250 Miles on the Bonneville | A Solo Day Trip to Cadaques, Spain
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Barcelona to Cadaques right near the French border. This was about a 250 mile round trip on the Bonneville. The area around Cadaques (and Cadaques itself) is stunning! The roads are brilliant, there's a great choice of cafes, bars and restaurants and the weather is beautiful- even in late November!
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Hi Freddie. Thank you for this video as it is a trip down memory lane. My parents used to holiday there each year in the 1970’s and we often joined them there. Sadly my dad died while on holiday there around 1980. He loved the town so much that we left him there buried in the Protestant area of the cemetery overlooking Dali’s garden & Port Ligat. I must make a journey there again on my motorbike before it get too old to do it. Paul
Yes do,sorry about your Dad❤️
Ahhh Paul, both a sad and also uplifting story. What a stunningly special place to be buried🙂 I genuinely don’t think it’ll have changed too much since the 80s, so you may well feel like you’re going back to the 70s/80s.
It’s riding heaven, and the scenery still unspoilt🙂
You're living the dream Freddie, your videos are always awesome, whether it's you and Monika wandering around or you on a solo trip. Music is spot on, camera work great, brilliant! PS. You should put Monika's giggle into your videos at appropriate points..... 😆
Haha I will pass this onto Monika!😆🙋🏻♀️
Thank you🙌🏻
Awesome video and awesome content can’t wait for the next video Thank’s Freddie and Monika
Freddie, Olives can't be eaten off the tree in any season. It takes 6 - 8 weeks to get them ready to eat. But you know that now. lol
So many reasons to copy your winter schedules. Especially as my missus is Portuguese.
Perhaps the best time to go. Blissfully empty, sinewy ribbon of tarmac on an ideal bike.
Just a great watch.
Thanks for sharing.
Safe,happy travels 👍
Really glad you enjoyed it🙂 It’s riding heaven (as I’ve heard Portugal is, too👌🏻👌🏻). I’m surprised at how pleasant the weather still is so close to December- it’s beautiful and genuinely still warm enough to spend the whole day outside
Hi Freddie. Cadaques and the surrounding area is indeed magical. We stayed there for a couple of days during our motorcycle circumnavigation of Spain and Portugal as recounted in my book, The Furthest Points. Thanks for bringing the memories back.
Freddie Bear haha That's one hell of a jacket and looks really warm. Great tune and great scenery, just great watching the Bonnie do it's thing, there's never a bad spin on the Bonneville. Tks Freddie for sharing.
Looks stunning... im planning to throw my Classic 500 in the back of my van and me and the wife are going to enjoy some Spanish roads south of Valencia in spring... cant wait. Love your vids
Enjoyed the video Freddie, what fabulous roads. The new camera seems very impressive.
Excellent! Cheers Freddie
Was ur pillion, blooming fantastic, thanks as the uk is drowning presently
I like the teddybear armor.
Great video, the instant regret from that olive 🫒 😂
LMAO!!...didnt like the olive huh?...LOLOL...that...was funny..LOL..I wonder if any of the locals could have told you what those fortifications were used for..and when..they looked like WWII era maybe..your new camera should make for some interesting views...excellent video!!..
The look on your face when you bit into that olive, honestly I haven’t seen anything so funny for a long time! Thanks for not editing it out ! 🇬🇧
Hey Freddy: #bitterolives FYI: all olives right from trees are tasting bitter. There for they're put into water/salty water bath to pull out the bitterness after the harvest. 🤣 Cheers
Genuinely I’ve learned something new today!
Another musical tour de force - well done Monika! Freddie great location and good riding. 👍😎
If you get the chance, I think you’d like Coilloure just over the border in France. Beautiful seaside town with a chateau on the harbour.
that olive is not out of season its problably a variety only for olive extra vergin oil... but yeah any way good video✌💥
Crack on Freddie ol’boy, ML&Aloha , Big Duke.🏍💨
Ohh dear Freddie, is Monika out of a job?😉 Doubt it. You need her creativity & editing skills amongst other things 👌 A fantastic partnership between you, the Triumph, Monika & the journeys!💪💪
I like the woolly jacket you wore under your bike jacket. I used to have something similar but with a hood. On one occasion, it transformed a cold France into somewhere warm, just like that, when I put it on under my outer shell. I like a lot of the background music in your videos. Stunning location.
That Honda Scoopy looks so different to my woman's Scoopy 110, which is an out-and-out scooter, not half-scooter, half-motorbike. You'd like my Aerox 155. Really nippy.
