Tango

A double edged sword! Great for those expat brits that are legitimately resident in Portugal, but could be seen as a great opportunity for those booted out of Spain to come over the border and pollute Portugal now!

I was in the third year of my apprenticeship. I had my Honda CD175, but chopped it in in August for an RD350B. I think I was earning around £20-25 a week. I had a girlfriend called Helen, but my mates called her Swan Vesta!

Was that on a V-Strom, Pete?

The rest of the week is looking like it could be a bit rainy, so I decided to get a little bimble in this morning. Had to put the liner into my mesh jacket as the temperature was almost into single figures this morning! Only got a couple of pictures, as I couldn't be arsed to keep stopping.

Actually the rules that the UK wanted and were instrumental in getting them implemented when they had a seat at the top table in the EU. The same rules that anyone from a non-EU country have to abide by, so it's not singling the Brits out, it's the rules applied to all non-EU citizens.

We don't get our passports stamped, but we have to show our French residency cards. Any brits without residency cards got their passports stamped. This is at the airports, so the border guards in Spain may not be as efficient. Obviously, if we travel within the Schengen area we don't even have to show our residency cards and the passports are just for identity checks. Things are going to be fun from next year with the Etias scheme being implemented.

The French bikers have been kicking off the last few years about CT (MOT) being introduced for bikes. They'd lynch anyone even suggesting different speed limits!

I once filled one of my diesel company cars with unleaded. The company were good about it and got the AA out to drain the tank, which took the guys about 2 hours!

Yep, it certainly got my attention!

She's doing ok now, thanks Clive.

She's not feeling too bad now, thanks.

Well, ours got off to a good start. Mandy jumped out of bed with leg cramp in the early hours. The next thing I heard was a loud thump and stuff falling off her bedside table, so I turned the light on and she's laying on the floor next to the bed without a clue as to how she got there! I lifted her legs up to get the blood back into her head. After a while she felt well enough to get into bed, but she was still pretty groggy. She's spent most of the morning in bed and found a nice lump on the side of her head, which I guess was from hitting it on the bedside table as she fell. She's just had some lunch and is feeling a bit better now, but we'll keep an eye on her and get her to the hospital if she doesn't feel better soon. So, how's all of your Friday 13th going?