Uk, Santander, Picos, Andorra , France Run 2010 Early June

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<b>Day 6 </b>

Day begins looking a bit dark and gloomy, but what the hell we are not fair weather bikers !

Mick our Tour guide has us all primed up for a run round some great roads this one i have managed to delete off my sat nav log so no route picture today, suffice to say it was around 250 miles on tight twisty roads.

Start is quite local at a recently built dam / lake visit






some random shots of countryside




then we attack a pass that Mick assures us is Great And guess what (HE IS NOT WRONG) unfortunately there are no pictures of the way up or the top as it was rather wet and VERY misty for the last half mile or so, that misty in bits for visor up and 15 -20 mph, but soon we were out of the clouds (5000 feet) and back into damp but clear.

so we stop in the hope of a bite to eat here



the locals seemed to be dis - intrested as they were eating their own lunch, so we ended up having crisps and drinks only.

views wern't bad though




After this stop we head off down some more Crazy fantastic roads heading for the four solaire (europe's biggest test solar furnace)







and we arrive at the four solaire





this heats up these various boilers




Stuart Gordon and Mick giving their bikes some Love



onward we go via a nice lunch stop (no pics) and then we are treated to the Tet Valley run. Whoa boy, misty and damp but hell what a road.





as it dries out near the bottom we his a very smooth section of A road Dual and as we are pootling along at ahem 90 to 100 erm erm (km if you want) this guy appears on his ZZR1400 T shirt shorts and Bird on the back dressed the same , passes us at say 120 the two guys at the front Me and Mick both must be thinking the same (why waste the petrol) but not Stuart and Gordon ohh no.

I look in my mirrors and see the headlights lift and woosh here we go two missiles locked on target ZOOM.

so me and mick carry on our merry way and make our turn off (some 1 mile down the road) someone didn't though LOL.

then i am treated to a section of tarmac that should just be classed as SUBLIME not a massive length but some really challenging twists and turns with pure black tarmac cambered to suit your every need, THIS IS HEAVEN , NO TRAFFIC, NO POLICE , just perfect road



too busy riding it to take anymore pictures

anyway to come yet is an epic pass climb, 3 countries in 1 day , some very windy moments, some sun sea and seafood, so stay tuned for more tales.