I remember someone overtaking me on a motorbike in Spain in '05 or '06. He was really caning it. I didn't try and keep up. I stopped for a quick coffee and then carried on. A few kilometers further on down the road, I came upon the wreckage of the rider's bike. He was being loaded into an ambulance, clearly dead. Better to ride like you do, Freddie.
Another hugely enjoyable video.
Oh Freddie you have to soak olives in brine for weeks to make them edible 😂
Freddie did you expect a bit of sun dried tomato in that olive 😂😂😂 brilliant!!
It’s pathetic… but I had never heard of this in my life! I just assumed it’d be delicious plucked straight from the tree!😆
I did possibly expect a bit too much😆
Had me leaning into the bends with you . . . it's almost like being a pillion. Will be exploring the Parc Natural del Cadí-Moixeró and Parc Natural de la Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa on my bike next year, so may get across to Cadaques if time allows. Another great vlog, Freddie.
This sounds like an incredible adventure you’ve got planned, Steve! Spain is very close to unbeatable for biking🏍🤘🏼
Thanks 😊😊😊😊Freddie for great videos ❤❤❤❤❤
Freddie you need to go to Valls and eat Calçots. Do a Calçotada. It's a tradition you need to eat
Hi Freddie, good to see you on this beautiful trip to Cadaqués! Just a little comment to your olive experience: They should not be out of season yet, but you never can eat them crude!! The have to be pressed to get the oil out of them or somehow "pickled" and than you really can enjoy them ;-)
Woah, the back 360 camera looks like if it was a drone filming, not attached to the bike, amazing! By the way you should as well visit Figueras, home town of Salvador Dali and another beautiful town of the Costa Brava!
My sister had a jacket just like that when she was 4 and I was 2 sometime in the mid-70s. I wish I could share the picture 😁. Absolutely beautiful scenery. You've done an amazing job again, Freddy! I am thankful for your Vlogs and the inspiration they bring.
The way you tilted your bike on the bends just gave me dizziness or say motion sickness 😷 😅
Bring back Monica 🤣
Salvador Dalí country...
Over 20 years ago spent 2 weeks and several k km in Barcelona and all along that coast visiting every museum and art gallery in the area with my then heavily pregnant wife .
The other side of that bay is the Salvador Dali birthplace at Port Lligat which was a lifelong wish for me personally to visit ..
Super video as always .
Best as ever R&D
Ahhhh Richard, I’m embarrassed to say I’ve literally just five minutes ago found out that Dali lived in Cadaques!😳
It’s a stunning part of Spain that I didn’t really know about until a few weeks ago
Ahhh La Costa Brava xDDD
Well Freddie that camera is impressive, but the only thing I like about it is it doesn’t zoom in on cats. Other than that I already miss Monica’s amazing eye. Still a great video. It’s 60 degrees here in the bluegrass today so I’m going for a ride. It ain’t Spain but it’s still nice. Happy Thanksgiving
This is very true😆🐈 Happy Thanksgiving!
Ah. Another great episode. And oh, I had no idea you had a podcast. Been a subscriber for years and I had no clue. We should be guests on each other’s show. Hahahaha.
I was already starting to say no no no nonoooo when you popped that fresh olive in your mouth. You’ve gotta pop them in brine and let them mature in the jar.
Thanks Freddie will look the camera out. I had a GoPro but didn’t use it now thinking of just using my phone.
Glad you went Freddie, Have family in Cadaques so have done that mountain road 20 odd times and it never fails to excite. Great to see it out of season, nearly always end up visiting in July or Aug when its rammed. Peace love and happy travels
That’s a brilliant excuse to keep returning to such a beautiful area, Rohan🙂 I did wonder if it gets packed in the summer. Thanks Rohan!
Oh no you have joined the 360 club. Looks so weird.I’m feeling quite queasy after watching this footage.
Music selection in your videos is excellent - the Peter Crosby track around the 14 minute mark had a Sons of Anarchy vibe 🤘🏻
The fortifications may be a naval gun emplacement dating from the Civil War or ww2 Era. Just a guess. The olive would probably be OK in a martini.
You tried Hospitalette de la enfant (s
w. of Barcelona, quite near Taragona?
Been a few times when passing on my bike.👍
I like the 360 for the smooth and very stable - auto-stabilised - recording. I think you can set it for stable horizon too, most notable at the rear viewing forward but say for the recording off the tank when the bike leans, the horizon in the vid can stay relatively level but the bike can appear to move beneath - try it out. Thanks for sharing. Another tool in the toolbox!
Had to laugh when I saw you trying an olive fresh from the tree, I did the same many years ago, it's something you never forget 🤣 now I know how to cure them.
