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

[Studley Ramrod]

Luvvin' it [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

Mick Monroe ! Wadda star [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

[amarko5]

<!--quoteo(post=164668:date=Thu 3rd Jun 2010, 06:18 AM:name=dapleb)-->QUOTE(dapleb @ Thu 3rd Jun 2010, 06:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Ufff sorry about the pads!!! I shoulda checked that it had the extra digit. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sorry.gif[/img]

Cakes: Stuart, Mick, Amarko?

Lovin the pic of Mick on his platform. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


on the cake no score at all

[amarko5]

<b>Day 2 Continued</b>

After a considerable delay getting off the ferry (seemingly the bow door was an issue) we then hit Very warm Tarmac and made our way out of Santander towards the pico's

stopping off along the way on the northern coast road to get a bite to eat (Via San Vincente)






Nice Beach and Scenery



After our short but pleasant stop we head for some really quick roads namely the as114 to cabrales WOW now we are talking, tight twisty and perfectly surfaced.

<b>A Short video clip of the roads in the picos (more to come when all edited nicely )</b>



after the run to cabrales and back towards Potes we decide to go check in the hotel (in cosgaya a lovely little village indeed )



view from my window of the pico's mountains









then its time for a debrief about the roads over a few beers and a tapas meal, we also discovered there were around 20 or so bikes across the road in another hotel, all from an internet website bikers oracle.

so we had a chat with a few of them and discovered one lads bmw k1200 had broken down , he had fitted an aftermarket hugger and what with 2 up and luggage it had managed to wear a hole in his oil tank dumping the contents of the tank onto his back wheel !!! Luckily they were going slow over th sumit of a pass at the time , however his bike then sounded like a bag of spanners BMW came to collect the bike the next day and took it away to see what could be done, we heard the next night that they were going to replace the oil tank as soon as it arrived from the suppliers .

[dapleb]

<!--quoteo(post=164740:date=Thu 3rd Jun 2010, 07:26 PM:name=Hartside Man)-->QUOTE(Hartside Man @ Thu 3rd Jun 2010, 07:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->on the cake no score at all<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Ahh thats a good thing. Did I get the name right though? Never assume one person per cake!!!

If I got the right names and 1 cake per person oil try:

Amarko Stuart Mick

[TonyDevil]

<!--quoteo(post=164656:date=Thu 3rd Jun 2010, 12:21 AM:name=Hartside Man)-->QUOTE(Hartside Man @ Thu 3rd Jun 2010, 12:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->after the meal comes the cake's (who had what ?)





here's a clue to one [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif[/img]



So then all off to bed for some ZZZZ's<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
amarko
zxr guy
the other one

sidey

[amarko5]

<!--quoteo(post=164749:date=Thu 3rd Jun 2010, 07:23 PM:name=TonyDevil)-->QUOTE(TonyDevil @ Thu 3rd Jun 2010, 07:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->amarko
zxr guy
the other one

sidey<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

tony wins

its mark
Stuart
Gordon
Mick

[TonyDevil]

you can tell the top one is mark coz of the angle of the photos
i reckoned the white shirt in the 2nd pic was defo the younger of the rest and hey presto correct answer [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yahoo.gif[/img]

i should be a detective.... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/pimp.gif[/img]


ps. what did i win? and dont say an all expenses paid trip to Switzerland [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif[/img]

This post was last modified: 03-06-2010, 08:53 PM by TonyDevil.

[amarko5]

<!--quoteo(post=164760:date=Thu 3rd Jun 2010, 08:51 PM:name=TonyDevil)-->QUOTE(TonyDevil @ Thu 3rd Jun 2010, 08:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->you can tell the top one is mark coz of the angle of the photos
i reckoned the white shirt in the 2nd pic was defo the younger of the rest and hey presto correct answer [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/yahoo.gif[/img]

i should be a detective.... [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/pimp.gif[/img]
ps. what did i win? and dont say an all expenses paid trip to Switzerland [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif[/img]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I couldn't afford your expenses in Switzerland [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img]

[TonyDevil]

<!--quoteo(post=164761:date=Thu 3rd Jun 2010, 10:02 PM:name=Hartside Man)-->QUOTE(Hartside Man @ Thu 3rd Jun 2010, 10:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I couldn't afford your expenses in Switzerland [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
me neither mate [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif[/img]


so wheres the rest of the write up?

