Fascinating ride that isn't it - I did it a couple of years ago with Canary Motorcycle Tours, but it was freezing!! (not literally but effin' cold)......can't wait to get back out there, I'm riding in Gran Canaria with Mrs Flyer next week...can't wait!
It’s a really incredible ride- one of the beat I’ve ever done!🙂👌🏻 We did drive up to Teide a few years back and the road was closed due to heavy snow- it’s almost impossible to think it can be so cold when it’s within an hour of Adeje! Have a brilliant trip in GC!!🙂🤘🏻🤘🏻
Fantastic love this vlog, history and scenery, did the quad bike sunset excursion a few weeks ago with Tenerife First Excursions a good trip with excellent tour guides, Tenerife is Magic.
I’ve always loved your little history tidbits while back in England (part of the reason I first subscribed. You don’t see too many history loving bikers on TH-cam) . But the history buff in me has been absolutely enjoying seeing the excitement of exploration and the stories of every little location as you get to them. You guys are hitting your stride, and it shows exponentially. So enjoyable.
Thanks for the vlog Freddie and Monika we loved it. Cracking music, great video. Me and Debbie went up mount Teide in 1979 whilst on our honeymoon and visited again 40 years later, we took photos in front of some of the rock formations you passed, the “finger of god” and the steps that you passed on the right were used in the 1956 film The Ten Commandments with Charlton Heston as Moses. The black Obsidian rocks you walked over is made into Jewellery by the locals. Once again loved the Vlog. Thanks.
That dust devil almost got your glove. Love the lava tour. You guys rock. Almost ended up living in Tenerife (1974) when I had very brief employment in Mauritania. It is beautiful.
@@FreddieDobbs My wife and I married in Madrid 74. I got a job in Mauritania via UK. My wife would've had to live in Tenerife. It was the plan. Now I wish I survived that job because of the 2 of you. TBT my dream would be just going back the UK or List of other places , so reality slaps me up side the head.
I have spent many an hour driving (a small car not a bike) in the mountains of Gran Canaria. Very steep and windey roads with hundreds of hairpin bends. Interesting to see the contrast with Tenerife. Thank you Freddie and Monica. Very enjoyable.
Good to see you getting out and about, looks like great riding, and great weather. Loving the info too as you go round, keep it up and ride safe both of you.
Had the Teide experience going 300 meters from the summit where ice prevented us from going any further, also remember Vilaflor looking down on the clouds, sadly this was a coach tour and not on the bike, great video as always Freddie/Monica.
I’ve followed your adventure from London and it’s been great viewing. It makes me smile every time a new video comes out. Well done to you both. Do you ever include a playlist of the music? I love the soundtrack.
I’m delighted you’re enjoying it David!🙂 I always include the song selection in the written video description, and Monika will make a Spotify playlist soon I think🙂
Thanks freddie for reminding me of how amazing the roads are in Tenerife I was there this time 3 years ago on a surfing trip and said to myself I need to ride this island I did find a ride #tenerifeontriumphrentals now that travel is easing it on my list for next year 🛬🏍👌
Only just found your channel since you moved to Tenerife (bit of a Tenny nut!) and love it So interesting listening to you talking about the volcano that is mount Teide , especially as we now watch La Palma spewing out molten lava day after day Have you thought of travelling over there for a day or two?
Thanks for introducing me to Tobacco Road's riding shirts. After seeing your vids on your riding gear I decided to check it out. I knew the company for jeans but I didn't know they did jackets. I love it; wear it on and off the bike. It flows air great. Much better than I expected with the kevlar.
Just found your channel tonight and loved the trip from U.K. I drove up to Teide also from Costa Adeje, but not on 2 wheels …..was a Fiat 500 of all things ! Was I glad to reach the car park at the cable car. Loving the channel can’t wait for more.
Really enjoyed this video. Great cinematography, history, scenery, stopping points, roads. Loved the music selection too! Was hoping you'd revisit the cafe that was closed at Masca, it looked so tranquil and the views were stunning. Ah, alas this video went by too quickly....can't wait for the next instalment.
