XTreme Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Well I guess it can happen to all of us! Of course, breaking down on a very hot day in the middle of nowhere in rural Spain makes it even worse! OK.......here's the story! I was out by 10 before the wall of heat came down, and crossed into the Murcia province! Didn't take long to find some abandoned shit......a Petrol Station! I continued on and came across an abandoned country house! It was in a right state! Went in for a look round but the roof has fallen in on most of it! After clambering around in that devastation I continued on.......and found another Petrol Station! Which is when I was faced with the breakdown! No.....not me obviously.....I ride a BMW! Gutted now aren't you? It was some toothless Dago from Alicante broken down on a 20 year old two stroke Aprilia 125! He asked me if I had any ideas on what the problem was! All I could respond with was...... He reckoned it was fuel related so he did some shit with some tools! While he was trying to get it going I had a look round! By this time he'd got it spluttering away......though it didn't sound too clever to me! He told me he'd had the bike for 20 years since it was new! That's what they do here.....I've spoken to old guys who bought a bike new in the 1960's and have still got it. When I tell them I've had 64 bikes they look at me like I'm odd! The guy said that it's never broken down before in 20 years! Until today! Well until I showed up basically! Anyway.....I didn't have any more time to exchange pleasantries with toothless motorcyclists. I thought I'd put all that behind me when I left @Renegade on his own to be Billy No Mates until the end of time! It was starting to get hot, so it was off home before it became too unbearable. But as usual I found more deserted shit en-route! So there you have it......just another day in Spain 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 I was really hoping it was the beemer.....got my hopes up there 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 I can’t believe how much abandoned shit there is where you live 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 5 minutes ago, boboneleg said: I can’t believe how much abandoned shit there is where you live Yeh.....there's so much more right across Spain Bob. But time, work commitments, and Covid restrictions make a lot of them impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swagman Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 37 minutes ago, boboneleg said: I can’t believe how much abandoned shit there is where you live No cunt wants to live there since Pete moved in. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 49 minutes ago, Swagman said: No cunt wants to live there since Pete moved in. Imagine if I was living next door to you.....wouldn't you love that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swagman Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 22 minutes ago, XTreme said: Imagine if I was living next door to you.....wouldn't you love that? I think that would be a bonus for you I can do mechanical things you wouldn’t need Tony the tools, and you would be a fucking load better than what lives there now buddy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Swagman said: I think that would be a bonus for you I can do mechanical things you wouldn’t need Tony the tools, and you would be a fucking load better than what lives there now buddy. And I could sort out your computer issues Keith! But I don't think I could handle being surrounded by old people though! Cos invariably they're fucking miserable and complaining about everything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Looks like someone has abandoned a Chinese bike there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swagman Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 3 hours ago, XTreme said: And I could sort out your computer issues Keith! But I don't think I could handle being surrounded by old people though! Cos invariably they're fucking miserable and complaining about everything. Your right you do don’t you old man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooN Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 On 25/07/2021 at 15:51, boboneleg said: I can’t believe how much abandoned shit there is where you live funnily enough, most of it was abandoned shortly after he arrived Bob. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, MooN said: funnily enough, most of it was abandoned shortly after he arrived Bob. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 On 25/07/2021 at 12:48, XTreme said: Anyway.....I didn't have any more time to exchange pleasantries with toothless motorcyclists. I thought I'd put all that behind me when I left @Renegade on his own to be Billy No Mates until the end of time! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfalfa Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Enjoy looking at all the abandoned things, but had a question: (apologies if you've answered it somewhere already) Why are there so many abandoned buildings? Who owns the land they are on? thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted August 15, 2021 Author Share Posted August 15, 2021 2 hours ago, alfalfa said: Enjoy looking at all the abandoned things, but had a question: (apologies if you've answered it somewhere already) Why are there so many abandoned buildings? Who owns the land they are on? thx Generally they're old farming areas where the people relocated to the cities looking for work in the 60's and 70's Rick. The only exception so far that I've found has been Los Goldines in Jaen where the inhabitants were forcibly evicted and the buildings demolished under Franco's orders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfalfa Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Thanks for the info (I guess i could have googled it, but i like it straight from people on site). We have our own ghost towns over here, in case you ever want to range farther from home. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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