Pedro

Same picture, upside down

Good to hear Bob, hope she takes advantage of your services. Send her my best.

No, only if it’s you

Got higher somewhere else, but have no picture of it so this is it, landing softly

Despite your annoying nagging about me over the last two months, here it is! Cannot use it though as the rules surely forbid third party assistence. Cropped, brightened, and levelled.

You never got the money?

Seems like someone is taking this too seriously, I went ahead and submitted a new picture not in the original three that were in my illegal market research.

This is you this is

I’ll cheer you up with a visit in 2023, Pete

You’re all twats! I deleted two of them and kept my favourite one, on the sandy road with the late afternoon low sun.

The social life

Considering the state of cars in the uk I don’t think it works. Portugal has announced the start of test a few times, the test centers have been built but it just seems to be delayed from year to year. It is a farse though, as they’ll not include the smaller bikes which are the biggest polluters and the worst kept bikes. Here if police stops you they can fine and impound your papers if you’ve got a modded bike, no catalyst deletes or small plates or whatever, the inspections are just a business lobby being pushed by the EU. Plenty of illegal bikes disregarded by the police, so far, it’s not really being chased.

Final picture, none of the original three, there:

There is still nothing like that for bikes here, it’s about to start though.

Why is being ginger a bad thing in the UK?

It ticks over just nicely and it’s been like that for years already

Seaside neglected bike, no piece of it is not really very corroded. Zoom in

Carol was such an annoying bitch!

We usually have, you live in altitude.

It was particularly useful to check for pictures which had been uploaded but not added to the post.

A curious bird investigates my bike, back from Morocco

Has the preview button dissapeared, where you could preview your post before submitting it?

Not a ride report, just going to @Sofia's from my place. It could be a 40 minute ride by taking the motorway, but I prefer to turn it into a 2 hour thing via small roads, money saved on the toll pays for lunch plus I just like these roads. Woke up feeling fresh after a very cold night in the countryside, clear blue skies but with rain for later in the day. Enjoyed a coffee outside listening to the morning After some work, I tidied the place and closed it ready for a few days with no person living there. Then packed my luggage onto the bike and off I went now at around well after mid day. I'm sure @XTreme would be in a panic anticipating starting a non Honda motorcycle, so this is just for him. I like the sound of the first start, more so when it's colder. Half an hour later, I stop to take pictures of a field of flower, this is also something @Slowlycatchymonkey would really find troublesome, her adventures are so packed with action she can´t afford one minute stopped somewhere. As I climbed the hill the temperature that had varied from 10 to 13ºC went to 5º at the top, with a little rain as we went up. Stopped at the cafe for lunch, looking forward to something warm to eat. Outside there were two 4WDs from the forest firefighters. Today they probably wouldn't fight anything but it's good to see they're around at least to clean hazards before the fire season. Let's hope Portugal can change the disgraceful course we have been having regarding forest fires. My lunch consisted of a burger complete with the exuberance of two slices of tomato inside. It was warm and nice and really hit the spot. First time I've sat inside this place in years, but today the outside wasn't a nice place to eat. A nice espresso to finish off and get back on the bike. When I first started coming here you would eat a burger, drink something and have coffee, and you'd have change from a 5 Euro note, now it's 7€, and it manages to surprise me every time. Same thing in a coastal town and that won't pay for the sandwich itself. Even though I sent a few emails and thought I had things under control during lunch, a few minutes after being on the bike the phone rings and I decide to give a client my attention and check a few things properly instead of having this issue in the back of my mind. Stopped at the side of the road: 20 minutes later and it looks like I'm riding into a storm, so stop and put the phone away. After that I zig zag avoiding the dark clouds that eventually catch me just 15 minutes before arriving at Ericeira, a proper rainfall for the last few kms, shame as I had washed the bike yesterday. There you go, turning a mundane trip into a ride report!

The true hidden potential is to have 3 top boxes.

After two nights having a mini meltdown, yesterday I finally shut down and slept through the night. Woke up late and feeling ok, so will tidy up the place and leave to spend the weekend in Ericeira. Will take two pictures but it´ll be of my usual cafe location where I'll stop for lunch. It's sunny and cold here, so colds even the birds have only just starter chirping outside.