No bike reviews at the moment so what,!!!. Thoroughly enjoyable videos Freddie and Monika very interesting indeed I just love watching your adventures around Tenerife,I’m so glad I found your channel a few months ago keep up the good work you two ride safe
I love your videos, only discovered them recently it late to the party, but i find them scenic and the information you give is interesting. Mt Teide has more greenery now on the west side than it used to have, before you get to the lava area is a lovely woodland picnic area with a toilet block, we had a picnic there, but through covid they planted 2.000 trees! I love the ride to Teide it is so diverse and never seems too busy on the roads either. Great video :D
The landscape is so awe inspiring and the road is so pristine. I. want. @11:50 Dust devil is what they're called in western USA... Love your videos. Your excitement and general joy of living are very contagious and very appreciated 🙏
Great to see Tenerife from a different perspective, keep presenting the history of the island. Hopefully you can give us a flavour of what it's like to live out there in the coming weeks. Good job by Monika considering she's using a phone. I've been following Sterling on the Motorcycle Travel Channel recently, he sets the bar for solo videography. Also check out TS Hansen.
Great trip that,did it by car years ago. You’re right about the temperature changes, we finished up at a bar in LasCanadas ? National park drinking hot chocolate to warm up and then 30 minutes later being too bloody hot!
Great video Freddie and Monika. You have certainly wetted our appetites for a visit next year. Nearer the time we will ask for recommendations on where to hire motorcycles. Stunning scenery and thanks for sharing. David and Edward
Looks as if the temperature stayed up for you both and the views you get on this road are very good. Great to see there are a number of handy cafes on the way up which were probably a relief if you were riding into a hairdresser drier blast! Bet you're glad it wasn't a reprise of La Palma!
Hello again Freddie and Monica I am very happy that you continue to enjoy so much on my island. Yes, you really liked the route up Teide, from the southern part (which is the driest on the island), when you make the descent or ascent from the northern part (by La Esperanza TF-21 or by La Orotava TF- 24) you will not stop hallucinating. There you will see clearly how you go from a vegetation of medium height to that of high mountains. I recommend that you stop at several viewpoints on the TF-21, but be sure to visit the Chipeque viewpoint (it is the best view of Teide and the best northern part you will ever see; because if you are lucky you will be able to see the authentic sea of clouds ). By the way, know that the Canary Island pine is the only pine in the world that supports fire. Although you see its exterior burned, inside it continues to live, after one or two years, it will regain its leaves and little by little it will be like again. The famous stone on which everyone takes photos on foot of Mount Teide is not "El finger de Dios" (which was in Gran Canaria), it is "El Roque Cinchado". Indeed, when Christopher Columbus passed through Tenerife back to La Gomera in 1492, Tenerife had not yet been conquered by the Kingdom of Castile, they did it between 1494 and 1496 (Tenerife was the last island to be conquered by the Spanish). I think your GPS made an alternative route to the usual one (where the roads are actually much better). Ah I forgot to tell you that the two parts of the movie "Clash of the Titans" parts of them were recorded here in Tenerife (in Teide, Teno, Abades ...) Greetings. 😉
Hi , A Grand , ohhh , tour up the volcano , a girl on a bike with a camera in her hand , well done Monika , and we take it Freddie in control with some brakes this time ? . An amazing trip and some trees and the odd bit of lava. Tenerife is never a place I never thought of going until now , your both changing my thoughts for the future as your trip goes along . Keep your fluid levels up Freddie and I,m not talking smoky whiskey . Thank you both for the video , ride and stay safe .Have you seen Bush Craft Bear on the Tube he is walking and cycling up and around their active volcano , well worth a look as he does a Great full English breakfast in the woods .
Thanks very much! The brakes are back to normal luckily, although I’ll book in the bike to have the brake fluid changed! I’ll check out Bushcraft Bear🙂👌🏻 Hopefully these videos may convince you to try Tenerife- you will love it!
Hello you 2, I must admit the road you took and all that traffic reminded me of the Sth Circular at Greenwich on a Friday night at 16:30. Sorry got carried away there, how lovely to have such open and clear roads with the added attraction of no pot holes very envious. Great video as ever with a superb tourist guide explaining it all, keep it up. What happened to the lovely Monika were we a little camera shy, or did you hog it, I leave Monika to reply to that. I glad that you are settled in and out and about at last.
Haha yes- or the Dartford crossing on a Friday evening- equally as fun!😆 Really glad you enjoyed it, the road surfaces are incredible and the feeling of space and open roads really does make riding so fun!🙂🤘🏻
Hi Freddie, those what you call 'sand' are just volcanic ashes and erosive debrises from the rocks around due to the wind. The green rocks you saw near the road are produced in some kind of volcanic eruptions in which water is involved.
Looking at retiring early. Tenerife is on the list but as an avid motorcyclist I think it is too small for me. Yes, there is this gorgeous road but after about 6 months you've seen all of them. Will stick to the mainland... going to have a look at the Algarve next week.
