Thanks William. I shall revisit on foot when it’s cooler. I now have the cable locks for both bikes, so can run around pretty much naked next time. Not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing 🤔 Maybe I’ll get to enjoy it and abandon all clothing forever 😂 Cheers William 🥃🥃 Garry & Ruby ❤️🐕
Hi Garry, da hast du dir aber wohl das entlegenste Dorf ausgeguckt was es gibt aber es ist sehr schön. Da ist ja der Hund begraben... und ich dachte dass bei uns schon nichts los ist. 😂 Dafür war Ramses hoch interessiert und hat sich das Video mit angesehen. 😹 LG Stephan & Ramses
Sehr schön dass das Video euch gefallen hat Stephan 👍 Danke Ramses 👍 Ich habe jetzt ein Kabelschloss pro Motorrad, also kann ich mich künftig ausziehen und rumlaufen. Eventuell kette ich meine Jacke und meinen Helm vorher auch noch ans Motorrad bevor ich dieses etwas ungewöhnliche Hobby von mir nachgehe 🤗 Schönen Abend Stephan, Doro und Ramses ! Garry und Ruby
Steve will be so pleased you've taken his words of wisdom on video length to heart at 11and a bit minutes 😇. Now what do the people that live in that village do with themselves? Great to see around the place so many thanks for venturing up those little lanes - or as we northern folk say, 'ginnels'. ❤️to Ruby
Hi Peter, well as we all know, what Steve says goes 😂 But no, I suspect that this will prove to have been a one off, knowing me. The next video will most likely feature me bimbling about on Buddy, wittering away as usual. Plan around 30 minutes for that one and you should be on the safe side 😂 "Ginnels" yes. I remember having to look that up when Jamesworth mentioned them. Nice word. I certainly wouldn't like to live in that village. That was a long old steep climb up to the square. Mountain goat territory. And obviously driving about in a car up there isn't ideal either. It's a bit of a strange setup really but one that I am prepared to explore on foot at a later date 👍🏻 I might have to buy a donkey first though ! Thanks Peter, love from Spain, Garry & Ruby
Well, it was actually wild boar poop and it was extremely pungent. Would definitely take some beating !!! Thanks CC Garry & Ruby 🐕 “Fanks CC. Too true !”
never mind Gary , still enjoyed the ride and always nice to see Norman out . here today it absolutely poured with rain and so havent been out on the bike . nice to see Ruby at the end .
Hi John. Sorry to hear about the weather but at least you had this short video and Ruby to help cheer you up 🙂 I hope you get to go for a ride again soon. Take care you two ! Garry & Ruby
Blimming typical that Jean. Sounds like my weekend filming, go pro kept freezing! Still enjoyable and nice ride. I just wish it was 20 minutes longer. So quiet there!
😂😂😂 20 minutes longer ! You cheeky rascal ! I know, sometimes it’s like these GoPros have a life of their own. No rhyme or reason to it when they fcuk up. The mic cable was physically still connected, it just stopped using that input for some unknown reason 🤷♂️ I’ll tape my Mum’s old VHS camcorder to the bars for the next one, I reckon ! Cheers Dangerous 💋 Garry & Ruby ❤️🐕
Thanks for another great video - Here is the US (I live in East central Alabama) the summer temp is around 97 Fahrenheit and 75-80 percent humidity. It's so interesting to see the places you go on both your bikes.
