XTreme Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 All Saints Day in Spain today.......so I took a run up the remote mountain road that leads to Santiago de la Espada. I was able to get about 25 miles before I had to turn back, or I'd have gone outside the perimeters of this area. And there are restrictions in place now. This is quite a challenging road as the surface is pretty bad in most places, there's continual hairpin bends, and a drop of a few hundred feet at the sides in various places. There's also wild deer and wild boar roaming all over the place, and the deer have a tendency to leap from banks at the side of the road straight into your path. There's no phone coverage either, and if you do encounter another vehicle it'll probably be coming at you on the wrong side of the road in one of the many hairpin bends. So this really isn't an area to bin it......because you're on your own! You go over the edge and nobody's ever going to know. I think every bike I've had in Spain has done this road......some better than others obviously. But none of them have done it as easily as this Beemer! It really is an eye-opener......not because anything about it is particularly special, it's more a case of it being so well balanced and just so easy to ride. Lyn has ridden this road back in 2007.......remember it @KAYZ1? So here we go......just a short vid but you'll get the idea. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 And here's Lyn up on the summit...... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Great looking road and vistas, i like that. Make a note of it, I want to see that when this shit opens up and I go for a visit Everyone’s going the extra mile for BOTM November: 28 minutes ago, XTreme said: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 What a splendid road! Looks like a fun ride. We have the same here with deer, suckers just jump out from the sides and stand on the road. Although, when I see footage from Australia and what the Kangaroos do, I'll take deer any day! We don't have boar's here (they scare me) but we do have bear and elk that hang out on the roads too. All part of the fun. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAYZ1 Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 1 hour ago, XTreme said: And here's Lyn up on the summit...... Dell in the picture with his back to the camera, good times Pete.. I am off to Euroland next year Bug permitting 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 12 minutes ago, KAYZ1 said: Dell in the picture with his back to the camera, good times Pete.. I am off to Euroland next year Bug permitting Where you headed Lyn? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 The quality of your pics with this camera are much better Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 14 minutes ago, Tym said: The quality of your pics with this camera are much better Pete. And they're optimised right down now to miminise file size! The pics you see are about 600kb.......but the originals are 25MB+. So you can imagine how sharp the originals are. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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