13 May 2022 I am leaving Portugal today and heading back to Spain. This is my last opportunity to ride the ACT North towards the town of Bregenz. Most of the track was straight forward and relatively easy good riding. The the odd section was a little more challenging and needed to be treated with […]
Torre
12 May 2022 The ride this morning from the campsite to Torre, Serra da Estrela in Portugal is one of the great and unusual rides in Europe. A great ride because of the bends, road surface and the spectacular views, unusual because there is a paved road to the highest point in mainland Portugal at […]
Heat Exhaustion
11 May 2022 The heat of yesterday and the exertion of riding the bike on some challenging tracks left its mark on me. I drank a lot of water during the ride, a lot more when I stopped last night and I was still dehydrated. After a walk around the fortified walls of Ciudad Rodrigo […]
ACT
10 May 2022 A fellow TET and ACT rider camped next to us last night. He was riding a Yamaha T7, heading North on his way home. The ride today was fantastic, some of the tracks were challenging, steep slopes and hairpin bends on a very loose surface. At one point we rode for 8 […]
Adventure Country Tracks
9 May 2022 The 112 mile ride to Braganca, Portugal was surprisingly interesting, the first two thirds of the journey was motorway, possibly the most interesting motorway I have driven on and at the G310GS comfortable pace of 60 to 65 mph I had time to take it in. The ACT starts at Braganca and […]
Early start today
8 May 2022 The weather forecast was high 20’s today, I set off to find some more of the TET before it became too warm. The first few tracks were a little challenging on a heavily ladened bike, with some care I was able to navigate them. As the morning wore on the tracks became […]
Refreshed and ready to go
7 May 2022 After a days rest at Mino I decided to head to Cape Finisterre, which is reportable the most Western point in mainland Europe, or so they say. As with all these things there is often a debate which is the “most” of anything. When I arrived there were only a few people […]
Mino
5 May 2022 Rode more of the TET today, to start with the tracks were fairly straight forward passing through woods that were well used by logging machinery. As the day wore on the tracks turned into those used by agriculture, these were less well maintained and after last nights rain some of the muddy […]
First taste of the Spanish TET
3 May 2022 We decided to go Santillana’s museum of the Inquisition, before heading off to join the Trans European Trail (TET). Big mistake, it was macabre and not at all pleasant, the stuff of nightmares. A few miles south of Santillana we joined the TET and headed West, the first few hours were staight […]
Medical Emergence
2 May 2022 I awoke to hear the news that the ferry was going to arrive into Santander 3 hours late, it would now arrive at 5.00pm. A few hours extra to relax on the boat, no great problem to me. The ferry was delayed by a medical emergency that resulted in someone being airlifted […]