Thanks Janett. Glad you enjoyed it, although nothing went as planned 😂 Yesterday we again "only" had temperatures of 32C but accompanied by 85% humidity. Urgh. Pretty terrible for doing anything really ! Where you are is almost certainly similar or even worse. You might be used to it, but I am certainly not. It's very rare for us to have such humidity, since we are at 1000 metres altitude and the air here is normally quite dry. We've had this high humidity for over two weeks now, most unusual and I'm not enjoying it ! Still, winter is just around the corner, I'm sure. I now have my two cable locks, one for each bike, so when the weather cools, I will visit a few more villages and this time I will be able to leave my jacket and helmet on the bike and explore on foot and be more comfortable. It needs to get cooler first though. Don't fancy walking about in this heat ! 🥵 Thanks again Janett and cheers, Garry & Ruby
For all the problems, it wasn't a bad little bimble tough. Nice narrow little village streets! A bit alarming seeing Johnny foreigner coming down on the wrong side of the road though 😁 Don't apologise for leaving the indicator on, It's a guilty pleasure of mine, if anyone should follow you for long enough you'll be accurate eventually! 🤣 All the best to you and Ruby 🐕
😂😂😂 I’m usually the least likely person to leave his indicator on but I think the anxiety of exploring a new village with very narrow roads probably took up my entire attention span this day ! I only made a thing out of it because it’s so unusual for me and I was annoyed by it ! You of course have a special dispensation Ken, being an off-road god, you’re simply above these trivial traffic rules 👍 No need for you to lower yourself ! Oh. The road is one way by the way. If you look very closely, at the top and bottom there is a traffic light with a movement sensor which switches to green when you approach it, as long as there is nobody coming the other way. They have them a lot in these villages and they are INCREDIBLY easy to miss. I’ve met oncoming traffic half way up, multiple times, just because I missed the traffic light ( which is usually placed well above your line of sight and is easily missed ! ) 😂 I just shrug and say “no entiendo” 🤗 Cheers Ken. All the best to you and the girls ❤️ Garry & Ruby ❤️🐕
😂😂 glad it’s not just me that has days like that 😂😂 never mind you’ll know next time, though I’m surprised that especially with Norman with the panniers you don’t have a change of clothes for exploring in that heat and a cable lock for your helmet, you need to be more organised Garry, 😂 all the best buddy 👍
Yeah. I’ve been meaning to get two sets of cable locks ( one for each bike ) to make it easier to explore places on foot for donkeys’ years, just somehow never got around to it. I have them now though, so expect more exploring on foot in future videos Mike 👍 Take care mate. Nice to see you enjoying your dram on the live 👍🥃 Garry & Ruby ❤️🐕
Hi Gary. Think that looks a bit hot for me at the moment. If you don't have hi tech indicators, get into a habit of cancelling before you have finished your manoeuvre (unless you are sat in the middle of the street) and develop a little OCD and keep cancelling them every few minutes. Could save your life.
It was hot and worse still very humid Tim ! The humidity was the biggest problem. 85% ! The humidity was incredible. I was soaked through by the time I got home. Actually I almost never forget to cancel my indicator Tim, which is why I made a big thing out of it here. It annoyed me greatly to see it 😂 It was just the stress of dealing with a narrow road leading into who knew what in a village I’d never visited before. I was just totally focused on figuring out the correct navigation and rights of way, because these villages are all different and are all quite tricky to figure out. This one had a one way system on the road up to the square, for instance. You can just see the traffic light turn to green as I start the climb up. Those traffic lights are very easy to miss and when you do, all hell breaks loose ! You’ll probably have to wait another three and a half years before you see me leaving my indicator on again Tim 😇 It’s just not something that I do. I think it can only happen to me when I am in a stressful situation and distracted by other things 🤷♂️ Cheers Tim, thanks for watching 🙂 Garry & Ruby
@@economicalrides hi Gary, that was a long reply. Wasn't getting at you, just saying what I have done for years (except when I had to use arm signals 😂) The topic came up on "The Mindful Motorcyclist" cos Sean does the same. Hope it cools off soon in your local.
@@timsatchell6713 No problem Tim. I was very annoyed with myself when I saw it on the video ! I am usually very aware that everything you turn on, needs to be turned off again. I think I probably do what you mention subconsciously. I am pretty sure that I usually cancel the indicators just as I start straightening up the bars 🙂👍🏻 Anyway, no traffic on that stretch, so I managed not to confuse anybody with my error, so all good ! Cheers Tim and thanks, Garry
Wow! You mean I can make videos from all my failures? 😂 I could make one every day. Good to know it happens to the great one too! 😊 if I heard you right, only a few hundred people live there?
Hi Blakester ! Yes definitely ! Make a video out of everything. For instance my breaking down video, which I almost didn’t bother filming, brought 3,6K views. Apparently people enjoy watching our misery, so just go for it ! 😂 Yes. That village has approximately 380 inhabitants, some of whom are most likely burros 🫏 Cheers Blake. EconomicalRides videos are awesome and we want to see more of them. TH-cam’s algorithm is also the most handsome algorithm I have ever seen and if it wasn’t spoken for already I would want its keyword and viewer engagement based babies !!!! 😜 Love from Spain ❤️ Garry & Ruby
