Goldwing trip - Fuerteventura to Viehla......and back!... read more

A new day has dawned and I am well relaxed after a good nights sleep and a quick breakfast. We are somewhere out on the atlantic on the way to Lanzarote.My fellow cabin companions are a good lot.Two are living on Fuerteventura and the other is a German,Uwe,who is delivering a car to Lanzarote.All seem to be of aroundabout the same age grouping.Last night , Uwe and myself had a few beers after dinner before retiring to bed at about midnight.This morning we were allowed down to the garage to check our vehichles.I was a bit concerned about the ropes tying the bike down but it was not a problem. Straps are provided but I would reccomend also having a length of washing line or Tie down straps to be really secure.The heat in the garage ... read more

Monday was a funny sort of day. I was the first up and after checking the bike out I went to pick up Pan Chocalade ?? in the local bakery.Having a topbox is great,everything can be just thrown inside.When I arrived back Andy was the only one up.we had breakfast together on the roof and made a few plans for the day. I think that he must be suffering from withdrawal symptoms because He has decided to rent a scooter for the remaining part of the week.At about 011.00 we threw on the helmets and headed down to Nerja to pick up a 125 cc scooter.As we were waiting to collect it I remembered that an old friend of mine has a house down here so I rang hmto see if by chance he was there.I ... read more

Leaving in the morning from Occana was great with the sun not quite up to Temperture.We did about 160 KM bfore stopping for breakfast.It was an uneventful run down except for going through a radar trap near Granada at rather an illegal speed.I was driving at that stage and hope only that thepolice were still setting up or something.The bike has behaved perfectly even in the extreme temperatures we have had during the past three days.We have got into the rythmn of doing about 90 minutes nonstop before having a break,and refilling.Shortly after Granada we took a smaller road down towards the coast.This brought us through Alhama de Granada and from there on down to our destination of Velez-Malaga. The house where we staying belongs to Andys sister who very kindly allowed us to use it. ... read more

Waking up on thursday morning with the sun shining in the tent door was super.A quick breakfast and it was off out on to the road.We had a 09.30 start as we planned to do a little bit over 500 kms.We used the French Autoroute system which is really great.Fast roads and free moving traffic.We were able to keep up a good speed (between 80 - 90 MPH) (140 - 160 KMh) and in no time at all we were passing Toulouse and heading on towards Tarbes.We stopped for lunch at an autoroute service station and had a relaxing hour or so chilling with suprisingly good food.The next stop was a water and cafe stop at a Shell service place and there we were able to use the Free WIfi. We turned off the main road ... read more