This is a really valid point- i’m very curious to see how I’ll feel after six months. So far, it couldn’t be more perfect- the best riding I’ve experienced, but I shouldn’t make an absolute judgement until six months time. But it is SUPERB!🙂 Good luck with the location scouting- incredibly exciting, and i’ve heard nothing hut good things about Portugal!
Another great video…thanks 👍 I’ve never been into motor bikes but watching this makes me realise what I’ve been missing…is it too late for a 57 year old with a really bad knee ?
Really glad you enjoyed it Alan!🙂. Absolutely it’s not too late- get a nice comfy cruiser motorbike that’ll be kind to your knee and you you’ll be riding with comfort and ease!🙂🤘🏻🏍
@@FreddieDobbs Or a super scooter like a Suzuki Burgman or Yamaha T max / X max. Alan D, super scooters have no foot controls, yet the 500-650 ones are 100+ mph capable so motorway cruising is a doddle.
My little sister has just recently settled in Las Gulettas close to the marina. I look forward to visiting soon and looking out for your recommendations Freddie.
Was on Tenerife in March and took a 400cc Suzuki scooter from Las Americas to Los Gigantes and then up to El Teide…..what a fantastic day out….can’t wait to do it again….I must admit to being a bit worried about hoofing along the motorway back to Las Americas in a T shirt and shorts at a magnificent 100 kph….think I could have run faster but being on a bike at that speed with no protection made me feel like Rocker Man….lol
get yourself to La palma , to see the current active volcano and perhaps drive up the road to the highest point , Roque de los Muchachos , you can see Teide from there too.
The chances of it happening on Tenerife are remote. Also, Tenerife is one of the larger islands and so any eruption is unlikely to affect the whole island. I think you can rest easy. So enjoy yourselves while you have this wonderful opportunity.
@@FreddieDobbs you're not wrong; It's 370kg! I'm around the same height and weight as you (6"1 / 80kg), it's a bit of a struggle moving it around. BTW really loved the history lesson you gave on your last video (Guanches). Tenerife looks beautiful.
Hi, I don’t know if anyone has told as I haven’t read all the comments, what your seeing as a dry lake bed is know as the caldera viejo, your looking at the edge of the old volcano mouth it was in the past a much bigger volcano.
The film “1000,000 yearsBC” with Racquel Welch was filmed in the main crater. It’s still a fair walk from the cable car to the top and it has several little steam vents up there - just ask my other half!
Hello, Robert. Indeed that film that you comets was shot on El Teide, but there is another much more recent and it is: Wrath of the Titans 1 th-cam.com/video/cfk-eagYt9Q/w-d-xo.html And 2 th-cam.com/video/KMIGz2gmrKY/w-d-xo.html Greetings from Tenerife.
Enjoyed that, thanks. You are right about lava being molten rock -- it is in fact molten rock that has reached the earth's surface and flowed out. Molten rock that is underground is called magma.
Wiki says El Teide is 3.5km tall from sea level but 7.5km tall from the sea bed. The biggest issue for residents isn't eruptions but landslips down to the sea.
Sorry to disagree. We have had many eruptions in the islands, having now one in La Palma and a submarine one a couple of years ago in El Hierro, but no landslides. The soil is very rocky and solid beneath the dirt.
Hi Freddie, we are heading to Tenerife on Sunday 16th for two weeks, staying in Puerto De La Cruz and looking to rent a bike for some of that period to do some exploring. I have a friend, Peter Watters, married to a Tenerife lady, they have an apartment just north of PDLC, they flew in last week for 23 days, he is a fellow biker and will renting a bike with us to do some exploring. I have sent him a link to your channel. He is over there quite often and he says it would be great to link up with you some time. Hopefully, we can arrange to meet while we are there.
I was thinking exactly that- if my bike was any bigger I’d be in a very embarrassing situation! Ahhhh the Thunderbird- the Storm model was a bike that I was desperate to buy but couldn’t quite afford- I love them!🖤👌🏻🏍
Buenas Dias Freddie y Monika Nice to see at the end of this blog that you tried a tub of the local delicacy raw goats liver and tripe. How was it? It looked delish Sir Gary de la Toon (the new richest football club in the world)😂😂
Hola Gary! It was delicious!😆 I’ve been watching this on the news- Newcastle is absolutely exploding- incredible scenes to witness. Will the glory days return?? I think they may!😀
Fascinating ride that isn't it - I did it a couple of years ago with Canary Motorcycle Tours, but it was freezing!! (not literally but effin' cold)......can't wait to get back out there, I'm riding in Gran Canaria with Mrs Flyer next week...can't wait!