@@economicalrides I think I shall cut and paste that on every video from now on! I was laughing so hard reading this. Thank you. I needed that today. As far as a small town of 380 .... that's twice the size of my high school senior class... not a lot of things to do in that town. I would have guessed for a hot day, they would not have been at the pool. Looking forward to your return to that town. Do not think the restaurant would have a web site to see when they are open... 😂
@@BlakesPipes Hi Blake ! Haha, feel free to copy and paste it. I'm not sure that it works but it's worth a try 😂 Actually I did check on Google before I left and both the pool and the bar were supposed to be open that day. In retrospect, I think the bar that used to be there, may have shut down because there wasn't any sign of recent activity. In that case, the information on Google simply wasn't up to date. Just my luck really. 🤷♂ There is another bar in the square at the top of the hill, so next time I go there, if the pool bar is still not back up and running, I should at least be able to get a drink and a tapa up there. Cheers Blakester ! Garry & Ruby
Ha!, I thought I was the only one who left my indicators on all the time. I have a little bicycle lock I use to secure my Helmet when off the bike, easy and free as I acquired it from my late Father. Cheers from Kernow (Cornwall)
Hi Andy. Actually being OCD I almost never leave my indicators on. That's why I got so annoyed when I saw the video. I think I was distracted by the stress of trying to negotiate an unknown village. The traffic control was a bit weird, it wasn't obvious how or where you were supposed to be driving. For instance, the climb up to the square was a one way system controlled by traffic lights at the top and bottom. It's incredibly easy to miss those lights and then you meet angry oncoming traffic ! But apart from leaving the indicator on, this time I managed to do everything right, so I'll be more confident next time I go there. Yes, I've been meaning to get a bicycle cable lock ever since I walked around Granada in full bike gear, carrying my helmet in 35C back in 2021. So it only took me just over three years to get around to it then ! I now have two. One for each bike. Should make exploring on foot a lot more enjoyable. I shall now buy some motorcycle boots that offer a fair amount of protection but are better for walking in and then we should be all set ! Cheers Andy ! Garry
Hi Garry. Let's try again... Nice to see you out and about on Norman, in the lovely dry, if windy weather. Yesterday was wet all day in Somerset and is the same so far today (Friday). I didn't put that in yesterday's message 😅. I don't think you are turning into Freddie Dobbs, as I can't imagine him washing off his dog in the Lavedero Publico. (No euphemism intended). Where are all the people in these places? A beautiful swimming pool and nobody in it, on a day like that 🤷🏻♂ Give our love to dear little Ruby. Take care mate Dave & Willow 🐶❤
Thanks for the EXTRA effort of commenting again you two ! As a reward you are getting an excessively long answer ! I almost did a complete re-run of this video this morning. It felt cool enough this morning, so I got my gear on, grabbed the cameras and set off. By the time 11 o'clock came around, I was soaked in sweat again ! I keep forgetting about the humidity. It might only be 28C but when the humidity is high, as soon as you stop, and I stopped a lot for this video, you start sweating instantly. Oh well, I survived it and I think I have Tuesday's video in the can and can edit it over the weekend 👍🏻 Lovely temperatures here now, 28C is perfect, just need the humidity to drop back down to normal levels. That village was about as busy as any village around here would be. A few cars flying about, a few people sat outside the bar in the square. But I was extremely surprised that nobody was making use of what looked like a beautiful municipal pool. The lifeguard was there and looking totally bored 😂 I did check on Google before I left, to see if the bar at the pool was supposed to be open and it was. I suspected, when it wasn't open, that the tenant was no longer there and that has indeed proven to be the case. When I look on Google now it says "temporarily closed" for all days of the week. I'll check again before I revisit Urrácal in a cooler month. It would be good to go full Freddie and actually get some lunch on one of my rides. Not something I normally do because I usually skip breakfast and lunch, so am not normally looking for food at the times when I'm out riding. But just for a change, I would give it a go, given the opportunity ! Take care you two, have a great weekend ! And thanks again for taking the time to post the comment again. Much appreciated Dave. Garry & Ruby ❤🐕"Good job Willers !"
@@economicalrides Thanks for the 'excessively long answer' Garry 🤗 Yes, it is always the humidity that spoils it for me too. I can stand any amount of dry heat but hot and humid is awful. The humidity here today is 100% and it has been raining non stop here since 9am. When I took Willers out this morning, she looked as though I had dunked her in a barrel of water, with a look of 'I hate you daddy', on her dripping face. Lots of cuddles in a dry towel and a couple of treats and she was ready for a snooze in her bed. Looking forward to next Tuesday's video. A shame about the bar being closed. I do like sitting at a bar, overlooking a pool, especially if there are other people there enjoying it. Let's hope it soon opens again. Yes Garry, go for the 'full Freddie' and have a nice lunch in a ridiculously expensive cafe and pretend that 20 Euros is very good value for a tiny coffee and a thin slice of dry cake. Anyway, I'm glad my comments eventually made it through the TH-cam censors. All the best from soggy Somerset Dave and Willers 🐶
