The next morning, with the sun rising and the temperature alreadty 26′, Thomas woke at 0545, with the town still partying, he  packed, thanked the security guard for looking over Nomad and departed for Estepona near Marbella.

Yet again the sat nav directed them both along disused looking dusty tracks where the wild dogs chased and snapped at his heels making him almost dump the bike whilst trying to avoid them, then got lost. The route took Thomas down the East coast of Spain then cut across through and over the Sierra Nevada mountains using an awsome twisty biking road where he flipped the bike from side around the corners.

Eventually, Thomas arrived Estepona with some long, fun detours along the way and had decided that the Spanish transport ministers had definately run out of money after the huge injection of cash from Europe. There were huge unfinished bridges towering the countryside and miles of unfinished main roads leading no where. Even the Tom Tom was showing the roads as complete often leading Thomas away from his destination. After his final detour of the day back into the mountains, Thomas arrived at the luxury 1,000,000 Euro, hillside private villa, where his wife and inlaws awaited.

The journey through France, Andorra and East coast of Spain had been tough although only took him 4 days whilst avoiding the motorways and using mostly country lanes. He was looking forward to a week off riding and spending some relaxing time by the private pool with his wife and family. The inlaws were obviously concerned for Thomas’ safety whilst adventure riding down to see them and wonders if he had taken the aeroplane then maybe the atmosphere would of been more welcoming, although suspects their journey was also a stressful adventure.