XTreme Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 3 months ago I visited the abandoned Spanish village of Retamalejo. You may remember that it was the day that I ended up with heatstroke because the heat came down really early......it actually reached 43C. In fact my hands were shaking so much I couldn't even hold the camera steady......and I was only able to see a fraction of what was there. Because it's actually the biggest abandoned village that I've visited! Well now the heat isn't a problem, I've got a much better camera, and a bike that's far better suited to this sort of stuff. Yes, I'm still old and fucked......but you can't have everything can you? So this is Retamalejo Remastered......and I really went through the place in some depth today. There's a vid walkthrough, along with lots of pics of shit that's falling down....and lots of pics of shit that's already fallen down Just a warning to Casuals......don't attempt shit like this yourself because it could well lead to Death and Dismemberment! And of course I'm sure you don't need me to tell you this is Dark Motorcycling! 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Nice one Pete Do you know if anyone owns these places 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 11 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: Nice one Pete Do you know if anyone owns these places No idea Fred! They were originally places for farm workers to live......so the farmers may have owned them. But I'm not sure what active farms are still left there now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Thermo, nuclear, war. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 7 hours ago, Tym said: Thermo, nuclear, war. I am The Omega Man! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooN Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 don't need thermo nuclear war to create these places , any war will do. the pics remind me of Ouradour sur Glane (which I did do a RR on way back when...) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 1 hour ago, MooN said: don't need thermo nuclear war to create these places , any war will do. the pics remind me of Ouradour sur Glane (which I did do a RR on way back when...) Indeed, that or simple desertification, agriculture not being profitable enough or simply paid to not grow anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 You're going to be mooching about one those abandoned places one day and a weirdo is going to jump out on you 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 1 minute ago, boboneleg said: You're going to be mooching about one those abandoned places one day and a weirdo is going to jump out on you Have you considered he might be the weirdo 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 15 minutes ago, boboneleg said: You're going to be mooching about one those abandoned places one day and a weirdo is going to jump out on you I get a lot of concerned people on FB telling me to be careful. I just tell them that I lived in Swansea for 40 years.......I've walked into many hellholes that were guaranteed to be full of pretty fucking awful people......so how can it be any worse than that? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfalfa Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Loving these tours of the ruins/abandoned!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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