. 3ltr auto.

It's a Triumph, they have plenty of gravel DNA!! That's why it's impossible to go out on the Speed Triple and not end up off road, somehow she sniffs it out like a Beagle!

And who the hell puts harley and stylish in the same sentence....

just some pics from the 3 hours i was out for today. weather is, as usual this time of year, wonderful. Blue skies. 25deg and a light breeze. I followed a route I had not really planned some tie ago but had forgotten to tick the box "avoid gravel" on the gps route planner...

Keep up Pete, it'll be over tomorrow. Only to start again in a month's time. We're like rats in a maze.

Few pics from today ...temp shot to 25 c...it's 6 o'clock here and still 20c....amazing day....long legs bike started knoking...bolts from the exhaust came loose ....easy fix.

You’ve got a point there, in fact lots of valid points. Mind you, imagine his little Welsh ginger boat race when a gaggle of forum members turn up. If he wants to run with the big dogs he needs to learn to piss high!

Not guilty

Lack of water is worrisome, if you consider that reservoirs in Cantabria looked dry as they did when I passed three weeks ago, it's a surprise you have any at all. Beautiful sky, though. Let me help you out with the picture below: Here, much better:

On a completely sad mistake from me, I have again edited this poll to include Bob's DR650. I'm sorry and will do better next month, you've got until the end of day today to adjust your votes accordingly. Buckster isn't looking too bad now, is he?

France is lovely on a motorcycle

Are all Americans bus drivers?! And Hell Angels????

I voted for Sofia....not that I'm being sexist...but this place feels like a sausage fest at time...

I'm off out!

No, I had to go to the clinic once in about 1978 but i was crab free

No I had the two lobster roll diner...prices are fair. And a large portion....it's on a native reserve...

At least this is making it a group effort, think of it as team building, companies pay money for this shit.

I think we can all (me particularly) learn from these errors and grow as a person, and create a better BOTM for October. Indeed the poll was scheduled to close right now, but it's open for another day like I said it would.

I don't think it would be a good idea for you to go Fred! After all, you love Britain so much you'd be emotionally traumatised not to be standing on British soil, breathing British air, and paddling in British sewage on your British beaches! And don't forget you'd come face to face with a lot of Johnny Foreigners! Some of whom are likely to understand data as well. You'd be on the ferry watching the white cliffs of Dover fading into the distance and sobbing and blubbering on Bob's shoulder like a little bitch! Don't put yourself through that trauma!

You Puff.

Our next door neighbour had one of them old capris , was in the 1970's , he was a keen golfer, he would drive round the alley where we used to play as kids after golf as pissed as a fart... fuck knows how he got home with out hitting anything, one time he came home closely followed by the police and got nicked .

once it was dragged out of a ditch and you found a few bottles that weren't smashed you mean.

Some nice cars and bikes there Dave (apart from that godawful Virago). I drove one of those Sumbeam Rapiers back in the day, it was pretty quick thanks to the Holbay engine

Nobody's wineing , your foto iz soooooooooooooo much bitter enyway

I've had one for about four years now. My boss had it in work but wasn't using it so he gave it to me ............

Pedro (Bettencourt) just scored against the Wallabies

Yes. Took the owner an age to get it how he wanted and you can tell. I'll text my mate later see if he took any more pics of it.

Some supplies for winter and 3 Helmet mounts.

they reckon its going to be warm here for next couple of weeks .. as for your tractor incident , lack of observation

I finished putting most of the bits on this morning. Have been up in Scotland in the caravan. Next time I’m out I’ll take a few snaps. Must admit that it’s a bit of a learning curve after having GSs for the last nine years I think! I keep forgetting that I need to work the engine! The bloody 20mph nonsense here makes any built up area pretty intolerable.

Has to be Sofia’s IoM photo as I climbed that mountain in my bike gear one year. Extremely Betty Swollocks!

Yes, that slightly open half gate, he’s a tease!

Like deleting the bike.

I haven't made my mind up 100% yet but have voted for one i like just in case i forget to vote before the deadline. I do like Pete's photo this month with the woodland in the the background but needs a bit of photoshop to make it pop LOL

Someone who rides a bike. So not you then.

I voted for Moon cos he's a cunt! And he's got a tank! Doesn't get any better than a cunt with a tank.

I may upset the apple cart next month.

We have them in all the works vans just got to remember their there as they record you being a cock as well as everyone else

Some people make it look so effortless. Makes me sick.

Attention to detail, the most beautiful thing you do!

Love you more everyday! You have a gorgeous bike, anywhere with scenery and you can win!!

I wish google maps had a "gravel preferred" box to tick

and alphabetically organized too, like it should be...

what an improvement BOTM is now , a brief description of each picture , no silly rules , how it should be , , good job

Make the most of it, take pictures to watch while you're sitting by the fire in two months.

No the gaffa doesn't like them in the trucks thinks they are more bad than good, he's an old school fossil but I'll wager he'll change his tune on them now