ONE LESS IN THE BUCKET

[boboneleg]

It didn't even bend when he rode into the bridge :whistle:

:laugh: :laugh:

[PHILinFRANCE]

Got into Spain around dusk and started looking for digs , 1st was a fancy golf club !! big bucks so pssed that by :silly: and found this place

https://www.google.fr/maps/place/Hotel+ ... 9?hl=en-GB

IMG_4328 by Philip Parkinson, on Flickr

well worth a stop if in a group , appartment slept 6 and was €90 per night good food also

Not bad views

IMG_4326 by Philip Parkinson, on Flickr

From here on it was a run home, we split at Madrid ,Steve heading north west and me north east
I got a transport hotel south of Zaragoza , cheap and clean the morning brought me fecking pissed off with motorways so made up my mind to bang through to Huesca and get into the hills and some small roads , left the N330 after the nice twisties dropping down to the Rio Guarga turning right onto the A1604

IMG_4331 by Philip Parkinson, on Flickr

And what a delight to ride

IMG_4332 by Philip Parkinson, on Flickr

Pass one car and i sure he was lost ............i will go back there the amount of wild camp along the river look the bollox

IMG_4334 by Philip Parkinson, on Flickr

IMG_4336 by Philip Parkinson, on Flickr

More than a couple of wiggily bits

IMG_4337 by Philip Parkinson, on Flickr

IMG_4341 by Philip Parkinson, on Flickr

I stopped along here and made a brew

IMG_4343 by Philip Parkinson, on Flickr

Whilst chilling i pondered the day ....or mores to the point WHAT DAY WAS IT ? and after checking what were and who i was i realised it was the day my daughter flew in to Toulouse form South Africa and Jax was picking her up at 5pm :woohoo:

Could i make it a suprise them both ??????????????

The GPS said yes 4.40 E.T.A. (thumbs)

The last pic of the trip :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink:

IMG_4345 by Philip Parkinson, on Flickr

Arived at the Airport at 4.45 , hid outside and at 5.00 i phoned Jax to see how it was going , they left the car park 5mins ago we must have arrived and left at the same time ....CA LA VIE

Anyway , to sum up

Distance......11,021 kms
Cost...........€1400
Fuel.....Fecking loads
Food ...when we ate
Beer....when we could
Sweat ....Buckets

Would i do it again ???? HELL NO :woohoo: Maroc yes but the Western Sahara is one hell of a bleak place , i did what i wanted got to the T of C

If others fancy it , DON'T GO IN SUMMER

Some people seem to think i've done some special things been to special places , thing is i'm just a bit of a nutter and there's far more folk out there done more , the worlds shrinking fast , Maroc for one is getting paved over weekly !!!
So if you hanker after something and you can DO IT (thumbs)

And lastly i've come to realise there so much on my doorstep that i need to see , so off down to WIBOs on Friday for a play (thumbs)


Hopfully see some of you at the Midlands rally

I'm bringing these ......

https://www.adventurebikerider.com/foru ... pants.html


FREE....................................when you buy this


20170213_154054 by Philip Parkinson, on Flickr


ONLY £200

[diggermanbob]

Great ride report Phil , I certainly enjoyed my part of it !! And yes you are a bit of a nutter :whistle: but top bloke to ride with and having done two trips with you I wouldn't hesitate to go again , enjoy wibos and find us some more trails to ride (thumbs) (thumbs)
Not forgetting our other ride buddy Steve aka Chunkybutt (thumbs)

[boboneleg]

Nice one Phil, what's next in the bucket? :unsure:

[Nico-D]

Nice report Phil, thanks for sharing it.
Yes, compared to rest of Maroc W Sahara is not the most scenic. Went down there many years back in a truck one November - much better time to visit ! Best part is the coast, saw 2 killer whales casually 'surfing' parallel to the beach 100 yds out - amazing !
Good to tick it off your list though, if you hadn't gone you wouldn't know yourself what it's like. Kind of the whole point of this 'adventure' biking lark i suppose
Know what you mean about making the most of what's closer to home, especially for us lot in Fr. just did a 5 day round trip to Pyrenees last week...feckin' hot but brill :cheer:

[PHILinFRANCE]

Cheers guys and yes Bob(DMB) it will be a rekkie for when you come to get your XT and knowing Steve(CB) there'll be no stopping him :woohoo:
@ Boboneleg , this Friday met WIBO for a play in the Pigunears then the Mid do and penciling in more RBs ............ohh and some "omnipod" will want to finnish a GR down here
@ Nico , if you ever fancy hooking up for a bimmble , give us a shout (thumbs)

[WIBO]

Great stuff Phil.....
Looking forward to a weekend ride out into the free trails of Aragon and a debrief of this trip over some red....if we plan it right Christophe will lead and we can blame him if it all goes goofy :laugh: :laugh:
Ride safe

[chunky butt]

About time you finished this rr (thumbs) ....brill mate, great photos, and yeah always up for getting bob,and heading south....piguneas. Just don't do anything bridges :laugh: .....oops. All best steve.

[Andi_Archer]

Looks an awsome place to visit, thanks for the visual tour de force (thumbs)