• Mark Holbrook
  • Mark Holbrook

Northabout

Andalucia to Scotland then all things North Baca lagi
  • Permulaan perjalanan
    28 Jun 2023
  • Day 1

    28 Jun 2023, Sepanyol ⋅ ☀️ 37 °C

    Landed for the day near Talavera as in Shape's Eagle. E33 for a room, somewhere to park my bike round the back under the washing lines and I can eat dinner here. 470 k....less than I might wish for but adequate. I hurt a lot!Baca lagi

  • Guadalajara

    29 Jun 2023, Sepanyol ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    Through Madrid... very scary with lots of junctions joining in the fast lane and a lorry reversing down the motorway because he had overshot the badly signposted junction to Zaragoza.... and all before brekkers.....oh and the walking man is buried in Madeira. We saw his grave in Funchal.....just for interest!Baca lagi

  • Villanueva de Gallego

    29 Jun 2023, Sepanyol ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    Well that is better... beyond Zaragoza and it is only lunch time......and I found lunch too!

  • Roquefort

    30 Jun 2023, Perancis ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    Seriously pretty coming over the mountains. They are building an autopista but only sections of it are finished. Raining but hey ho

  • Very Damp

    1 Julai 2023, Perancis ⋅ 🌧 18 °C

    Well it is wet. Very wet. I have to say this has put thoughts of le camping out of my mind for this evening with a warm brick tent to replace it. So far my favorite bit of France is this croissant

  • Caen

    3 Julai 2023, Perancis ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    Staying close to the port, lots of history but not very pretty so here are some sunflowers I flew over instead

  • Drenched

    4 Julai 2023, England ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

    Well Portsmouth was fine but on the way towards Oxford it rained a bit....then more....then torrents of the bloody stuff. Deep standing water all over the road, huge spray from too fast lorries and I couldn't see a thing. My Roku kit kept most of me dry but my boots filled up....so I abandoned the day and retreated to a travel lodge. Early tomorrow looks ok and I will continue but my few hours in hand have all gone.Baca lagi

  • Alnwick

    5 Julai 2023, England ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    I can't remember whether it is Alnwick or Berwick which is still at war with Scotland but there are some seriously nice places in this neck of the woods.....including where I am staying tonight picked on the basis of being the cheapest place I could find! So....I am getting close to where I need to be for the wedding. Not all plain sailing. The downpour which hit me yesterday was really something and the system moved on to Holland (where I am going next) and killed people. The usb charger on the bike has died which is a big deal because my navigation is phone based and there is not enough capacity in my phone for a full day's riding without charging. Also my rear tyre has a deep cut in the central tread....not in a knobbly bit but between the knobbles. I would not have driven on it if I hadn't had to but I am pretty close to Falkirk now which is where the replacement tyre was ordered a couple of months back and I have driven on the split since France which is where I noticed it in a walk round. People are starting to talk about the bike and 'Haven't you come far!' I have not yet answered that I am only 1/6 through the planned trip!Baca lagi

  • Wedding

    9 Julai 2023, Scotland ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

    Right that is my daughter Tamsin hitched! Just a fabulous day although I confess to flagging towards the end. So....now to head south towards Hull where I get the ferry to Holland. I have a problem with my shoulder which makes riding the bike painful.....not good so I am going to try and get some medical advice first.Baca lagi

  • Le nouveau régime

    9 Julai 2023, England ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    So I am pretty sure when I get to Norway beer will be off the menu so.....Jack and diet Coke is the new regime....experimenting at a campsite on an old airfield close to Alnwick