Lesson learned😆🤢
Crack on Freddie ol’boy, ML&Aloha , Big Duke.🏍💨
Fantastic 360 shots and fantastic roads,yes Monika is correct you look like a big teddy😄
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Looks great out there Freddie ...so does that Insta360... 2 min video on their page....WOW !
Insta360 be here making Monika jobless 🤣🤣🤣
Nice photography but don't "speed" when making the video ;).....I'm getting seasick!
Haha I was laughing and saying noooo before you put the olive in your mouth. You can't eat them straight off the tree!
Spain really is biking nirvana - Living the dream Freddie👌
Bang on 100% Andy- it is biking nirvana!
I’m not a big fan of those 360 cameras, your videos are awesome with out that camera. Thanks Freddie
I dont know since JARVIS started to upload vlogs
Freddy ,watch out for those keys on the bike. Too many you could lose them.
Never eat olives off a tree 😂 takes weeks in special water to be edable 😉
I'ts mind boggling - how can that 360° camera work without showing the stick it is mounted on? You see its shadow but you don't see the actual thing.
I couldn’t really get my head around it until I started using it. I find it genuinely incredible!
I have to ask: what boots are these that you’re wearing? They really look great.
Lovely video, very jealous from drizzly, grey, gale force winds 🇬🇧 😳
Really glad you enjoyed it, thanks Lynn🙂 All my best to you back in a grey🇬🇧👋
Not a fan of any 360 camera, too much distortion
That stone in the coast must have been a defensive battery of canions on the civil war probably, as it looks quite "new".
Very interesting, thanks for sharing this, Dani🙂
@@FreddieDobbs your welcome. I can not asseure this but i assume It by seing it
I wouldn't be surprised as the Balearics were held by the Fascists and I imagine could have been used as a base for raids into Catalonia. Might also be WWII fortifications as there was a chance the Allies would invade Spain once Italy and Germany had been dealt with. Many Republicans were aghast that the Allies were content to leave Spain under a Fascist dictatorship.
Nah, it'll never be a replacement for Monika!
About the Scoopy, you have to remember that Barcelona was the 1st city about number of bikes in Europe, now it's the 2nd one and back in the day the Scoopy was the number one scooter here. It was packed of them. As years went by many went to smallest towns. I don't know the number of units sold here, but they were everywhere.
Ahhhh fascinating- I love little insights like this!
@@FreddieDobbs also if i am not wrong (and i can be) Honda bought Montesa I think? And was producing here. So I guess that also helped. From this period the Scoopy was the bike to have. And the mental idea we have still nowadays is that Honda Scoopy or 125cc are the ones you have to have. It's "the posh scooter" if you like
No I am first....just didn't comment looking for who is gonna comment first and I would reply this to him/ her
LOL🤣 Too slow my friend🐌
@@Nathan_Adam I think u didn't understood wht I said bro🤣
@@Nathan_Adam I was waiting to do that comment man
Great to see you enjoyed your trip to Cadaques. There is also still so much more to see around Costa Brava and Emporda, like the Medieval towns of Peratallada, Pals and Monells, or other coast one such as Tossa de Mar, with beautiful curvy roads in between them. You should also visit Girona and drive to Besalu and La Garrotxa, for roads in between Medieval architecture and old volcanoes. Feel free to reach out if anything!
I have stayed in Cadaques ,Pals and Escala a number of times in the last 30 years its a lovely region to stay great food and wine and OLIVES you need to cure them before eating them !
Thank you for these tips- adding to my list!🙂
Ahhhh I’m embarrassed to say I’ve never heard of this (re curing the olives🤯)
And btw, if you visit Girona go to La Fabrica for good coffee.
Hello, from Tampa 🇺🇸 Wife and I have a K1600GTL looking forward to making it back to Europe again and bring the bike along. @TorresJourneys 👍
Woooow- bringing it over from the US to Europe- this is brilliant! I don’t know if I’ve ever seen an American number plated car in Europe
At the end........ Try Horizon Lock !
Great video and stunning views , nice one.
That's not a Leica Q2 reporter is it ?
Monika says Hi (just kidding)
Thank you! you made epc ,😎
Thanks!🙂🙌🏻
Where do you find your music on?
Lovely Vlog @Freddie Dobbs
Camara is deadly as is the scenery. Most place outside the main areas closes all afternoon at this time of year until about 4-5pm.
Ahhh thanks for letting me know- I assumed everywhere was close for the winter and then rode back into the village later in the afternoon and it was full of life!
