Sofia

On 19/05/2025 at 10:52, Six30 said:

Shame it wasn't closer to me ...my bike would of stole the show

But mine was the main star!!

On 19/05/2025 at 10:52, Six30 said:

Shame it wasn't closer to me ...my bike would of stole the show

It would have been parked next to mine at the Clubs stand!! 

Hello everyone!!

Sorry for being silent for so long, so much happening!!

 Today was at the Lisbon DGR representing the Triumph Owners Club Portugal! Was actually very nice, managed to get 6 new members and my bike was a super star!! So many people were besotted with it, so many came to ask about it!! I was super chuffed! And in the end had to be pushed over a metal barrier because the bike ramp was taken somewhere to help something or another. I should have taken pictures of it going over that barrier!! 

Anyway, here are just a few shots! 

Totally amazing! 

7 hours ago, Six30 said:

That ktm really ruins this lovely picture!

8 hours ago, Six30 said:

i had to make it smaller ..to get the ktm out of it...

 

 

 

 

 

and fuck off

I had exactly the same problem, cropped to remove rubbish bins, also kinda of orange...

23 hours ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

I will confess i didn't stop there for a photo i stopped because i was stuck and fucked LOL after a few minutes to get my breath i pulled the bike back a few feet and went up the left hand side as my front wheel was stuck in a gap in the rocks there.

So many nice, smooth, trouble free roads available... why?! 

Hope you got a good soup at the end of that! 

On 23/01/2025 at 14:28, Six30 said:

your right it does not deserve to be in the skip...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the skip should be on top of it

Autch.... 

On 23/01/2025 at 13:29, Catteeclan said:

I should take a pic of them lined up in the garage covered in dust and boxes.

Im sure someone has created art in those conditions! The only glitch is the ridding criteria...

On 24/01/2025 at 13:53, boboneleg said:

That's a pasty , I shall be having a pasty for lunch 

It looks like it, true!! Actually its a turkey wellington! 

On 24/01/2025 at 12:52, Pedro said:

Chorizo and cabbage rice

 

Sofia's Gravlax:

 

@Sofia went very English in the kitchen this last Christmas, some sort of pie with turkey and mushrooms inside.

 

Plus some weird cake that was fed spirits for 2 months before being eaten. I did the artwork!

 

 

Portuguese "king cake", traditional Christmas cake here. It's store bought, though.

 

 

I don´t get pies, the whole thing of eating bread in a plate is a mystery to me. However, as far as pies goes this one was as perfect as can be. It had some sort of beef stew inside.

 

 

And back to normal, a proper beef stew:

 

The traditional peas, with chorizo and poached eggs inside:

The Christmas cake was, by far, the best Ive ever made! It was injected with Apperol for 6 weeks, it paid off! @Pedro decoration was epic!! Im trying to show the locals how great british food is!!

13 minutes ago, Six30 said:

oh right .......  thats me and you finished then....

we can still be friends though ...no hard feelings my end

We can still be friends and share our love for the best bikes, nakeds!! 

7 hours ago, Six30 said:

so are you two banging each other now ?

But of course!! 

January in Algarve.

On 29/12/2024 at 17:49, Skippy said:

Hey @Pedro, are you familiar with this part of Portugal or this particular route?

www.rotanorte.pt

 

Some of the most stunning roads and nicest people can be found along that route.  It's a good base and for sure anyone can visit without further local knowledge,  but that part of Portugal in particular, to be visited well, benefits from more info then that website gives. Still, great work from those that made it.

On 29/12/2024 at 18:19, Six30 said:

You are not far wrong at all!!

On 29/12/2024 at 20:03, Skippy said:

Cheers Pedro, just wondered if it would be worth doing with some mates from the UK. No worries mate.

Just in case you are unaware, there is a motorcycle tour organiser called Turtle Moto Tours ( www.turtlemototours.com) run by me, with the help of Pedro, and that route ( or parts of it) is on the list of what we offer. 

In case you and your mates would like to come on a hassle free trip, that's what we can do!! 

11 hours ago, Six30 said:

nice

 

Is it Chelsea or Everton? 

8 hours ago, Six30 said:

i do look forward to @Sofia once yearly post 

Thank you!! Makes me super happy!! 

I'm looking forward to your picture too!

On 23/12/2024 at 18:14, Six30 said:

i was thinking more along the lines  of a pic of sophia wearing a pair of his yfronts eating a packet of Wotsits

Yfronts dont suit me... sorry! Will a picture of riding the motorcycle as normal sway you? 

On 22/09/2024 at 11:59, Pedro said:

In the morning we avoided the hotel's overpriced breakfast, packed the bikes, and had a lovely fresh croissant (or two ) on a patisserie, along with juice and coffee. You can love or hate France and the French, but nothing beats a nice still warm croissant in the morning! No pictures of that as we were eating outside and I was trying to keep the pastry from flying away with breakfast stealing winds!

By 08:30 we were already traveling, as we left town the police was closing down a street for some kind of protest, I suppose people there aren't happy with the state of their town either. 

 

We rode through little pretty villages and tree lined roads for 20 or 30km, and got on the motorway heading for Carcassone. We were on a schedule as this part of the trip wasn't planned before, the girls were supposed to catch the ferry from Italy back to Barcelona, but after having a not very pleasant ride on the first trip, and hearing my praises on the beauty of the french side of the Pyrenees, they decided to give up on Barcelone and ride all the way back. Hence, we had a timetable to maintain, easy enough miles but it did mean there had to be motorway bits.  We had maybe 200 or 250km to get to Carcassone, and doing that we were expecting to get out of the wind storms that affected the area we were on, so the motorway provided the relief we needed, and indeed after a couple of hours we were in Carcassone where the winds were now just a breeze.

We went on a walk, but the place felt like too much of a tourist trap on Sunday. We didn't do ourselves any favors by parking a little far from the castle, we ended up going for a nice walk, eating a pretty shitty sandwich on a place I chose , and moved on.

 

Walking back to the bikes, I came upon @Skippy's old bike.

 

From Carcassone onwards, we rode more or less the same route I had ridden by myself when entering France a week before. I was keen on showing that area to the girls. 

Eventually, stopping to figure out where to sleep on the same pretty castle I visited before. 

 

We were quickly running out of daylight, so hurriedly booked the same place I had also stayed before. Unfortunately being a Sunday they didn't have a dinner meal available. I ended up riding to Lourdes to buy something for an in house picnic. The two open supermarkets didn't have bread, so that was out, carrying pizzas by myself was also not a possibility, so ended up getting Indian takeaway. Two different biryanis, some sort of chicken nuggets with red seasoning and onions, and something else. That's what I ended up with as they messed the order completely. Along with a bottle of wine, and that was it. Lack of plates and other things meant we had it from cups, the ladies had fun but I honestly was not happy about it.

 

Next day, Pyrenees and onto Spain.

Having curry from a teacup was an absolute first and super funny! It's what happens when we travel without previous booking and it was a fun experience! The food was tasty, if a little hot, but had a great yogurt sauce to calm it down. 

On 24/08/2024 at 14:59, Six30 said:

you wont see a poor vet ..... @Sofia is one of the richest women in Portugal

Full disclose, my salary is 860 euros a month, wont get rich on that anytime soon! If it wasnt for Pedro i would be in under the bridge! Fortunately he is not with me for the money, I think its the sunny side of me that he likes.

Its hard for everyone to pay 500 pounds, but that is a lot less then if it was for humans without NHS. 

Would be lovely if we could help all the animals and their humans for free, what a wonderful world that would be! Lets hope AI is kind and takes us there!!!