@@davericketts9101 Awwww. Poor little Willers, I can just imagine. Ruby manages to look very mistreated and bedraggled whenever we get caught in a thunderstorm ! We hope it dries out for you both soon 🤞
Hi Jeff. For the fast spin you will need a post, a short length of rope, a burro and some mustard. Instructions for use : Attach the short length of rope to the burro at one end and the post at the other. Hang the wet washing over the burro's ears. Apply the mustard to the burro's back passage and quickly withdraw to a safe distance. Have a great weekend you two. Glad to hear that my photos arrived ok 👍🏻 Love from Spain, Garry & Ruby
Evening Garry 😊 excellent video and did you arrive at Siesta time ? The village looks very quiet. Those two car divers were thinking look at that silly English man riding the wrong way up a one-way ginnel 😅😅 love to Ruby
Hi Jamesworth. Ah yes "Ginnel". Great word. Thanks for reminding me that I am a Southerner 😂 Actually I think that I arrived around midday, so a good two hours before siesta time. I think at siesta time there almost certainly wouldn't have been that oncoming traffic. The road up to the square is actually a traffic light controlled one way system. I've encountered them in many similar villages. You have to have your wits about you, because the traffic lights are usually poorly placed, quite dim and very easy to miss. You can see the traffic lights at 04:15 and 05:44 on the RHS of the screen. It would be a good system if only the lights were easier to see. They could probably do with a set on EACH side of the road to be honest. They are tricky to spot, as they are. So don't your ginnels have traffic lights at each end James ? Being a Southerner, of course I wouldn't know 😇 Take care James. Keep spoiling Mrs A. Tell her that Ruby sends fluffy kisses ! Garry & Ruby
I'm going to have to stop watching your videos for a few weeks Garry, it's only a month until I board the giant canoe at Plymouth, and I can't bloody wait!! 😅 Call that a disaster btw? A real disaster is when one's Himalayan topples over on the drive and snaps the gearchange lever! Had to go out on Daisy today instead! 😳
Hi Martin, sorry to hear about Blizzard's little whoopsie, hopefully it's going to be an easy fix 🤞 By the time you get here, I think this unusual humidity that we've had for the past few weeks should have passed. It makes for a very sweaty day out when you have 85% humidity 😱 Hopefully you'll get sunny yet comfortable weather for your visit to these parts 🤞 Did I remember correctly that you are giving France a miss this time ? Are you taking the ferry direct to Santander ? Take care Martin. Looking forward to meeting up when you get here ! Garry
Cheers Garry, a nice bit of practice with the welding kit sorted it out, but it meant I was able to take Daisy out for a little trundle to a local classic meet - video following tonight! Yes this'll be my fith October visit to the peninsula, so I'm fairly confident about the climate 🤞. I found my discount code again for Brittany a few months ago, so it's brought the price of the tickets back to an acceptable level, so I'm leaving France for another time. As I've said previously I think, my return sailing is on the 24th of October, so I'll be heading straight up there from Almeria. Regards, Martin.
I think it's the neutral light and it seems to have a dodgy contact which is causing it to go off and come back again intermittently. I'll have my man look at it when I take Norman in for his next service 😂 Nice one Simon 😝 Thanks and take care, Garry & Ruby ❤🐕
I think that by the time I had peeled off my sweaty biking gear, the place would have probably closed 😂 I remember lying on the bed at home, wriggling for several minutes, just trying to get my sweaty trousers off, for instance. Probably best for all if I just avoid going out when it's so hot and humid. Cheers Pete, Garry & Ruby
@@HippoDrones Haha. Don't tell me you've never been there yourself Pete, I wouldn't believe you ! 🥵 Removing track day leathers with a can opener and all that. Nightmare. Maybe we should grease up before sliding into them ? Oh steady on, "Dave's" ears ( hopefully nothing else ! ) just pricked up 😂 Better change the subject sharpish !!!
@@HippoDrones Yes, no doubt a good idea but all of my track days were at 30C and above, so it didn't seem too appealing to be putting on ANOTHER layer 🥵 If in doubt, get the butter out, that's going to be my new motto 😂
Hi Dave and Willow, no, unfortunately no comments on the naughty step, I checked this morning. If it included a link or something that looked like a link to TH-cam, then it gets deleted automatically and I never get to hear about it ? 🤷♂️ Anyway, clearly you watched the video and it's duly noted that you did try to leave a comment 🙂 Feel free to post another comment if it was something important, all good for the algorithm 😂 Thanks to you both Dave and Willow 👍🏻 Much love from Spain ❤️ Garry & Ruby
@@economicalrides How very strange Garry. It didn't contain any links...I will take my mind back to yesterday evening and try to write the comment pretty much as I did then and see what happens.
Your humor is something else, Garry .. It's like you are from England or something 😁😁
You could be onto something there Stefan. I need to check my ancestry 🤔
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Thanks as always for watching 👍
Garry & Ruby
Days like that i know too well.
But cheers anyway Ruby & Garry 🍻
Thanks William.
I shall revisit on foot when it’s cooler.
I now have the cable locks for both bikes, so can run around pretty much naked next time. Not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing 🤔 Maybe I’ll get to enjoy it and abandon all clothing forever 😂
Cheers William 🥃🥃
Garry & Ruby ❤️🐕
Hi Garry, da hast du dir aber wohl das entlegenste Dorf ausgeguckt was es gibt aber es ist sehr schön.
