European Rally Trip - Spain

Shortly after leaving Vielha, John had an electrical problem with his bike. After consultation with HOG Assistance, they sent a recovery wagon to pick him up and Wayne decided to go with him. We carried on, with agreement I hasten to add, travelling down a fantastic gorge with high sides alongside a river. Twisting narrow roads and tunnels meant concentration had to be tip top. After that, we continued on this wonderful highway until it suddenly ran out onto what must have been the roughest bit of road on the whole trip. It went on for some miles and everyone was feeling the strain, and the cold wind, until we found a hamlet with a stop for coffee. Later, a lunch stop in Fiscal found us alongside a small river and a relaxing break was well received. Then it was off again

The landscape changed a bit, becoming more arid and plainlike, although we enjoyed a stop by a large reservoir on the last section to our Parador at Otile. The temperature was dropping and it was becoming very windy when we made it to the Parador, in the centre of the town square.

John's bike (new shortly before mine) was found to have a major problem that could not be fixed there and then, so he doubled up with Waye to ride the 200 miles to catch up with us at Otile, most of it in the dark. They were pretty shattered when they made it late in the evening. We had to make an early start for the ferry next day. His bike will be repaired and then shipped home.