France, Spain, Andorra and Portugal – June 2011
For some bizzare reason, I wrote this in the third person, oops, lesson learned.
On his newish 60 plate BMW 1200GS Adventure motobike, Tommy is soley departing the UK on the 8th June to travel and explore 4000 miles of France, Spain, Andorra and Portugal for three weeks on his 2011 roadtrip. He hopes to return three weeks later on the 28th June.
He is hoping to meet lots of friends along the way and will no doubt have some amazing adventures and will be writing a journal as a reminder to himself of the adventure and any incidents (because his memory is crap) but will depend on his access to the internet.
Tommy hopes not to bore anyone but is willing to share this experience with anyone interested, watch out for updates and safe riding to all them adventure bikers and not so adventurous bikers out there.
Luckily the river hadn’t flooded due to the storm during the night but Thomas was not happy to be packing his wet tent away. Thomas took a lay in that morning, probably due to sun stroke but also was in no rush
The next morning, Thomas departed the San Francisco campsite and followed the prat nav, turning right out of the campsite heading up into the hills. Immediately the single track took him through a near by village where a line of bins blocked
Thomas enjoyed another day off in Galicia this time, starting with a coffee and a short stroll to the beach for the final burn. The beach was deserted and he wondered why. He got the sense and the smell that something unpleasant
Thomas was intrigued by today’s campsite choice on Spain’s North West coast ‘San Francisco’. He had never toured this area of Spain before and was excited. As he quickly packed his full camping kit away, he heard a ‘Pardon’. It was one
Today is Thomas’ well deserved day off and he woke to the sound the hippies cracking their breakfast beer at 0700. As it was a Thursday and approaching the weekend, already the camp was getting busy with the constant sounds of people
That morning, Thomas discovered that the hammock not only acted as a very comfortable bed but also a canopy, catching any falling insects and leaves from the trees above. Though Thomas was still glad it had kept him off the cold ground