Da ist ja der Hund begraben... und ich dachte dass bei uns schon nichts los ist. 😂
Dafür war Ramses hoch interessiert und hat sich das Video mit angesehen. 😹
LG Stephan & Ramses
Sehr schön dass das Video euch gefallen hat Stephan 👍 Danke Ramses 👍
Ich habe jetzt ein Kabelschloss pro Motorrad, also kann ich mich künftig ausziehen und rumlaufen. Eventuell kette ich meine Jacke und meinen Helm vorher auch noch ans Motorrad bevor ich dieses etwas ungewöhnliche Hobby von mir nachgehe 🤗
Schönen Abend Stephan, Doro und Ramses !
Garry und Ruby
Ich soll dir von Doro auch einen schönen Gruß bestellen.
Ramses redet leider nur wenn er ein Leckerchen haben will. 🤣
Steve will be so pleased you've taken his words of wisdom on video length to heart at 11and a bit minutes 😇.
Now what do the people that live in that village do with themselves? Great to see around the place so many thanks for venturing up those little lanes - or as we northern folk say, 'ginnels'. ❤️to Ruby
Hi Peter,
well as we all know, what Steve says goes 😂
But no, I suspect that this will prove to have been a one off, knowing me.
The next video will most likely feature me bimbling about on Buddy, wittering away as usual. Plan around 30 minutes for that one and you should be on the safe side 😂
"Ginnels" yes. I remember having to look that up when Jamesworth mentioned them. Nice word.
I certainly wouldn't like to live in that village. That was a long old steep climb up to the square. Mountain goat territory. And obviously driving about in a car up there isn't ideal either.
It's a bit of a strange setup really but one that I am prepared to explore on foot at a later date 👍🏻 I might have to buy a donkey first though !
Thanks Peter, love from Spain,
Garry & Ruby
I will leap to Ruby's defence and point out that see only rolled in pig poop because there was nothing smellier available...
Well, it was actually wild boar poop and it was extremely pungent. Would definitely take some beating !!!
Thanks CC
Garry & Ruby 🐕 “Fanks CC. Too true !”
never mind Gary , still enjoyed the ride and always nice to see Norman out . here today it absolutely poured with rain and so havent been out on the bike . nice to see Ruby at the end .
Hi John. Sorry to hear about the weather but at least you had this short video and Ruby to help cheer you up 🙂
I hope you get to go for a ride again soon. Take care you two !
Garry & Ruby
Blimming typical that Jean.
Sounds like my weekend filming, go pro kept freezing!
Still enjoyable and nice ride. I just wish it was 20 minutes longer.
So quiet there!
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20 minutes longer ! You cheeky rascal !
I know, sometimes it’s like these GoPros have a life of their own. No rhyme or reason to it when they fcuk up. The mic cable was physically still connected, it just stopped using that input for some unknown reason 🤷♂️
I’ll tape my Mum’s old VHS camcorder to the bars for the next one, I reckon !
Cheers Dangerous 💋
Garry & Ruby ❤️🐕
Thanks for another great video - Here is the US (I live in East central Alabama) the summer temp is around 97 Fahrenheit and 75-80 percent humidity. It's so interesting to see the places you go on both your bikes.
Thanks Janett. Glad you enjoyed it, although nothing went as planned 😂
Yesterday we again "only" had temperatures of 32C but accompanied by 85% humidity. Urgh. Pretty terrible for doing anything really !
Where you are is almost certainly similar or even worse. You might be used to it, but I am certainly not.
It's very rare for us to have such humidity, since we are at 1000 metres altitude and the air here is normally quite dry. We've had this high humidity for over two weeks now, most unusual and I'm not enjoying it !
Still, winter is just around the corner, I'm sure.
I now have my two cable locks, one for each bike, so when the weather cools, I will visit a few more villages and this time I will be able to leave my jacket and helmet on the bike and explore on foot and be more comfortable. It needs to get cooler first though. Don't fancy walking about in this heat ! 🥵
Thanks again Janett and cheers,
Garry & Ruby
For all the problems, it wasn't a bad little bimble tough. Nice narrow little village streets! A bit alarming seeing Johnny foreigner coming down on the wrong side of the road though 😁 Don't apologise for leaving the indicator on, It's a guilty pleasure of mine, if anyone should follow you for long enough you'll be accurate eventually! 🤣 All the best to you and Ruby 🐕
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I’m usually the least likely person to leave his indicator on but I think the anxiety of exploring a new village with very narrow roads probably took up my entire attention span this day !
I only made a thing out of it because it’s so unusual for me and I was annoyed by it !
You of course have a special dispensation Ken, being an off-road god, you’re simply above these trivial traffic rules 👍 No need for you to lower yourself !
Oh. The road is one way by the way.