Freddie you know you've made it on utube when mr flyer comments on your channel😉😉😉😉 enjoy when you go andy....👍👍👍
@@caroldave4037 that’s what I thought 😂
I'll be doing a 1 week tour of Gran Canaria in February. Just sticking to the main island but I can't wait.
@@caroldave4037 Freddie is way better. No comparison
It’s a really incredible ride- one of the beat I’ve ever done!🙂👌🏻
We did drive up to Teide a few years back and the road was closed due to heavy snow- it’s almost impossible to think it can be so cold when it’s within an hour of Adeje! Have a brilliant trip in GC!!🙂🤘🏻🤘🏻
Your always very enthusiastic about things you know almost nothing about, that always makes me smile. Keep up the good work Freddie and Monica.
Unfortunately I do agree- my knowledge very rarely matches my enthusiasm!
Thanks Ian🙂🙌🏻
Freddie Dobbs 😂
Love the enthusiasm you bring to the videos and kudos to monica!
I was in Tenerife in 2013, drove around little bit, amazing nature, a lot of places to see. Still miss it
Fantastic love this vlog, history and scenery, did the quad bike sunset excursion a few weeks ago with Tenerife First Excursions a good trip with excellent tour guides, Tenerife is Magic.
I’ve always loved your little history tidbits while back in England (part of the reason I first subscribed. You don’t see too many history loving bikers on TH-cam) . But the history buff in me has been absolutely enjoying seeing the excitement of exploration and the stories of every little location as you get to them. You guys are hitting your stride, and it shows exponentially. So enjoyable.
That means a lot, thank you so much!🙂
Freddie your enthusiasm makes me smile. Monica hope to see more of you.
Thanks!
Great video. Atmospheric and enthusiastic, as always.
Looks stunning! Great video and music 👍🏼👍🏼 keep having fun you two!
Traveling up through the different layers of growth and then being above the clouds looking down is amazing.
It’s a really incredible experience!🙂
lovely stuff. I really love the your excitement while you explain something.
Really glad you enjoyed it Prateek!🙌🏻🙌🏻
Thanks for the vlog Freddie and Monika we loved it. Cracking music, great video. Me and Debbie went up mount Teide in 1979 whilst on our honeymoon and visited again 40 years later, we took photos in front of some of the rock formations you passed, the “finger of god” and the steps that you passed on the right were used in the 1956 film The Ten Commandments with Charlton Heston as Moses.
The black Obsidian rocks you walked over is made into Jewellery by the locals.
Once again loved the Vlog.
Thanks.
Really glad you enjoyed it Shane! Tenerife must’ve been so hugely different back in ‘79!!😳
Ah yes- I know exactly the jewellery you mean👌🏻👌🏻
I've driven up and over teide many times the roads are like silk and fantastic scenery I'm very envious of you on a bike, great vlog thanks. Steve
Thanks for sharing this splendid ride Freddie and Monica!
That dust devil almost got your glove. Love the lava tour. You guys rock. Almost ended up living in Tenerife (1974) when I had very brief employment in Mauritania. It is beautiful.
I know- I’ve never seen a dust devil like it!!
Wow- Mauritania and Tenerife in the 1970s- what places to be!!
@@FreddieDobbs My wife and I married in Madrid 74. I got a job in Mauritania via UK. My wife would've had to live in Tenerife. It was the plan. Now I wish I survived that job because of the 2 of you. TBT my dream would be just going back the UK or List of other places , so reality slaps me up side the head.
I´m a local biker and let me tell you, you just scratched the surface of riding heaven.
I have spent many an hour driving (a small car not a bike) in the mountains of Gran Canaria. Very steep and windey roads with hundreds of hairpin bends. Interesting to see the contrast with Tenerife. Thank you Freddie and Monica. Very enjoyable.
Another great video Freddie & Monika, well done you two!! 👍👍
Fabulous I really enjoyed your videos fascinating seen old cars well done
Awesome video and awesome content can’t wait for the next video Thanks Freddie and Monica
Thanks Jason!🙂
Great video and loving this trip to Tenerife. 👍not a pothole insight.
oh don't worry some of the roads here are 3rd world..
but the roads to Teide were resurfaced a couple of years ago..
Really glad you enjoyed it!🙂🙌🏻
Excelente video. Me ha encantado. Saludos y gracias. Thanks.
Wow the Ride to Teide looks amazing. I must go to Tenerife one day.