Freddie shows you how to have fun in life
Beware the wild bitter olive 🤣
Watch out Monica, you're being replaced by an Insta360 or was that your idea 😆 Loving the chilled out music Freddie, definitely a really set up you've got yourself going. Loved the ride along as I sit in front of a fire, as always you get the best weather. Ride safe
Let me just say that Monika was delighted to have some peace and quiet Dale!😆 As much as I love the sun, a nice cold evening in Britain with the fire going is very appealing👌🏻
Hello Fredi!, you have been riding on the roads next to my house!!. An essential place when you are in Cadaques is to go to Cap de Creus, a unique place in the world, incomparable.
And when you return from Cadaques there is a road, which is my favorite, that goes to Port de la Selva. If you come back to the area with Monica, do not hesitate to ask and I will recommend some impressive routes.
Thanks for this- I will save your tips and very kind offer🙂 It is one of the most special places I’ve visited and we will definitely return!
Great Videos👍 Freddy
German gunner fortifications in preparation for the WW2 allied invasion.
Wow! Thank you Tom- fascinating!🙂
What happened to sizzapp ?
I would like to see Freddie to review the new British-made Maeving electric bikes,they look great.
I’ll try and borrow on by the Spring- I agree, they look superb AND have an essential (in my eyes)- a removable battery. This is the only real workable way electric bikes can work for the masses at the moment (until the range increases gigantically or until electric charging stations are as common as petrol stations)
Lovely video Freddie sitting here in cold dark wet GB waiting to hear if my bike is a write off or not after an accident reminds why I love riding cheers
Ahhhh sorry to hear it Keith- I hope you’re fine and delighted to hear you haven’t lost your enthusiasm for biking!😀
I could smell the sea breeze and the pine trees……..olives need quite a bit of processing before you can eat them. And, just how does that camera get the distance from the subject. Great vid. Mr.F.D.
Stunning town. Some of those glass fronted properties on the hill are for same for +€3m !!!
I checked prices too- it seem €2mil+ is the norm. I saw one for €3.8mil😳
That camera is tremendous, I definitely thought you had a radio tethered drone onto you. The fruit from the tree is deceiving. Great video of a gorgeous landscape.
I was thinking that it can almost double as a drone- it’s a very impressive bit of kit! Really glad you enjoyed it🙂
Hi Freddie, another excellent vid of your travels. I may have missed it however could you give us a review of your panniers ? Thanks
Wow Freddie the 360 must have changed considerably I had the previous model the Insta 2 and just sold it I could not get on with the thing and I lost hundreds of pounds because I bought the whole motorcycle kit with it never again on this brand .Dose this mean that Monica is now redundant Freddie surely not 😉 awesome views and a beautiful sea very nice looking from a grey cold wet climate " green with envy '' 🤢your certainly getting some good footage well done .👌👍
Freddie how d you connect phone to bike to you? Bluetooth ear buds?
I’ve never used Bluetooth ear buds or and kind of cardo-style system. Although a lot of people tell me I really should give it a go
Again a great video with wonderful shots and advice. I learn a lot for my trip to Spain.
Delighted you found it useful!
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Really good video. Dare I say, relaxing! 👍. In my opinion the Insta 360 has beaten the GoPro for the past couple of years. Agree that ease of use is so important. Appreciate it wasn't a technical review but perhaps in another video you'll be able to mention battery life, etc.
Great vlog once again Freddie, good to see the lovely weather you have there, been a total washout here in South Wales for what seems like months.
I like the X3 camera sections of your video but does this mean Monika will become redundant? Hopefully not.
Ride safe both.
Superb…. Hope you keeping the X3…🏍👍
I definitely will be, Robert🙂
Thanks for this one. It brought back happy memories of taking the children there back in the 90's. The area a few miles west around Begur is beautiful as well, lovely coves and beaches like Aiguablava etc, well worth going there if you get the opportunity.
Love all your films, interesting, fact filled but best of all fun.
Your sir are living the dream, thank you for taking us along.
Nice one Dobbo!
Great video Freddie as a DJI Pocket Osmo user I was blown away by the Insta 360 footage and such a lovely area to explore.
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Congrats!!😀🥇
@@FreddieDobbs Thank you 🤗 keep up the great videos!!!🏍️📷🌄
Another hugely enjoyable video Freddie, you have a great presenting style and are very watchable but the Monica 'touch' really lifts your vids above most others. Well done and thanks to the both of you, safe and fun travels 👍
Nice one Freddie and Monika, beautiful landscapes...
I am disappointed that you didn't make it to the Lighthouse, Teddy Freddy. If you have never driven further up the coast to cross into France by the coast road, do try it is well worth it.
Ahhhh I know- it’s a missed opportunity!
The drive into France is great and Collioure is lovely.