[amarko5]

<!--quoteo(post=164763:date=Thu 3rd Jun 2010, 09:11 PM:name=TonyDevil)-->QUOTE(TonyDevil @ Thu 3rd Jun 2010, 09:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->me neither mate [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif[/img]
so wheres the rest of the write up?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

takes time you know [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img] video's are gonna be a while although there is one in day -1 and one in day 2 now go looksee the roads in the picos [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/good.gif[/img]

[amarko5]

It gets lonely in the Pico's

Eat your heart out Wicky [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img]

Mick and Gordons Starter [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif[/img] the bowl on the left [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[amarko5]

<b>Day 3</b>

The beginning of day 3 is bright and sunny so its off to the mountains for a jolly up a cablecar. the roads up to fuente de are just sublime and quiet (fnarr fnarr)
there is a cablecar here somewhere, its a single span run up with no pilons.



The view up



and the angle of attack



at the top is the bravery platform !! have you the bottle to stand on a rusty shelf with 800 metres straight down beneath you ??




But the views are stunning






Stuart Cooling off in the Snow



Which way next chaps



Sidey and Gordon on the amazing updraft platform eat your heart out miss munroe



The road up there somewhere in the distance



going down



after this we head anticlockwise on some more fantastic roads leading us around to lake riano, but before we get there we fortify with some more food at a lovely little cafe




this is just to bolster us up for an fantastic section of road leading to the lake, i must add here that this section was damp but drying and we were still loving every minute of it touching down occasionally in the bends.

<b>VIDEO TO ADD LATER </b>

then we arrive at lake riano (looking a bit grey)



if you look closely you can see the rain coming in



so at this point we beat a hasty retreat back towards Potes but via another mountain road LOL it was wet but very enjoyable in the heat even up that height, and when we dropped down into Potes it was fairing up nicely.

another stop for coffee and Tea to replenish, a very nice picturesque little town







then it was off on some more Fantastic roads (Am I Rubbing it in enough yet ) to the hotel. we decided this night to invade the other hotel and have a chinwag to the brits over there and a very nice meal indeed



then a good nights sleep as its a 400 mile stint tomorrow ZZZZZ

P.S. I forgot Daisy

[sidestand]

Top of the Col de Mente - now was that left then right, or right then left ??



No, it was down, up, down up, down, then up again [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]



I know, we'll take a photo, so we remember the way back !



Four go mental on the Col de Mente

[dapleb]

Was it self service cake place? There seem to be delicous combo's goin on there.

[amarko5]

<!--quoteo(post=164883:date=Fri 4th Jun 2010, 09:16 PM:name=dapleb)-->QUOTE(dapleb @ Fri 4th Jun 2010, 09:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Was it self service cake place? There seem to be delicous combo's goin on there.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->indeed it was a buffet on the ferret<!--quoteo(post=164882:date=Fri 4th Jun 2010, 09:12 PM:name=sidestand)-->QUOTE(sidestand @ Fri 4th Jun 2010, 09:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Top of the Col de Mente - now was that left then right, or right then left ??Four go mental on the Col de Mente<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->col du aspin i think the mente was the next in the series of four LOL (cooking tonight)

[TonyDevil]

i didnt realise you took Daisy back to her room [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif[/img]

[sidestand]

[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img]

He asked for that one !!! ............Be careful though, or you'll make all the Welsh boys jealous [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img]

[TonyDevil]

<!--quoteo(post=165026:date=Sun 6th Jun 2010, 12:43 PM:name=sidestand)-->QUOTE(sidestand @ Sun 6th Jun 2010, 12:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img]

He asked for that one !!! ............Be careful though, or you'll make all the Welsh boys jealous [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
i gotta say that noggin is a geniarse [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/good.gif[/img]

also posted on his facebook wall [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

[amarko5]

<!--quoteo(post=165029:date=Sun 6th Jun 2010, 11:49 AM:name=TonyDevil)-->QUOTE(TonyDevil @ Sun 6th Jun 2010, 11:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->i gotta say that noggin is a geniarse [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/good.gif[/img]

also posted on his facebook wall [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


Well done Chaps [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rotflmmfao.gif[/img]

[Lagotete]

First time I can see the pictures (my work computer blocks them).
Thanks a lot for sharing this.
I have a lot of time for people who put food on the same level as riding a bike [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]
I would have thought there were other ways of inflating a sheep [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif[/img]