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At least this Walking Scar is still 2-Wheelin'...

Had a few hours out on the XR tonight pretty much the same route i done on the X Trainer a few weeks ago. People locking gates on the highway again i dropped into the drainage ditch further over to the right to get around as the horse access is a nightmare to get over, the sleepers are placed so when the front wheel hits the furthest one, the rear wheel hits the near one. Easy to wheelie over but i'm not good enough for that. Had a little incident on the lane in Abercynon, I normally go down the elbow which is the correct route but is quite rocky and hard work, so decided to cut the corner but forgot it was pissing down all night which made everything slippery, lost the front end done a lovely forward roll followed by a few barrel rolls, didn't think i was going to stop at one point. Plenty of young ladies about caring for their offspring, i had to kill the ones that looked like me Look at those wind turbine spoiling the horizon

Go on then, burn those retinas.

Even though I'm apparently unqualified due to not having foot pegs ...& yet @boboneleg has won w/ his f*ckin' cool Vespa....& @Clive doesn't catch much flack with his scoot entry, which both are pegless... I'm throwing my motorized 2-wheeler in the mix this month regardless of its pedals...

So, two days ago, woke up and swiftly headed out before it got too warm. As I got just down the road I stopped to check I hadn't forgotten my laptop, stopped by the lake and the water level was maxed out, good! Alentejo is the Spring: Alqueva lake on a clear warm spring day. I took my usual dirt road detour next to the lake to check if I could spot Malaquias, the older gentleman I met here last time. His car wasn't in his property but his two big guard dogs were, so I carried on. A couple of hours later, and I'm getting to the Algarvian hills, on the other side is the ocean and my desired lunch destination. I love these roads but sometimes the tarmac is very rough, being municipal managed roads they vary a lot in quality from one spot to the other. My destination, for a plate of clams. Lunch was my only plan, I didn't feel like waiting around a long time to then get into an overpriced hotel in the touristy Algarve, the 25th April is a holiday in Portugal so along with the previous weekend's Easter holiday it was bound to be seen as high season. I pondered riding back home but and rang a friend in Faro and he had no plans for that night, so I took advantage of his hospitality and headed over. On the way to Faro I found this amazing minuscule road that for 7 or 8km is probably the best road in the region: Faro was warm, it got to 29º that afternoon making it the first warm day of the year. The night was pure Algarve in the way the it was very warm with no wind, we went out to dinner and drinks in the town, and got to bed by 4am. In the morning, we rode up to the hills for a goodbye espresso, and we parted ways. Stop to put on my sweater as the temperatures were definitely cooler today, and those clouds were low and no longer felt like summer. Didn't stop until I got to a usual dirt road shortcut, it's very pretty country there so worthy of a scenic stop. And that's it. Hadn't been on the bike for what felt like ages, I was really missing it so these 4 days felt very nice.

5 Second rule

I think I've fixed my central heating leak today and @Catteeclan you were right boiler is fucked, I suspected the main heat exchanger is cracked and was told that was the end of the boilers life even though it is only 7 years old, after a quick google search i found a reconditioned heat exchanger for £144 with a years warranty and a YouTube video of my exact boiler showing how to change it . Took me about 3 hours to change and with no cuts to my hands lol, i will know tomorrow if it has fixed the problem This is the old heat exchanger stripped down, the reconditioned part came complete with all sensors and probes This is of the bottom of it and connects to the condense trap that white shit shouldn't be in there

NO Lycra here you Dildo Jockey!....Nothin' but Carhartts for this cyclist....at least I can Pay Attention...

Looks like a pied wagtail but the photo image taken on your Nokia 6210 isn’t that good so hard to tell for sure

Timing seem'd good for the weather there @Pedro....some great pics... This one would be a good BOTM entry...

cant go then , im getting married that day.... sorry @Sofia

I didn't think he believed in that place but if he did it would probably look like this for him LOL

Happy heavenly birthday Pete.

The early inception of the BOTM vote seems to indicate that @Pedro knew about the imminent power outage.

Two women were playing golf. One teed off and watched in horror as her ball headed directly toward a foursome of men playing the next hole. The ball hit one of the men. He immediately clasped his hands together at his groin, fell to the ground and proceeded to roll around in agony. The woman rushed down to the man, and immediately began to apologize. “Please allow me to help. I’m a Physical Therapist and I know I could relieve your pain if you’d allow me.” she told him. “Oh, no, I’ll be all right. I’ll be fine in a few minutes,” the man replied. He was in obvious agony, lying in the fetal position, still clasping his hands at his groin. At her persistence, however, he finally allowed her to help. She gently took his hands away and laid them to the side, loosened his pants and put her hands inside. She administered tender and artful massage for several long moments and asked, “How does that feel?” He replied, “It feels great, but I still think my thumb’s broken.

Yes but as mentioned earlier I’m a dick and allowances should be made for me

Ah fuck, just checked added the photo and text last night but didn't click post

'63 Daytona cup race.... w/ a 421ci Pontiac up front against all hose Vette's...

RSv4....

Painting will take your mind off of it.

Mike the Bike on the screamer 6-banger...

I remember seeing Lawson win Daytona on a hopped-up version of 1 of these...