Good to see you getting out and about, looks like great riding, and great weather. Loving the info too as you go round, keep it up and ride safe both of you.
Really appreciate it, thanks Dale!🙂
Had the Teide experience going 300 meters from the summit where ice prevented us from going any further, also remember Vilaflor looking down on the clouds, sadly this was a coach tour and not on the bike, great video as always Freddie/Monica.
Wow!!🧊🌋
Thanks Dave! It sounds weird, but we wanted it to be a cloudy day so we could ride above the cloud line☁️
Nice one .. brilliant roads ....
Warm sunny and good twisty roads, sounds like biker heaven.
every weekend
Not gonna lie: the sound of the boots in the rocks was super satisfying to hear...
Wonderful video. Thanks Freddie and Monika. How I wish I was there.
Thanks!
Honestly you make some of the best videos on driving and exploring on youtube. Thanks again
Great to spend my Sunday morning with you guys, another lovely escape to Tenerife, time for Eddie the Enfield’s Sunday ride 🏍😎👍
I’ve been there 3 years ago. Was extremely hard to leave that amazing island. Can’t wait to go back!
It’s incredible!🙂🖤👌🏻
❤️🛵 Your expressions! True rider spirit.
14:48 cooled down lava forms igneous rocks
You managed to capture the lunar landscape feel of the area. Many years since I was there but your film took me back. Many thanks.
Thanks John!
Absolutely stunning scenery excellent vlogg and enjoyable to view Thanks
Thanks Alan!
I’ve followed your adventure from London and it’s been great viewing. It makes me smile every time a new video comes out. Well done to you both.
Do you ever include a playlist of the music? I love the soundtrack.
I’m delighted you’re enjoying it David!🙂
I always include the song selection in the written video description, and Monika will make a Spotify playlist soon I think🙂
Here in the US, your “sand whirlpool” is usually referred to as a dust devil. Beautiful road, scenery and a very entertaining video as always.
Thanks freddie for reminding me of how amazing the roads are in Tenerife I was there this time 3 years ago on a surfing trip and said to myself I need to ride this island I did find a ride #tenerifeontriumphrentals now that travel is easing it on my list for next year 🛬🏍👌
Only just found your channel since you moved to Tenerife (bit of a Tenny nut!) and love it
So interesting listening to you talking about the volcano that is mount Teide , especially as we now watch La Palma spewing out molten lava day after day
Have you thought of travelling over there for a day or two?
Thanks for introducing me to Tobacco Road's riding shirts. After seeing your vids on your riding gear I decided to check it out. I knew the company for jeans but I didn't know they did jackets. I love it; wear it on and off the bike. It flows air great. Much better than I expected with the kevlar.
As usual a great vide like your getting about and haveing it large be safe and happy your content is a tonic to autum in blighty !🤘
Thanks Leslie!🙂🙌🏻🙌🏻
Thanks for responce young Freddy re the fabulous camra work of your boss maybe she could do a how to vidio with some tips stay happy you lucky dog !🐩
@@lesliewilliams8432 Good shout! And thank you!🙂
Just found your channel tonight and loved the trip from U.K. I drove up to Teide also from Costa Adeje, but not on 2 wheels …..was a Fiat 500 of all things ! Was I glad to reach the car park at the cable car. Loving the channel can’t wait for more.
Really enjoyed this video. Great cinematography, history, scenery, stopping points, roads. Loved the music selection too! Was hoping you'd revisit the cafe that was closed at Masca, it looked so tranquil and the views were stunning. Ah, alas this video went by too quickly....can't wait for the next instalment.
Really glad you enjoyed it and I was thinking exactly the same- we will revisit the Masca cafe for another vlog🙂👌🏻
Great vlog who ever does the editing is a master music etc fantastic
No bike reviews at the moment so what,!!!. Thoroughly enjoyable videos Freddie and Monika very interesting indeed I just love watching your adventures around Tenerife,I’m so glad I found your channel a few months ago keep up the good work you two ride safe
Thank you so much Paul, that means a lot!🙂🙌🏻
I love your videos, only discovered them recently it late to the party, but i find them scenic and the information you give is interesting. Mt Teide has more greenery now on the west side than it used to have, before you get to the lava area is a lovely woodland picnic area with a toilet block, we had a picnic there, but through covid they planted 2.000 trees!
I love the ride to Teide it is so diverse and never seems too busy on the roads either.
Great video :D
Seeing Freddie genuinley excited about a "sand whirld pool" is one of the pureset things I've seen in while
I just can’t contain my excitement!😆
Fantastic scenery all we missing are those drone shots.