If you look very closely, at the top and bottom there is a traffic light with a movement sensor which switches to green when you approach it, as long as there is nobody coming the other way. They have them a lot in these villages and they are INCREDIBLY easy to miss. I’ve met oncoming traffic half way up, multiple times, just because I missed the traffic light ( which is usually placed well above your line of sight and is easily missed ! ) 😂
I just shrug and say “no entiendo” 🤗
Cheers Ken. All the best to you and the girls ❤️
Garry & Ruby ❤️🐕
😂😂 glad it’s not just me that has days like that 😂😂 never mind you’ll know next time, though I’m surprised that especially with Norman with the panniers you don’t have a change of clothes for exploring in that heat and a cable lock for your helmet, you need to be more organised Garry, 😂 all the best buddy 👍
Yeah. I’ve been meaning to get two sets of cable locks ( one for each bike ) to make it easier to explore places on foot for donkeys’ years, just somehow never got around to it.
I have them now though, so expect more exploring on foot in future videos Mike 👍
Take care mate. Nice to see you enjoying your dram on the live 👍🥃
Garry & Ruby ❤️🐕
Hi Gary. Think that looks a bit hot for me at the moment.
If you don't have hi tech indicators, get into a habit of cancelling before you have finished your manoeuvre (unless you are sat in the middle of the street) and develop a little OCD and keep cancelling them every few minutes.
Could save your life.
It was hot and worse still very humid Tim ! The humidity was the biggest problem. 85% !
The humidity was incredible. I was soaked through by the time I got home.
Actually I almost never forget to cancel my indicator Tim, which is why I made a big thing out of it here. It annoyed me greatly to see it 😂
It was just the stress of dealing with a narrow road leading into who knew what in a village I’d never visited before. I was just totally focused on figuring out the correct navigation and rights of way, because these villages are all different and are all quite tricky to figure out. This one had a one way system on the road up to the square, for instance. You can just see the traffic light turn to green as I start the climb up. Those traffic lights are very easy to miss and when you do, all hell breaks loose !
You’ll probably have to wait another three and a half years before you see me leaving my indicator on again Tim 😇
It’s just not something that I do. I think it can only happen to me when I am in a stressful situation and distracted by other things 🤷♂️
Cheers Tim, thanks for watching 🙂
Garry & Ruby
@@economicalrides hi Gary, that was a long reply. Wasn't getting at you, just saying what I have done for years (except when I had to use arm signals 😂)
The topic came up on "The Mindful Motorcyclist" cos Sean does the same.
Hope it cools off soon in your local.
@@timsatchell6713 No problem Tim. I was very annoyed with myself when I saw it on the video ! I am usually very aware that everything you turn on, needs to be turned off again. I think I probably do what you mention subconsciously. I am pretty sure that I usually cancel the indicators just as I start straightening up the bars 🙂👍🏻
Anyway, no traffic on that stretch, so I managed not to confuse anybody with my error, so all good !
Cheers Tim and thanks,
Garry
Wow! You mean I can make videos from all my failures? 😂 I could make one every day. Good to know it happens to the great one too! 😊 if I heard you right, only a few hundred people live there?
Hi Blakester !
Yes definitely ! Make a video out of everything. For instance my breaking down video, which I almost didn’t bother filming, brought 3,6K views.
Apparently people enjoy watching our misery, so just go for it ! 😂
Yes. That village has approximately 380 inhabitants, some of whom are most likely burros 🫏
Cheers Blake.
EconomicalRides videos are awesome and we want to see more of them.
TH-cam’s algorithm is also the most handsome algorithm I have ever seen and if it wasn’t spoken for already I would want its keyword and viewer engagement based babies !!!! 😜
Love from Spain ❤️
Garry & Ruby
@@economicalrides I think I shall cut and paste that on every video from now on! I was laughing so hard reading this. Thank you. I needed that today. As far as a small town of 380 .... that's twice the size of my high school senior class... not a lot of things to do in that town. I would have guessed for a hot day, they would not have been at the pool. Looking forward to your return to that town. Do not think the restaurant would have a web site to see when they are open... 😂
@@BlakesPipes Hi Blake !
Haha, feel free to copy and paste it. I'm not sure that it works but it's worth a try 😂
Actually I did check on Google before I left and both the pool and the bar were supposed to be open that day.
In retrospect, I think the bar that used to be there, may have shut down because there wasn't any sign of recent activity.
In that case, the information on Google simply wasn't up to date. Just my luck really. 🤷♂
There is another bar in the square at the top of the hill, so next time I go there, if the pool bar is still not back up and running, I should at least be able to get a drink and a tapa up there.
Cheers Blakester !
