Pedro

You haven't really grasped what global warming is going to be like, have you? It means we'll have shit cold summers, warm winters with no rain, and you will have warmer whatever you have. Britain isn't really going to become a tropical paradise

@yen_powell, there might not be enough for a book but it sure is for a tv show, your own twist on faulty towers and black adder. Looking forward to the intelligence test!

Sunshine is essential for happiness, I think. Here, in winter you sometimes get two or three weeks constant rainy weather, by that time you start to see random people on the street looking properly sad. A lot of the portuguese that go to the Uk in search of better paid work, and there are quite a lot of them, really face depression during the winter time as it’s such a change from what they’re used to.

Agreed, but variety is the spice of life!

I have spent a week in Warsaw when my brother lived there, if you’re single there are other attractions…

My brother, and he’s a bigger guy than me, rode with one of our english roadracing enthusiast friends on the back of his gsxr1000 back in about 2015 doing a flat out crest induced wheelie in sixth gear on a bit of straight road near the nurburgring, I am not sure I would have enjoyed that!

First time ever on a bike for me was with a girlfriend riding a DT125R, I quite enjoyed it! After that I also was with a childhood friend on a CBR600 doing silly speeds on not politically correct places, I was a teenager back then. Now, I would get on the back of a bike for a short ride home or something like that, I wouldn't really enjoy it though, but wouldn't be afraid either. I really enjoyed touring with my girlfriend, although touring BMWs are quite better at carrying passengers than most other bikes.

And on a proper bike, too!

@Tym, make it a nice Jeep to go jeeping on, forget about that pikey caravan stuff.

That’s indeed correct

I once went on holiday and left my XR400 caked in mud on my parent’s garage. Every time they would brush against it walking past they’de get dirty and a little bit of dirt would drop to the nice floor, so dad called the local mechanic who owns a washing station to come and take it away for washing, the poor guy kicked and kicked for ages. Eventually gave up convinced I had a hidden switch installed. Eventually I came back, and hearing about this proceeded to start it on the third kick. Dad still thinks there’s a switch under the tank, where I fidget with the tickover speed before kicking it from cold.

What do you think of the Ducati so far, @Six30?

Hey there @William, I’m in Portugal and have no advice whatsoever about the route, but that whole “sidecar for the wife / no sidecar for solo” would make interesting reading in write reports, what bike are you riding?

From @Parker's tastes, I don´t think he likes topboxes as much as Pete.

Children usually aren’t paid much

Are you really Liam Neeson?

Is it surprising that it rains there?

What’s the deal with pine nuts’ prices? Do they have to get into negotiations with the squirrel mafia to buy them or something?

Walnuts work well, as do almonds, pistachio as well, each with a different twist. But surprisingly, old hard bread turned to crumbs on a blender are a great substitute for nuts, proper italian old school cooking with nothing. A couple of mint leaves in the green pesto also work well, if you have them fresh.

We usually try and avoid it

They derestricted restaurant hours a couple of days ago here, people were cravingfor sitting outside after dinner with a cool wine and chatting happily, you can tell by the mood people are appreciating it.

Arriving to Faro by train yesterday night, I caught an Uber across town, and was amazed at the amount of people on the streets. Tens of motorcycles where there’s usually half a duzian, most restaurants have expanded outside because of capacity restrictions inside, every single chair occupied, people eating and drinking and having fun, and lots of people walking around… I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a busier night here except one time there was a concert. It’s nice watching people have fun but I hope it doesn’t blow in our faces.

All this talk of DR isn’t really fair or helpful on poor Dog, fighting to live for ages while dealing with oil starvation while Fred tries to kill it on some god forsaken mud pits

Somewhere in this thread there’s portobello mushroom spaghetti, I like it too. And thank you very much!