Will someone go and buy a moped with pedals just to mess with @YamaHead ?

Come on Bob who the fuck on here is going to enter an electric motorcycle in BOTM your just stirring for fun now

Phil Read at the '74 French GP....look at that crowd...

Yebbut what make of bird. I've asked you in those terms so you might understand . Before you say it , it's not a Vauxhall Corsa ...............

The other one is his friend, not yours.

My little friend , I feed him every day , sometimes he comes with mate or it’s his mrs

Oh dear @Buckster White heels .. really

Mod to isle 5 please … we got a twat in Lycra causing problems .

75f degrees today but a bit more humid....washed the Bike & then the Equinox to prep for some paint touch-up tomorrow...then took a spin on the Mullet before some Blackberry Whisky shooters w/ the Mrs. this evening...

I put new discs and pads on the Dacia, 6 months later and they still bleeding squeal. So my wife's says.

Have you got a surly, over-indulged, thoroughly spoilt bastard teenager that you’ve simply had enough of? Well don’t despair, you may qualify for the brand new ‘little shit disposal scheme’ that will be available for all Bexley residents in the coming weeks. Here’s how it works: Simply answer YES to 3 or more of the following questions and you may be eligible for a free removal of the ungrateful little oxygen thief from your life forever! *Unfortunately the scheme is only available for male teenagers between the age of 13 to 16 initially, but it’s hoped that if successful, it will be available for all little shits in the borough by the summer of 2026 Remember, answer YES to 3 of the following questions to qualify: Does your teenage son.. 1. Own every conceivable luxury afforded to them but still remains a vile little bastard with a personality that makes Liam Gallagher seem almost pleasant? 2. Is his room decked out like a Saudi Princes boudoir, with more tech equipment than the Bang and Olufsen stock room? 3. Did his mountain bike, which inexplicably he insists on riding exclusively on the back wheel like some sort of piss poor circus act, whist weaving in and out of traffic on Bexleyheath broadway, cost more than £800? 4. Does the jumped up little hood rat talk with a ludicrous sort of comedy Jamaican style accent, like he’s been given elocution lessons by Ali G? 5. Does he refer to policemen as ‘Feds’ and females as either ‘hoes’ or ‘dem bitches’ describe himself as a ‘roadman’ or has he ever had imaginary ‘beef’ with a rival gang of similar over privileged kids such as the Sidcup Man-dem? 6. Does he wear a ‘man bag’ diagonally across him, usually made by Nike but quite possibly Gucci, which contains the very latest iPhone model, with unlimited minutes and data but is always strangely unavailable, or out of battery, when you try to get hold of the little rat bag? 7. Was he allowed to play the ultra violent video game Grand theft auto from a tender age and is therefore comfortable with the idea of ‘blazin’ pimps, ‘shankin’ hookers and clubbing ‘dem feds’ with baseball bats? 8. Is his name Alfie, Reece or Kyle? 9. Does he swagger down the street, with his Under Armour track bottoms round his arse, like he’s dragging a club foot, with both his hands inside his pants, as if he’s in downtown Los Angeles rather than outside Pets at Home in Crayford? 10. Did he laugh uncontrollably when you suggested that he should perhaps do a paper round, whilst you continue to reward him £100 per week ‘pocket money’ for doing precisely fuck all? 11. Does his musical tastes lean towards drum n bass, whatever that is? 12. Did he demand a £600 stone island tracksuit for Christmas? 13. Has it been over 18months since you’ve had any sort of meaningful conversation with the monosyllabic cocky little bastard? 14. Does he own over 2 grands worth of trainers? 15. Have you ever considered hiring a hitman? 16: Has he been given his very own attention deficit disorder label at school yet? Please forward the filled in questionnaire to the ‘little shit disposal scheme’ at the Thamesmead crushing facility and a member of the administration team will be in touch. If successful the offending over indulged little shit will be picked up free of charge and disposed of in an environmentally friendly way, although some of the staff might help out with a good hiding now and again. We apologise for not being able to accommodate ginger teenagers at this time but their wiry hair clogs up the filter system on the crusher. Your statutory rights are not affected. Terms and conditions apply.

Nicely done early Zed...

YZ 500....

ok Lionel

It was ticking over so not totally stopped.

Whooo look!, I had a mad idea. Sanity has returned now.

After saying goodbye to the cyclists, I head out to a very pretty part of Serra da Estrela, often ignored by biker tourists. The weather is great and the roads are empty. Stop by a castle and have s look around searching for an espresso, with no luck. It’s a very pretty well fixed up village though. take an unnecessary dirtroad detour, with what turned out to be a nice road just next to it Got up to the peak with very little traffic and didn’t even stop. It snowed last weekend, plus a national holiday on Friday so lots of people up there, I carried on. Going down the mountain I didn’t feel like stopping at all now, it had been a long time off the bike and I was loving it. Carried on south and into the Alentejo always on small roads. Temperatures got high, at over 25, and Spring is springing. From boulders and rock mountains to rolling hills feels like heading South for sure. Found a deal on a room and stopped for the day after a good day on the bike. In time to freshen up and watch the sunset while searching for dinner. Braised pork cheeks with oven cooked rice, it was fantastic.