Garry & Ruby
Ha!, I thought I was the only one who left my indicators on all the time. I have a little bicycle lock I use to secure my Helmet when off the bike, easy and free as I acquired it from my late Father. Cheers from Kernow (Cornwall)
Hi Andy. Actually being OCD I almost never leave my indicators on. That's why I got so annoyed when I saw the video. I think I was distracted by the stress of trying to negotiate an unknown village. The traffic control was a bit weird, it wasn't obvious how or where you were supposed to be driving. For instance, the climb up to the square was a one way system controlled by traffic lights at the top and bottom. It's incredibly easy to miss those lights and then you meet angry oncoming traffic ! But apart from leaving the indicator on, this time I managed to do everything right, so I'll be more confident next time I go there.
Yes, I've been meaning to get a bicycle cable lock ever since I walked around Granada in full bike gear, carrying my helmet in 35C back in 2021. So it only took me just over three years to get around to it then ! I now have two. One for each bike. Should make exploring on foot a lot more enjoyable. I shall now buy some motorcycle boots that offer a fair amount of protection but are better for walking in and then we should be all set !
Cheers Andy !
Garry
Hi Garry. Let's try again...
Nice to see you out and about on Norman, in the lovely dry, if windy weather. Yesterday was wet all day in Somerset and is the same so far today (Friday). I didn't put that in yesterday's message 😅.
I don't think you are turning into Freddie Dobbs, as I can't imagine him washing off his dog in the Lavedero Publico. (No euphemism intended).
Where are all the people in these places? A beautiful swimming pool and nobody in it, on a day like that 🤷🏻♂
Give our love to dear little Ruby.
Take care mate
Dave & Willow 🐶❤
Thanks for the EXTRA effort of commenting again you two ! As a reward you are getting an excessively long answer !
I almost did a complete re-run of this video this morning. It felt cool enough this morning, so I got my gear on, grabbed the cameras and set off.
By the time 11 o'clock came around, I was soaked in sweat again ! I keep forgetting about the humidity. It might only be 28C but when the humidity is high, as soon as you stop, and I stopped a lot for this video, you start sweating instantly. Oh well, I survived it and I think I have Tuesday's video in the can and can edit it over the weekend 👍🏻
Lovely temperatures here now, 28C is perfect, just need the humidity to drop back down to normal levels.
That village was about as busy as any village around here would be. A few cars flying about, a few people sat outside the bar in the square.
But I was extremely surprised that nobody was making use of what looked like a beautiful municipal pool. The lifeguard was there and looking totally bored 😂
I did check on Google before I left, to see if the bar at the pool was supposed to be open and it was.
I suspected, when it wasn't open, that the tenant was no longer there and that has indeed proven to be the case. When I look on Google now it says "temporarily closed" for all days of the week.
I'll check again before I revisit Urrácal in a cooler month. It would be good to go full Freddie and actually get some lunch on one of my rides. Not something I normally do because I usually skip breakfast and lunch, so am not normally looking for food at the times when I'm out riding. But just for a change, I would give it a go, given the opportunity !
Take care you two, have a great weekend !
And thanks again for taking the time to post the comment again. Much appreciated Dave.
Garry & Ruby ❤🐕"Good job Willers !"
@@economicalrides Thanks for the 'excessively long answer' Garry 🤗
Yes, it is always the humidity that spoils it for me too. I can stand any amount of dry heat but hot and humid is awful. The humidity here today is 100% and it has been raining non stop here since 9am. When I took Willers out this morning, she looked as though I had dunked her in a barrel of water, with a look of 'I hate you daddy', on her dripping face. Lots of cuddles in a dry towel and a couple of treats and she was ready for a snooze in her bed.
Looking forward to next Tuesday's video.
A shame about the bar being closed. I do like sitting at a bar, overlooking a pool, especially if there are other people there enjoying it. Let's hope it soon opens again.
Yes Garry, go for the 'full Freddie' and have a nice lunch in a ridiculously expensive cafe and pretend that 20 Euros is very good value for a tiny coffee and a thin slice of dry cake.
Anyway, I'm glad my comments eventually made it through the TH-cam censors.
All the best from soggy Somerset
Dave and Willers 🐶
@@davericketts9101 Awwww. Poor little Willers, I can just imagine. Ruby manages to look very mistreated and bedraggled whenever we get caught in a thunderstorm !
We hope it dries out for you both soon 🤞
How do you get fast spin?
Love the hilltop villages.
An enjoyable vid despite your sufferings.
Much love to you and Ruby from me n Twinks ❤️
Hi Jeff.
For the fast spin you will need a post, a short length of rope, a burro and some mustard.
Instructions for use :
Attach the short length of rope to the burro at one end and the post at the other.
Hang the wet washing over the burro's ears.
Apply the mustard to the burro's back passage and quickly withdraw to a safe distance.