We wanted to, but they’ve made drone flying illegal in Teide national park unfortunately!
Thanks for a great video guy's. 👍 👍 👍
The landscape is so awe inspiring and the road is so pristine. I. want.
@11:50 Dust devil is what they're called in western USA...
Love your videos. Your excitement and general joy of living are very contagious and very appreciated 🙏
Really enjoyed the trip surprised you did not go to the cable car, the filming was excellent felt you were there.
Great to see Tenerife from a different perspective, keep presenting the history of the island. Hopefully you can give us a flavour of what it's like to live out there in the coming weeks. Good job by Monika considering she's using a phone. I've been following Sterling on the Motorcycle Travel Channel recently, he sets the bar for solo videography. Also check out TS Hansen.
I’ll definitely check them both out, thanks!
I’ll be booking in the Triumph for some repairs soon, so i’ll document how that goes!🙂👨🏼🔧🤞🏻
Vistas maravillosos : )
Great trip that,did it by car years ago. You’re right about the temperature changes, we finished up at a bar in LasCanadas ? National park drinking hot chocolate to warm up and then 30 minutes later being too bloody hot!
We’ve been in a similar position too a few tears ago- it’s so weird!😆🥵🥶
Great video Freddie and Monika. You have certainly wetted our appetites for a visit next year. Nearer the time we will ask for recommendations on where to hire motorcycles.
Stunning scenery and thanks for sharing.
David and Edward
Thanks David and Edward, I’ll try and collab with some rental companies and find some good ones to share🙂
@@FreddieDobbs Thanks Freddie. Much appreciated 👍
Looks as if the temperature stayed up for you both and the views you get on this road are very good. Great to see there are a number of handy cafes on the way up which were probably a relief if you were riding into a hairdresser drier blast! Bet you're glad it wasn't a reprise of La Palma!
The drink stop was hugely needed- we had started struggling by that point!🥵
We were very glad!🌋
They're very well looked after roads 😃
They’re superb!👌🏻
Hello again Freddie and Monica
I am very happy that you continue to enjoy so much on my island.
Yes, you really liked the route up Teide, from the southern part (which is the driest on the island), when you make the descent or ascent from the northern part (by La Esperanza TF-21 or by La Orotava TF- 24) you will not stop hallucinating. There you will see clearly how you go from a vegetation of medium height to that of high mountains. I recommend that you stop at several viewpoints on the TF-21, but be sure to visit the Chipeque viewpoint (it is the best view of Teide and the best northern part you will ever see; because if you are lucky you will be able to see the authentic sea of clouds ). By the way, know that the Canary Island pine is the only pine in the world that supports fire. Although you see its exterior burned, inside it continues to live, after one or two years, it will regain its leaves and little by little it will be like again.
The famous stone on which everyone takes photos on foot of Mount Teide is not "El finger de Dios" (which was in Gran Canaria), it is "El Roque Cinchado".
Indeed, when Christopher Columbus passed through Tenerife back to La Gomera in 1492, Tenerife had not yet been conquered by the Kingdom of Castile, they did it between 1494 and 1496 (Tenerife was the last island to be conquered by the Spanish).
I think your GPS made an alternative route to the usual one (where the roads are actually much better).
Ah I forgot to tell you that the two parts of the movie "Clash of the Titans" parts of them were recorded here in Tenerife (in Teide, Teno, Abades ...)
Greetings. 😉
Thanks so much Ignacio, I really appreciate your insight🙂🙌🏻
Always so nice dressed up! I have to get one of those Jean's 👍👍👍
Thanks Simos- these Tobacco jeans are brilliant and the denim feels properly premium!👌🏻
Yeah, I liked his sand coloured chinos and shoes when he gave us a tour of the apartment. Wish I had his svelte physique!
I can see why you wanted to move to Tenerife now. Lot's of great motorcycling to be had. Great scenery.
It really is incredible!🙂🤘🏻🏍
Hi , A Grand , ohhh , tour up the volcano , a girl on a bike with a camera in her hand , well done Monika , and we take it Freddie in control with some brakes this time ? . An amazing trip and some trees and the odd bit of lava. Tenerife is never a place I never thought of going until now , your both changing my thoughts for the future as your trip goes along . Keep your fluid levels up Freddie and I,m not talking smoky whiskey . Thank you both for the video , ride and stay safe .Have you seen Bush Craft Bear on the Tube he is walking and cycling up and around their active volcano , well worth a look as he does a Great full English breakfast in the woods .
