Ola Braganca!

Discussion in 'Touring' started by Lightning_650, Jun 24, 2013.

  1. I'm setting off on a short trip to Portugal tomorrow
    Armed with my newly acquired Aldi Portuguese phrasebook (£1.99 pocket size,German/Spanish/French/Italian also available)
    Contains useful translations such as,"Do you have a condom?",and,"This is going too fast for me"....plus the invaluable,"the motorcycle,it will not start"
    Anyway...
    Overnight Portsmouth-Le Havre
    Swift thrash to St Nazaire
    Overnight boat St Nazaire-Gijon
    Steady jaunt to Braganca
    Couple of days of romping round North Portugal/Spain
    Same route back....hopefully...
    Back next Monday,("God willing and the crops don't fail",as they sayl)
    :upyeah:
     
    #1 Lightning_650, Jun 24, 2013
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  2. nice

    if you can go over the top of the serra de estrela covilha - seia then back down through loriga
    in fact all the main roads over those mountains are amazing
     
    #2 funkatronic, Jun 25, 2013
  3. I'm sat waiting for a flight to Almeria. Going to stay at my brother in laws olive farm. I think I will sleep for a week :upyeah:
     
    #3 El Toro, Jun 25, 2013
  4. Nice one , was looking at those crossings

    Do keep us up to date
     
    #4 Char, Jun 25, 2013
  5. I've not done the Gijon crossing before so it'll be a new experience
    The LD Lines boat to Le Havre puts most bikes right at the bottom,a hot and sweaty climb in bike gear as theres no lift
    It's LD again to Gijon,fingers crossed it'll be a little easier on that one
    No real matter,the 10 day forecast for Bracanga is sunny/84f/no rain/light winds....every day!
    And the Hotel Estalegem Turismo looks very inviting
     
    #5 Lightning_650, Jun 25, 2013
  6. Você tem medronho ? :biggrin:

    Get a whole bottle to bring back.
     
    #6 Dave G, Jun 25, 2013
  7. Clever bugger aint'y ya?:biggrin:
    (I had to use Babelfish)
    Cheers Buddy!
     
    #7 Lightning_650, Jun 25, 2013
  8. Proper moonshine.:smile:

    (pronounced mehdronya)
     
    #8 Dave G, Jun 25, 2013
  9. We're back!
    A very brief report:
    Weather: FANTASTIC
    Hotel:FANTASTIC
    Roads:FANTASTIC
    People:FANTASTIC
    ST2: FANTASTIC
    As you can probably tell,I had a really,really good time....:upyeah:
     
    #9 Lightning_650, Jul 2, 2013
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  10. A 20 minute video shot by my nephew,attempting to show how much fun we were having
    This is part of the N103 between Braganca and Chaves
    Only a bit of it mind,because I think it was about 60 miles each way in total
    Mostly corners with a few small villages here and there,hence the 70/50kph signs
    Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi def do not feature in this video
    But it felt a lot quicker than it looks
    It'll give you an idea of what it was like,anyway
    Portugeezers N103 - YouTube
     
    #10 Lightning_650, Jul 4, 2013
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  11. Portugeezers - I see what you did there !
     
    #11 rdw748, Jul 12, 2013
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  12. Awwwwwwwwwww........... Why put music over a ducati soundtrack! Glad you had a good time, its great to get out of the UK on your bike. :smile:
     
    #12 timberwolf, Jul 19, 2013
  13. was only the one Duke sadly,and I doubt you could hear it over the wind noise...not exactly MotoGP production values I'm afraid.
    and who wants to hear a Gixxer thou being tortured in first and second all the time,while I just rocked in 3rd and 4th.....when I got into it, barely touched the brakes
     
    #13 Lightning_650, Jul 19, 2013
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