JimmyMac
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After a great nights sleep I was on the road early to hunt down some coffee and breakfast as shockingly the hotel never included that in the cheap price, lol.
Not having a clue the best way to Portugal I decided to go for the windiest road I could see on my map, it also appeared to go over the top of some mountains so what else is a guy to do.
Traffic was very sparse after I escaped from Ciudad Real town centre but had the misfortune to get stuck outside several Primary Schools where the lights were all locked on red to allow all the Spanish yummy mummy's to escort their children into the playground. I've seen less beautiful women on the Victoria's Secret catwalk and I was in half a mind to wait there until the kids were getting picked up at night but I figured I'd have to bash on.
Found a lovely rural wee cafe in a tiny wee village and was treated to a great breakfast with yet more fantastic coffee all for ?6, you'd struggle to get a coffee in a cardboard cup for that in Edinburgh far less get the attention and service the Spaniards seem to give out effortlessly.
My route from this Oasis then took me up some worn out old road higher and higher up the mountain range but with temps in the twenties I knew snow would not be an issue today.
Over the mountain and heading down into civilisation I saw lots of wildlife in the way of birds of all shapes sizes and colours from tiny to big buzzards hunting their own breakfast.
Sadly one of them decided to try and fly between my wheels and I saw the unfortunate wee thing being flung in the air in my mirror and landing in the middle of the road. I doubled back to check on it and found it's limp body in the middle of the road. It's skull was wide open from the back so I trying it got caught in the spokes so would have been instant.
I put the bird at the side of the road knowing that some other animal would get a free lunch from this incident but things like this prey on my mind as I love all animals and don't like to cause any harm to them.
Pushing on Westwards I stopped at a service station and phoned home telling the family how I was and that I was heading to Lisbon and that I thought I was near the border.
I filled up the bike and rode out the garage wondering how long it would be to get there, I did however know I was heading in the right direction, even without my useless SatNav, haha.
This is old school navigation Oli.
JimmyMac
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Not having a clue the best way to Portugal I decided to go for the windiest road I could see on my map, it also appeared to go over the top of some mountains so what else is a guy to do.
Traffic was very sparse after I escaped from Ciudad Real town centre but had the misfortune to get stuck outside several Primary Schools where the lights were all locked on red to allow all the Spanish yummy mummy's to escort their children into the playground. I've seen less beautiful women on the Victoria's Secret catwalk and I was in half a mind to wait there until the kids were getting picked up at night but I figured I'd have to bash on.
Found a lovely rural wee cafe in a tiny wee village and was treated to a great breakfast with yet more fantastic coffee all for ?6, you'd struggle to get a coffee in a cardboard cup for that in Edinburgh far less get the attention and service the Spaniards seem to give out effortlessly.
My route from this Oasis then took me up some worn out old road higher and higher up the mountain range but with temps in the twenties I knew snow would not be an issue today.
Over the mountain and heading down into civilisation I saw lots of wildlife in the way of birds of all shapes sizes and colours from tiny to big buzzards hunting their own breakfast.
Sadly one of them decided to try and fly between my wheels and I saw the unfortunate wee thing being flung in the air in my mirror and landing in the middle of the road. I doubled back to check on it and found it's limp body in the middle of the road. It's skull was wide open from the back so I trying it got caught in the spokes so would have been instant.
I put the bird at the side of the road knowing that some other animal would get a free lunch from this incident but things like this prey on my mind as I love all animals and don't like to cause any harm to them.
Pushing on Westwards I stopped at a service station and phoned home telling the family how I was and that I was heading to Lisbon and that I thought I was near the border.
I filled up the bike and rode out the garage wondering how long it would be to get there, I did however know I was heading in the right direction, even without my useless SatNav, haha.
This is old school navigation Oli.
JimmyMac
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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