Slowlycatchymonkey

Fair enough, you gotta do wot u gotta do n all that. Wouldnt it be possible to manage some of it on low from a laptop for a while or is that just too much hassle?

Do it, get in there!

I dunno if thats right Pete, I mean working non stop so you dont get to see the country you chose to be in seems to me a bit of a wasted opportunity?

Nice one. You should have a Spain thread with the places worth a visit on. I joined a Facebook group about rides in Spain but as I only go on facebook to check for messages it was pointless. The guys written books about Portugal and Spains backroads though so I bought one. You’re probably already familiar with them but just in case your not- https://www.duncan-spanish-travel.com

I was very taken with Norfolk. Went there a couple of years ago to get some custom mudguards made and then again last year to buy a Bandit. Nice roads as in good tarmac and empty. Guy told me Norfolk seems to miss the crap weather too and ever since then when I look at the forecast over that way its better than the rest of the country? How?!

Well I dunno if theres much in this but it sounds kind of true that if you have boots with a breathable waterproof membrane like goretex then you have to avoid dubbing because it stops the boot being breathable. You’ve effectively put a waxy layer on there that doesn’t breath. Theres some bike boot finishing cream (or ointment to Bruce ?) that keeps the leather in good condition but still allow the membrane to do its job. But I’m talking about Daytona boots here though I have no idea how Sidi’s make their boots waterproof?

Yer when the restrictions are lifted and we’re allowed out again proper I will be going from Lands end to John o groats via the back roads and then when/if they every lift the travelling abroad restrictions Ill be away. But until then it only exists in all of our imaginations!

Sound top drawer Sofia. I’m kinda excited by remote! ?

This has been a very enjoyable read. Love the pics and the food. Ignore the philistines. And @XTreme wonders where the idea he’s a savage comes from ? Its making me wonder if I should take the opportunity to look at Portugal before relocating in Spain. Other folk have been saying Portugal over Spain and Ive ignored them because Spains so much bigger and riding into Morocco and Africa from there is more doable. But it looks so green and I do like green. Octopus isn’t easy to get hold of here. Even squid is hard to find raw (you can get battered rings ?). I tried to buy some a few weeks back. The pic below is the current supermarket price, I cant bring myself to pay it, for the money Id rather have lobster. So sorry to read of your bereavement. You know there aren’t any adequate words because by now you will have had people saying stupid or insensitive things to you, or worse saying nothing at all because they cant cope with emotion but I’m impressed with your candour and your tears and I wish you all the best. Hope time passes as painlessly as possible for you. Anyway enough with the empathy look at the bastard price of this octopus-

Sadly our flag is a bit ruined for me. Its associated with the lowest form of knee jerk racism masquerading as patriotism. I wish there was a way to claim it back. When I read or see other countries having some pride or joy in where they come from (like Pedro) I feel a bit cheated, like we’d all benefit from a bit of being happy about where you come from. The Welsh and Scottish are but I’m English so it comes with the territory to spend time apologising for what other arseholes have done in the past! Heyho I settle for being happy I’m from Somerset instead, perhaps a Somerset dragon ? ?

Thats what Bruce did to him after he turned up without more ‘essential’ supplies.

@XTreme I was only talking about this forum to my husband last night saying I enjoy this place because theres just a bit of joking around and chatting shit and no-one seems to get there hair off too much. Plus theres lots of ride reports. I’m always myself on the internet, I cant abide pretence but we all have different sides to our personality and I’m definitely more relaxed on here. Anyway a bit more back on topic @Sofia have you done that one before or are you going to new places?

Oh yeah I know well its just harmless carry on biking humour. I wouldnt stick around if folk were creepy!

Excellent, looking forward to the pics ?

How do you know these things, just how? ?

He retired just his brain? ?

What happened?

I know how dumb this question is but I’m gonna ask anyway- Does Norfolk have any mountainous bits or is it all flat?

Love it. How has it panned out for you? ?

I promise I dont post from the point of view of a male with arrested development ? but I have rewritten a few posts I think might set you off ? When I joined the forum that shalt not be named in 2018 I kept quiet about being female cos I know where some lovely gents minds immediately go and it can mess things up, then after about 6 months someone who knew me outed me as being female, you can ask @Six30 he thought I was a bloke right up to the point I went on my sabbatical ? I then got 4 different guys from the forum pm’ing me and emailing me in fairly strong pursuit and I dont blame them for having a go, they wanted a biking bird so why not have a punt but for me it was a right PITA cos some can get nasty when you say no thanks. Some other guys were just nice n normal n friendly (like here) but some of them.... jeez. But its good here, just the normal type of weirdos ?

I think youre all expecting there to be some reasonable explanation for his withdrawal and I dont think youre gonna find one. He wants to be gone so he’s gone. I wouldn’t waste anymore brain space on it.

Yep and I had one I was forced to get rid of. My in laws were busy throwing their weight around and said I couldn’t keep it in the yard (even though there are shit loads of vehicles in the yard) just cos they wanted it to play stupid power/dominance games. So I let a guy who works in the yard have it (for free) and the final sting was they let him keep it in the yard...... and his children used to drive it around the field outside my house. So I had to see other peoples kids ragging my mini around the fields but I wasnt allowed to keep it. Arseholes. Needless to say I have nothing to do with them now (I tried to make it work for years) but their desire to push me around was demonstrated in many very unpleasant ways so fuck ‘em, nasty pieces of work, still sad about my mini though.

Yep it passed for approval in 2019 and was expected to come into play in 2021. Dunno if Covid effected that though and is exactly why I should get rid of it right now cos a lot of people are unaware it’s happening.

I really need to get shot of my current car. Bristol is banning diesel vehicles from the centre soon and other cities are following suit so its not practical to hold onto it. But I cant part with it either, its our family car and I’m stupidly attached to it. Its also started costing me money as bits break. My head is shouting SELL IT NOW MORON, my heart is saying no its fine, wait a little longer ??