Pedro

They are, more so when you're riding along following your nose and improvising as you're getting to places. I do also enjoy the odd music now and again when by myself.

Everything is green there now, Pete! I saw no coal dust.

Only a bit of one, though

I was torn between Six's and Sofia's, setting is important but at the end my vote went for Sofia. A fast bike traveling, and in the Mountain, gets my vote this month.

After a surprising flood of amazing pictures from adventurers worldwide, we are here to celebrate motorcycling in ... well, to pick a picture for the banner during September. Choose and vote in one from the below, voting will end on Monday at 21:00: @boboneleg's Suzuki DR650, on green lush fields @Buckster's low and long, stylish Harley Davidson FLHX Street Glide: @Marcel's sleek Indian Challenger, enjoying the end of a Canadian afternoon: @MooN's red Triumph Tiger 800 XC, arguably Europe's prettiest Tiger, exploring romantic previously war torn France: @Pedro's BMW R1200GSA resting amongst New Forrest's horses: @Saul's specced up Honda CB500F, having a break from challenging England's toughest conditions: @Six30's ultra shiny and fast BMW S1000R, next to a set of MiniCooper wheels and a Simoncelli picture: @Skippy's revvy and eager Yamaha FZ6N, in a lost Andalusian village: @Sofia's trusty Triumph Speed Triple R, resting on the legendary IOM Mountain Course: @XTreme's ultra reliable, clean Honda CB500X, resting under the shade of Andalusian forrests: Let's make BOTM great again...

You’ll see, next month there will be a huge volume of great pictures of motorcycles in scenic locations under big skies. Even the lord is giving us the weather. I got inside knowledge from a source that even @Slowlycatchymonkey will take a picture. It’ll make AdvRider pale with shame.

Don’t be difficult, she might be the daughter of the king of Aberdeen! That looks so nice, like the nature documentaries about eagles and wolves. I really like the pictures you post from where you live. Also, you put that bike through proper mileage on it’s first summer.

Why would you tick that box on good weather? That looks just lovely!

I can’t hold my enthusiasm with expectations about what great pictures are going to be submitted in the next few hours!

getting the bike dried properly. 33º this afternoon, it's summer again.

Lovely landscapes and views, they are landscapes to me, to Pol Tarrés they are a playground. The dude must save a lot on money on front tires too. The voice over is a bit cheesy, but the way he handles that Tenere makes up for it. The bit at 4:19 ...

My brother had one as a company car in Poland, it was a tdi with 4wd, very nice to drive around in snow and all around the kind of car that grows on you and you then miss it. It drove all the way to Portugal and back to Warsaw for Christmas.

Gave the bike a wash, then another one, then another one. It's looking oldish now, the mix of british wet roads and spanish motorway bugs was disgusting. Then washed the luggage, and the jacket is in the washer. A friend of Sofia gave us a little bit of a spice mix they use in Jordan, and now my rain overalls smell very exotic! Where is the "Pete washing machine" smilie when you need it?

Swimming might be a bit too much cardio for someone who isn't used to it, too, you'll be finished in 5 minutes. Looking forward to the walk/cycle reports

Indeed it was a pity as I would certainly enjoy it, but originally this was Sofia's trip and for her to spend some time with her friends over there. We just didn't have time to do both. I did like a lot of things in the parts I did visit though, and overall had a great experience.

Alright, I'll try to stay away from this thread from now on even though I did go into a bit of work to post it. If after a few days I come back and the tone remains I'll just ask Pete to delete it and be done with it, this really wasn't the energy I wanted it to transmit as I did have a nice visit and a good time in the UK, and came back with good memories.

The rest of your post says you're so full of yourself it hurts.

Disclaimer: prosciutto is Italian, it´s similar but not the same thing. If I say ham which is the literal translation it'll all get confusing. Also, this is a ride report, not an assault of a different culture.

You think someone around here is squealing that you had it tuned?

I tried to do that but ended up with a tiny picture, like a stamp. Where do you copy from?

Bit surprised to see a fee of the comments so I'll write a few words and won't visit the replies. Firstly, my thoughts were of someone who went to see a different country, I've had a connection with a few brits since forever and always got along with people from the UK but never really been around their country. It's a view from someone foreign, take it or leave it but it's honest. It's not meant to be an insult or I wouldn't have posted it here. The knife event, sorry but you're full of crap. When I asked the guy patting me down leaving to Santander and asked if he didn't want to empty my clearly full jacket pockets out, he simply looked at me and said "This is all bollocks, mate". They're patting down legs and leaving out armored jackets, taking away folding lockable blades in multitools while searched in one bag while the other is unchecked for a gun. Searching a foreign biker's case while motorhomes carrying full kitchens with proper blades inside go unsearched. They're just following strict rules instead of trying to disarm real potential threats. Train them, have them ask the same questions and look at peoples responses and gauge for a threat and then target that, don't just tell them to partially pat down "everyone". The leatherman? I couldn't give a shit about the thing except it's an object I liked. It was only taken away because it was an untrained subcontracted person doing a job she's not qualified to do. That's the opinion of the company running the ferries, not mine. All other bikers weren't searched, all of them loudly told them they were carrying similar tools, they were ignored. That was simply wrong. You think speed cameras are what I or Sofia were commenting about being opressive? They weren't, it's all the cctv stuff going about, all the signs threatening to prosecute with cctv footage. CCTV cameras filming roadworks, drainage holes and cabbage gardens, that's insane. I'm sorry a few of you think this is an attack on your country. I do like the UK and more than that, I like the UK people or else I wouldn't be here, it's a view on a foreign country by someone who visited it, just happens to be my view and your country, or countries. Most of my opinions were an observation on something purely different to where I'm from, I'm sure if I visited the US, Russia, Australia, or China I would different observations on them as well. I am happy to say I was well treated and had an overall good experience, as I'm sure I would have on most places. I will tell you something I didn't write before though, I am sorry for most of the over 60 people I've talked to, they're lost in their own country and it's just not a matter of money. If this turns into an offensive thing for you all, many of whom I consider friends although never having met them in person, I'll just delete the words and keep the pictures in the report. PS: bacon butties if with coffee, prosciutto sandwiches if with beer or wine!

We did, why?

Still hoping for an enhanced sunset to bring this back to the golden days before all this negativity arrived.

Stop asking questions and just go take one of your 15 bikes out for a tide and take a picture. 1 picture!

Gives him a chance to go out by himself and see the views… I mean the menus, on restaurants…