Thanks again Richard and Carol for another enjoyable video! We were really impressed by those Paradors - although they’re definitely not cheap - some great roads too. Thanks for sharing! 😀👍
@midlifemotorcyclediaries Yep, those Paradors are nice, but they certainly put a dent in the budget. I'm sure you recognised some of those roads from the early stages of your current series. Always good to hear from you both.
Really enjoyed this series - you manage to blend the facets of the trip - roads, hotels, food, scenery etc into a lovely and balanced watch. Great stuff. Looking forward to what you do next on the bikes.👍
Oh you have made me feel better, thought I was the only fool who came off on the wrong sliproads on Spanish motorways, then just as Carol says you find yourself on a totally different journey going who knows where and you can’t get back on like you can at home. Have really enjoyed this trip, looking forward to the next one wherever that maybe be. Thanks both of you.
@GSHants Yes, we've had our share of foreign motorway mistakes. Last year, while trying to do a circular route around Mont Blanc, we took a wrong turn. We were heading towards Turin! We should have been heading back into France I'm just editing our next one-off UK trip. Hopefully, it should be up next Saturday. Thanks for watching
Did I see a telephone in that toilet in the last hotel?😂 Have to say, I'm very impressed with those Paradores. And that last road looked like a beaut, beware them cowpats though! 😂 Brilliant series, thank you both, really enjoyed those. Oh, and I think everyone needs a Carol in their life 👊
@tojj29 Yep, phone next to the toilet 😆 You definitely don't want to go down on a cow-pat! Appreciate you watching. There's plenty we would do differently if we return, but on the whole, we had a great time. I'm happy to admit I'm lucky to have Carol around. Not only a good rider but she planned all the routes and booked all the accommodation. A keeper I think
@MotoMark55 Thanks. Well, in a roundabout way, she possibly has. She's certainly got a better paying job than me. Being on older gentleman, I'm winding down to retirement 😉
A great tour, thanks for sharing. the hotels did look nice and a good way to celebrate a milestone birthday. Some of the roads looked amazing to ride as long as you avoid slippery cow pats. Well done to Carol for her brilliant planning, I couldn't have done it, needs a woman's touch.
@youngeroldie5089 I'm lucky Richard. Carol loves to plan, and she rides, so I don't need a big touring bike. I was a really great holiday. Cheers and best wishes to you 👍
@davidryan6837 Thanks for watching David. Hope you manage to get out to the area. Sadly by now, it's 60 and two months old, but I appreciate the good wishes
A very pleasant and relaxing ride back to Santander and the Hotel looked equally as good. Big thanks to Richard and Carol, looking forward to the next one. 👍
Those roads and coastal views look amazing. Thanks so much for your editorial efforts. They are really well received and appreciated. Looking forward to your next adventure. Pete
@Ormsmoto Yes, we've ridden some amazing roads over the week. Only a few people like yourself will appreciate how daunting a week's worth of 4K footage can be to work through and cut down. It's always good to hear from you.
@johnterry804 It's a brilliant tour. Perhaps go a couple of weeks later than us and skip the toll motorways in this last episode. Given more time, we want to push further into Andorra and towards the other coast.
Carol can really "haul the mail" on her Triumph! I'm a little late to the vid but still a treat such good quality. Next week I'm heading out for a ride with two nephews and hopefully we will stay out of trouble.
She can get a move on occasionally. With your Bonneville salt flat exploits, I'm surprised you've had a chance to watch much TH-cam 😄 Hope your trip goes well next week. Best wishes and take care
The more you tour the less you take, I just take non iron shirts and shorts and wash me smalls. I once went to the Alps on a fully loaded GSA, never again. My Multi has two small panniers and a seat bag for overnight stops and everyday stuff. That’s a lovely part of Spain, especially on the old roads, first time I went there were very few motorways at all. Thanks for a great trip👍
@IanTed I don't think bike weights are a problem for us having our own bikes. I'm happy to have a T shirt and a pair of pants for each day when away for just over a week. Yep we loved the area. We would definitely make more of an effort to not use motorways next time. We're still happy with what we achieved. It was our first move on daily Euro tour but definitely won't be the last. Thanks again for watching.
An excellent end to a wonderful trip celebrating a special birthday, a huge congratulations to Carol for organising it and a massive thank you for paying for it all. If it wasn't for the extra six hundred miles or so, I'd be tempted to give something similar a go. Thank you both for sharing it all with us.
@michaellilley6725 Thanks very much. As Carol out earns me ×3 I suspect she paid for most of it. Yes, it's a long ride from Scotland to either Portsmouth or Plymouth for the Spain ferry. I was going to say you would have a better chance of drier weather going south, but we got pretty wet on this tour.
