Pedro

Very brave of BMW, to put that in that new 1300, shows they're confident with recals and having dealers work for free fixing bikes It's smart of manufacturers to do these robotic gearboxes, making it easy for people with arthritis and bad legs to continue buying a riding expensive bikes.

Everything's fucked.

What’s wrong with you brits? It’s like you enjoy bad shit!

The Genttlemen, the movie, it’s good fun! ”there’s fuckery afoot”, great line

That Guzzi, now that’s a nice looking cruiser!

Classy lady! And knows a good pillion bike too, there’s no finer than a 1150GS apart from a full tourer.

it’s about to happen, statistically

They sound great!

Someone will make a couple of quid coming up with an Ironman wrap for that fairing. I like these bikes with their weird colours, the world is full of black and grey bikes already.

Didn't feel like a palace in there, neither

Don't know where you're staying, I meant the Cat and Fiddle, I went in there thinking it was a cafe or a pub.

I can't believe what I'm going to say, but last year I was very disappointed that they serve no tea or coffee in there, instead you can have gin Would rather not having gone inside

Wait, is a boot on a hotel bed code for something kinky?

Is this what passes for a ride report now? Pictures of your nephew and a boot on a hotel bed?

Mine’s called little motorcycle. It’s half endearing, half ironic.

What can you conclude when you’ve seen more video of @Saul’s daughter, who isn’t even old enough for a license, than those three experienced and well travelled motorcyclists?

Those bikes, they’re funny. It’s like they’re motorised vehicles used by people to get to places, but they’re acting like people that get in vehicles to get to places,

They’re few, but those few are very considerate and based in experience.

They’ll not forget, might as well post it now and get it over with!

You’ve done right by listening to my recommendation!

Statistically, you can’t !

Morning arrived with rain, and plenty of it And under that weather we first tried some small country roads in the mountains, to then escape that with a beeline to the hotel for that evening. Arriving earlier than planned, we took a look at the local porcelain factory and museum. Took this picture just for you lot That evening we stayed in a lovely hotel, and caught an uber to go out for a typical great meal. All was well, in the morning we left with a promise of improving weather, but somehow that turned the other way and got worse. I, in a flash of optimism caused by some brief visions of blue skies turned up a mountain and that turned out to be a big mistake. Up there the promise of blue skies quickly turned into dark low clouds, and after a few minutes, snow fall. I didn't stop for pictures, the snow was falling quite heavily and the roads were suddenly with 4 to 5 cm of it, I was worried that by stopping it would quickly get to unrideable conditions, plus the mood wasn't for stopping and enjoying the views. Slowly, but as quickly as possible, we went down the mountain and out of the snow, to dive into a restaurant and warm up with hot soup and a great grilled steak. Properly warmed up, again we pointed the bikes towards a warm shower, made it to Porto in little more than an hour, that night we ate some tapas and listened to a little Fado. Next morning arrived, and we were heading up the Douro river. As we got ready to get out of the underground parking garage, we could hear the rain starting to pour outside A few moments, later, stopped in a very wet Porto while people were putting on their rain overalls. Two or three hours later of riding under lots of rain, we reached the high Douro and stopped to enjoy a deserved break in the weather. Clouds were moving very quickly, so whatever sunshine we had was brief. We rode the other 30 to 45 minutes up to our stay for the night, in a farmhouse, and braved the last kms of farm service roads. Great views on the roads to get there and upon destination. Over a nice meal watered with the farm's own wine, we ended our tour. The following day we faced some more moody skies on the way back home.