Thanks very much!
The brakes are back to normal luckily, although I’ll book in the bike to have the brake fluid changed!
I’ll check out Bushcraft Bear🙂👌🏻
Hopefully these videos may convince you to try Tenerife- you will love it!
Hello you 2, I must admit the road you took and all that traffic reminded me of the Sth Circular at Greenwich on a Friday night at 16:30. Sorry got carried away there, how lovely to have such open and clear roads with the added attraction of no pot holes very envious. Great video as ever with a superb tourist guide explaining it all, keep it up.
What happened to the lovely Monika were we a little camera shy, or did you hog it, I leave Monika to reply to that.
I glad that you are settled in and out and about at last.
Haha yes- or the Dartford crossing on a Friday evening- equally as fun!😆
Really glad you enjoyed it, the road surfaces are incredible and the feeling of space and open roads really does make riding so fun!🙂🤘🏻
Sand whirl pool haha, spot on pointing out the geology
Hi Freddie, those what you call 'sand' are just volcanic ashes and erosive debrises from the rocks around due to the wind. The green rocks you saw near the road are produced in some kind of volcanic eruptions in which water is involved.
Thanks to you both for a great video, keep it up, 😁😁😁😁😁
Thanks Philip!
Stunning place. Holidays to Tenerife will definitely increase due to your excellent videos. Please keep them coming. Thanks👍
Thanks Paul!🙂🙌🏻
Looking at retiring early. Tenerife is on the list but as an avid motorcyclist I think it is too small for me. Yes, there is this gorgeous road but after about 6 months you've seen all of them. Will stick to the mainland... going to have a look at the Algarve next week.
This is a really valid point- i’m very curious to see how I’ll feel after six months. So far, it couldn’t be more perfect- the best riding I’ve experienced, but I shouldn’t make an absolute judgement until six months time.
But it is SUPERB!🙂
Good luck with the location scouting- incredibly exciting, and i’ve heard nothing hut good things about Portugal!
Another great video…thanks 👍 I’ve never been into motor bikes but watching this makes me realise what I’ve been missing…is it too late for a 57 year old with a really bad knee ?
Really glad you enjoyed it Alan!🙂. Absolutely it’s not too late- get a nice comfy cruiser motorbike that’ll be kind to your knee and you you’ll be riding with comfort and ease!🙂🤘🏻🏍
Or a 70 year old.
@@FreddieDobbs Or a super scooter like a Suzuki Burgman or Yamaha T max / X max. Alan D, super scooters have no foot controls, yet the 500-650 ones are 100+ mph capable so motorway cruising is a doddle.
@@oblahdes yes mate defo too late for you😂😂😂
@@oblahdes 100% never too late!🙂
My little sister has just recently settled in Las Gulettas close to the marina.
I look forward to visiting soon and looking out for your recommendations Freddie.
Was on Tenerife in March and took a 400cc Suzuki scooter from Las Americas to Los Gigantes and then up to El Teide…..what a fantastic day out….can’t wait to do it again….I must admit to being a bit worried about hoofing along the motorway back to Las Americas in a T shirt and shorts at a magnificent 100 kph….think I could have run faster but being on a bike at that speed with no protection made me feel like Rocker Man….lol
get yourself to La palma , to see the current active volcano and perhaps drive up the road to the highest point , Roque de los Muchachos , you can see Teide from there too.
Great roads and spectacular scenery. Where are the best biker hangouts on Tenerife? A future video perhaps? 😁
Very good shout- I’m already looking into this🙂🤜🏼🤛🏼
Dried up lava?! 😂😂 you must mean solidified. I love you for it. 😁 your enthousiasm is infective.
...and right now, just a couple of islands away a volcano is in full action! Scary and fascinating in equal measure.
Agreed- honestly, Monika is quite freaked out by La Palma!🌋
The chances of it happening on Tenerife are remote. Also, Tenerife is one of the larger islands and so any eruption is unlikely to affect the whole island. I think you can rest easy. So enjoy yourselves while you have this wonderful opportunity.
@@GBfromGB Thanks, and I'm completely with you- trying to convince Monika is another story!😆
Nice vid Freddie.
Freddie...it was potatoes growing roadside in Vilaflor...3 crops a year!
Great video, I was whincing when you were pulling the Bonnie backwards on gravel back onto the road, I've dropped the Rocket on less!