Have a great weekend you two. Glad to hear that my photos arrived ok 👍🏻
Love from Spain,
Garry & Ruby
@@economicalrides 🤣🤣🤣
Evening Garry 😊 excellent video and did you arrive at Siesta time ? The village looks very quiet. Those two car divers were thinking look at that silly English man riding the wrong way up a one-way ginnel 😅😅 love to Ruby
Hi Jamesworth. Ah yes "Ginnel". Great word. Thanks for reminding me that I am a Southerner 😂
Actually I think that I arrived around midday, so a good two hours before siesta time. I think at siesta time there almost certainly wouldn't have been that oncoming traffic.
The road up to the square is actually a traffic light controlled one way system. I've encountered them in many similar villages. You have to have your wits about you, because the traffic lights are usually poorly placed, quite dim and very easy to miss. You can see the traffic lights at 04:15 and 05:44 on the RHS of the screen.
It would be a good system if only the lights were easier to see. They could probably do with a set on EACH side of the road to be honest. They are tricky to spot, as they are.
So don't your ginnels have traffic lights at each end James ? Being a Southerner, of course I wouldn't know 😇
Take care James. Keep spoiling Mrs A. Tell her that Ruby sends fluffy kisses !
Garry & Ruby
I'm going to have to stop watching your videos for a few weeks Garry, it's only a month until I board the giant canoe at Plymouth, and I can't bloody wait!! 😅
Call that a disaster btw? A real disaster is when one's Himalayan topples over on the drive and snaps the gearchange lever! Had to go out on Daisy today instead! 😳
Hi Martin,
sorry to hear about Blizzard's little whoopsie, hopefully it's going to be an easy fix 🤞
By the time you get here, I think this unusual humidity that we've had for the past few weeks should have passed. It makes for a very sweaty day out when you have 85% humidity 😱
Hopefully you'll get sunny yet comfortable weather for your visit to these parts 🤞
Did I remember correctly that you are giving France a miss this time ? Are you taking the ferry direct to Santander ?
Take care Martin. Looking forward to meeting up when you get here !
Garry
Cheers Garry, a nice bit of practice with the welding kit sorted it out, but it meant I was able to take Daisy out for a little trundle to a local classic meet - video following tonight!
Yes this'll be my fith October visit to the peninsula, so I'm fairly confident about the climate 🤞. I found my discount code again for Brittany a few months ago, so it's brought the price of the tickets back to an acceptable level, so I'm leaving France for another time. As I've said previously I think, my return sailing is on the 24th of October, so I'll be heading straight up there from Almeria.
Regards, Martin.
whats that green thing flashing on your [ sorry - normans ] dash ,,??
I think it's the neutral light and it seems to have a dodgy contact which is causing it to go off and come back again intermittently.
I'll have my man look at it when I take Norman in for his next service 😂
Nice one Simon 😝
Thanks and take care,
Garry & Ruby ❤🐕
Should have brought ya trunks 😀
I think that by the time I had peeled off my sweaty biking gear, the place would have probably closed 😂
I remember lying on the bed at home, wriggling for several minutes, just trying to get my sweaty trousers off, for instance.
Probably best for all if I just avoid going out when it's so hot and humid.
Cheers Pete,
Garry & Ruby
@@economicalrides 😁now there is an image lol
@@HippoDrones Haha. Don't tell me you've never been there yourself Pete, I wouldn't believe you ! 🥵
Removing track day leathers with a can opener and all that. Nightmare. Maybe we should grease up before sliding into them ?
Oh steady on, "Dave's" ears ( hopefully nothing else ! ) just pricked up 😂 Better change the subject sharpish !!!
@@economicalrides 🤣 is why I always wear an undersuit with my leathers 🤣
@@HippoDrones Yes, no doubt a good idea but all of my track days were at 30C and above, so it didn't seem too appealing to be putting on ANOTHER layer 🥵
If in doubt, get the butter out, that's going to be my new motto 😂
Hi Garry.
I left a comment on this video but it has disappeared and I wondered if they have put it in the sin bin again 🤔
Best wishes
Dave and Willow
Hi Dave and Willow,
no, unfortunately no comments on the naughty step, I checked this morning.
If it included a link or something that looked like a link to TH-cam, then it gets deleted automatically and I never get to hear about it ? 🤷♂️
Anyway, clearly you watched the video and it's duly noted that you did try to leave a comment 🙂
Feel free to post another comment if it was something important, all good for the algorithm 😂
Thanks to you both Dave and Willow 👍🏻
Much love from Spain ❤️
Garry & Ruby
@@economicalrides How very strange Garry. It didn't contain any links...I will take my mind back to yesterday evening and try to write the comment pretty much as I did then and see what happens.
@@davericketts9101 😂😂😂
"Fire up the time machine again Willers !"
👍🏻🐕
@@economicalrides 😅