XTreme Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 No.....not the bike! Obviously I have no idea how to do shit like that. I'm talking about the reservoirs, because we've had years of very little rain. And there's now a serious drought situation. Now I'm not one who normally looks for more rain, but every year the price of straw for the horses has been going up. We used to pay around €400 for a year's worth......but last it was €1200 and we had to have it brought in from Albacete. Which is about 150 miles away. So an increase in rainfall and the filling of the reservoirs is critical.....not just here, but throughout Spain. So off I went to check the current situation. Luckily, the weather was great......around 20c! So it was perfect conditions! The approached into Castril.......and the wall of the Dam. This is The Style! I was amazed when I saw the levels in Castril because when I came here last Summer it was very low indeed. This is probably the highest I've seen it in 5 years! It's nowhere near it's highest, but the water line has gone up a lot. Two car loads of a Spanish family then turned up......three generations of them. So I ended up having to take a load of group photos of them. They weren't from Andalucia because they were speaking Spanish in a grammatically correct way rather than slurring words and leaving out letters in words. Lovely people......couple of hot girls in their 20's with them. I wanted to get a photo with those two, but I couldn't very well tell the rest of the family to get out of the way! Then it was on to San Clemente.......the levels there had risen a bit but nothing like the scale it had in Castril. Most of the land you see here was underwater when I came here in 2005...... Had to get the obligatory shot on the bridge.....obviously destined to be BOTM for April. Bike ran great as usual.......these rural roads are the perfect place for it. And it actually made me think......"Why am I considering selling it?" Well there we are! I got out and did something......and in doing so, I made a positive contribution to the forum! Some of you lot should try it sometime! 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YamaHead Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Nice report Pete!.... way better to have those H2O levels up than down. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 21 minutes ago, XTreme said: Well there we are! I got out and did something......and in doing so, I made a positive contribution to the forum! Class! I like the picture with the hill behind the bike, spoiled by the topbox but there you go. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Gorgeous looking water, too! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Did you ride through any fords to test the depth for future reports ? 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 Just now, boboneleg said: Did you ride through any fords to test the depth for future reports ? I did look for some......but couldn't find any Bob! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 1 hour ago, XTreme said: No.....not the bike! Obviously I have no idea how to do shit like that. I'm talking about the reservoirs, because we've had years of very little rain. And there's now a serious drought situation. Now I'm not one who normally looks for more rain, but every year the price of straw for the horses has been going up. We used to pay around €400 for a year's worth......but last it was €1200 and we had to have it brought in from Albacete. Which is about 150 miles away. So an increase in rainfall and the filling of the reservoirs is critical.....not just here, but throughout Spain. So off I went to check the current situation. Luckily, the weather was great......around 20c! So it was perfect conditions! The approached into Castril.......and the wall of the Dam. This is The Style! I was amazed when I saw the levels in Castril because when I came here last Summer it was very low indeed. This is probably the highest I've seen it in 5 years! It's nowhere near it's highest, but the water line has gone up a lot. Two car loads of a Spanish family then turned up......three generations of them. So I ended up having to take a load of group photos of them. They weren't from Andalucia because they were speaking Spanish in a grammatically correct way rather than slurring words and leaving out letters in words. Lovely people......couple of hot girls in their 20's with them. I wanted to show them my pussy and get a photo with those two, but I couldn't very well tell the rest of the family to get out of the way! Then it was on to San Clemente.......the levels there had risen a bit but nothing like the scale it had in Castril. Most of the land you see here was underwater when I came here in 2005...... Had to get the obligatory shot on the bridge.....obviously destined to be BOTM for April. Bike ran great as usual.......these rural roads are the perfect place for it. And it actually made me think......"Why am I considering selling it?" Well there we are! I got out and did something......and in doing so, I made a positive contribution to the forum! Some of you lot should try it sometime! Not a bad ride around then pete, how far did you travel today then, im planning to go out on my bike during the next 2 weeks while I'm off on paternity leave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 59 minutes ago, Pedro said: Gorgeous looking water, too! He's lucky none of us were there we'd have chucked him in mainly to check the water depth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 1 hour ago, Pedro said: Class! I like the picture with the hill behind the bike, spoiled by the topbox but there you go. It's all ruined by a top box isn't it, like that one of the reservoir, the bloody top box gets right in the way of a nice view 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 52 minutes ago, busabeast said: Not a bad ride around then pete, how far did you travel today then, im planning to go out on my bike during the next 2 weeks while I'm off on paternity leave Not sure......about 100kms I'd say! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzak Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 14 hours ago, busabeast said: It's all ruined by a top box isn't it, like that one of the reservoir, the bloody top box gets right in the way of a nice view 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzak Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfalfa Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 we go thru the same water cycles here in Southern California. Fortunately, the past two years have brought lots of rain and have restored most of the reservoirs. It also restored a historical lake that closed several highways west of Bakersfield. The problem with our SoCal weather cycles is that the droughts come on slowly and last for 7-9 years, then end dramatically. That allows people plenty of time to convince themselves that it was "never like this before". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 not blaming brexit for the straw ? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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