If I had the rocket in that position, I really think I’d need three people to pull it out!😳
@@FreddieDobbs you're not wrong; It's 370kg! I'm around the same height and weight as you (6"1 / 80kg), it's a bit of a struggle moving it around. BTW really loved the history lesson you gave on your last video (Guanches). Tenerife looks beautiful.
Here we go again!! Sit tight enjoy the show😍😍😍
Thanks Mohd!🙌🏻🙌🏻
New camera? The quality of the footage is looking great!
Thanks Patrick- still the same (iphone 12pro max)🙂👌🏻
Should’ve done this on Top Gear what a great ride👍
Agreed- I’m amazed they never did!
reminded me of Gazzetta Football Italia with the outro set in a cafe over an indulgent pud 👍
Hi Fred/monica, did you get your brakes sorted, something I am thinking about
Did you ride the bonny over there? I'm curious how you got the bike to the island 🤔
Saludos desde Argentino! me suscribo!
Muchos gracias!🙂🙌🏻🙌🏻
Did you go on the cable car to the top of mt tiede??
The dust vortices might explain the sand. If the local cliff faces regularly stir up vortices there, they will grind the lava into sand over time.
14:13 It's called Pumice. A very light gas filled rock. It would have been a violent airborne eruption.
Hi, I don’t know if anyone has told as I haven’t read all the comments, what your seeing as a dry lake bed is know as the caldera viejo, your looking at the edge of the old volcano mouth it was in the past a much bigger volcano.
When you made the trip, the volcano of La Palma was already erupted?
Well now I am green with jealousy! That ride looks fabulous. I wonder what shipping costs would be to send my T120 over there?😌
Thanks Mike! I did actually check- roughly £900!
@@FreddieDobbs Not from Arizona in the USA. Might be slightly higher :>)
@@mikepopelka2349 Ah yep- maybe a few ¢¢ more!😆
mate how did you transpo your bike from London out to Tenerife?
Nice ride - nice soundtrack! Where do you get the music from?
Thanks Martin- Epidemic Sound👌🏻
The film “1000,000 yearsBC” with Racquel Welch was filmed in the main crater. It’s still a fair walk from the cable car to the top and it has several little steam vents up there - just ask my other half!
Oh wow, so interesting! And apparently only 200 people a day are allowed to climb it
Hello, Robert.
Indeed that film that you comets was shot on El Teide, but there is another much more recent and it is: Wrath of the Titans 1
th-cam.com/video/cfk-eagYt9Q/w-d-xo.html
And 2
th-cam.com/video/KMIGz2gmrKY/w-d-xo.html
Greetings from Tenerife.
Enjoyed that, thanks. You are right about lava being molten rock -- it is in fact molten rock that has reached the earth's surface and flowed out. Molten rock that is underground is called magma.
Thank you Stephen, I’ll remember this!🙂
Wiki says El Teide is 3.5km tall from sea level but 7.5km tall from the sea bed. The biggest issue for residents isn't eruptions but landslips down to the sea.
Sorry to disagree. We have had many eruptions in the islands, having now one in La Palma and a submarine one a couple of years ago in El Hierro, but no landslides. The soil is very rocky and solid beneath the dirt.
Hi Freddie, we are heading to Tenerife on Sunday 16th for two weeks, staying in Puerto De La Cruz and looking to rent a bike for some of that period to do some exploring. I have a friend, Peter Watters, married to a Tenerife lady, they have an apartment just north of PDLC, they flew in last week for 23 days, he is a fellow biker and will renting a bike with us to do some exploring. I have sent him a link to your channel. He is over there quite often and he says it would be great to link up with you some time. Hopefully, we can arrange to meet while we are there.
I ride a Thunderbird 1600, if I took it off the road onto that lava pit.........I'd still be there now !
Yeh, I thought that about my zzr1100. I’d need to be towed out!
I was thinking exactly that- if my bike was any bigger I’d be in a very embarrassing situation! Ahhhh the Thunderbird- the Storm model was a bike that I was desperate to buy but couldn’t quite afford- I love them!🖤👌🏻🏍
Freddie the entire Valley were the Teide rest is the crater of the previous volcano that its is said it was 4000 to 5000 meters tall
La Palma island is erupting now!!
Buenas Dias Freddie y Monika
Nice to see at the end of this blog that you tried a tub of the local delicacy raw goats liver and tripe.
How was it? It looked delish
Sir Gary de la Toon (the new richest football club in the world)😂😂
Hola Gary!
It was delicious!😆
I’ve been watching this on the news- Newcastle is absolutely exploding- incredible scenes to witness. Will the glory days return?? I think they may!😀