Enjoyed the series guys, we have stayed in paradors in the past always been good, seen it was for your 60ith special birthday Richard money well spent 👍
@alanread136 Thanks Alan. It was a very memorable trip. Loved the Parador experience and riding in Spain. Thanks for watching the series, appreciate it. 🙏
Well some great places to be having breakfast really nice , you have to give the Spanish their due they no how to put together fantastic hotels and those Paradors are certainly no exception .Fantastic trip really enjoyed watching and appreciate your very detailed look at all the accommodation.Those roads were just fabulous although probably best no to hoon around them with the beasties wandering around 😉 thanks for sharing what a trip .👌👍
@crumblymal8479 That Hondarribia Parador was amazing. Probably the most interesting place I've ever eaten breakfast in that half roofed castle courtyard. Many of the Spanish and French Pyrenees roads have cow hazards. It's best just to take your time. Thanks again for watching
Hi carol Thks for that. Yes I was talking to a French tourist travelling in ulster two up on a red 2010 model and found it comfortable. Yes she is a keeper in my opinion. Enjoy
You obviously had a great holiday guys. I have used paradors a couple of times and like you had a bit of trouble finding them! Thanks for taking us along😊
@grahamhunter3233 Cheers Graham. We did have a great time. We loved the Paradors and have realised less motorway is definitely better. Thanks for watching
Motorbike, Spain, nice scenery and Paradors. Excellent trip guys, very enjoyable. Paradors have that different feeling to them. The views from the bedroom in Ronda’s Parador on a short motorbike rental trip in late January this year, just blew the winter drag away. Great to watch, listen to your experiences. Well done guys. 👏👏
@ewendavidson8787 We still want to visit Ronda, we've heard it quite a special place. We've had so many great comments on this trip, yours included. Parador hotels are always unusual and a bit special. We've enjoyed all of the ones on this tour.
What a great trip and a bit sad to see it all coming to an end. Time for reflection and a well-earned rest away from the bike's for a while no doubt. Thanks again to you both and looking forward to your next adventure. Take care for now.
@davidlutton4560 It was a great trip. It seems a while ago now as we set off 8th June. We have a UK based trip coming up next Saturday, all being well. Thanks for watching
You are a lucky guy. This was a great gift from Carol. :) You mentioned Slovenia. If you ever decide to ride here, just let me know, we can do a stretch together. Also for some other info I am at your disposal. I don't know why, but it was very strange to see the empty ferry on your return. :)
@RRRRefuelRideRace Thanks, yes, I'm lucky to have Carol. We really appreciate your offer, we would love to visit your beautiful country at some point. The ferry was full when everyone was on board. Being the first bikes there, we were on first and parked in level 1 as low as you can get in the ship. That meant at Portsmouth, we were last off!
Cracking job there folks. Enjoyed this tour. I prefer to keep moving on with the odd 2 nighter. Sad times heading home but I always say, if you don't go home, you can't head off on holiday again 😉
Another great video Richard and Carol. I get the feeling that you enjoyed the area, but perhaps enjoyed the roads more from your previous Picos videos. Nice to hear the MT10 a few times when you opened her up a little.
@RichardASK I definitely enjoyed seeing more places. This trip was more of a challenge. The Picos is super easy; 70 miles off the ferry to a base in Potes, then a circular ride out on amazing roads. Think the issue this time was more connected to the weather. Picos it was brilliant, Pyrenees it was cold and rained most days. Talking of the MT10, in the next video, I get my first issue with the bike in 8 years! Happened while on another trip.
Another good trip from you guys, we'll be on our way to Santander in 3 weeks for two week trip to Porto & back. Have used some of your road recommendations from the Picos trip in our itinerary. Cheers 👍🏻
@BrendanBaxter-md4vk I rode to Porto many years ago with a mate. There's some great riding to get there. The outskirts of Porto are a bit slow and tedious to ride, but it's worth it to get central Porto. The views near the bridge and the port houses illuminated in the evening 👌 Have a great trip. 👍
Fabulous Fabulous Fabulous!!! That trip looked amazing start to finish. Well done guys! Oh did the hotel tell you to hide your bikes in case you lower the tone? 😂
Thanks. It was a fantastic trip, really enjoyable. On check-in at the final hotel, we learned there was a parking charge that was the same outside as it was in the cosy underground. It left the top car park open for the Jags, Mercedes and BMWs 😄
I thoroughly enjoyed watching your holiday series, extremely well produced and I look forward to the next one. The UK stickers you had on your panniers/top box, are they the full sized car ones? If not would you mind sharing where you got your moto ones?
@chris-way Thanks. All our UK stickers were bought off Amazon. The ones on the top box are standard car ones. My original one blew off on the ride to the ferry port so just bought one at the ferry terminal. They even sell them on the ferry. Appreciate the well produced comment. These films do take many hours to piece together.
I'm 67 and 60 seemed like only yesterday. Budget permitting, just keep doing it. You can't take it with you and any government will take what's leftover!
@mrcintheuk4641 Yep. Think you've summed that up well. Time is passing quickly, you have to do the things you really want to while you're able to. Carol has already read the book 'Die with Zero' It's an interesting read.
@@Banditmanuk A very clever, successful and rich Hedge Fund person that has sold another book. What was Carol's thought about the contents? I'm not too impressed.
£3.5k for 2 is not too bad... I think it cost me around £2k 10yrs back to ride Dover, France, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, Portsmouth camping, so although your trip was shorter, you did it a lot fancier.
@HippoDrones Yep. We booked some expensive hotels as a treat. We still have a decent tent but we've certainly got out of the habit of camping. Our last motorcycle camping adventure was in Scotland and it was wet, very wet. When the rain stopped, the midges attacked!
Hi carol how did you find touring on the street triple? Comfortable enough? I like your throw over panniers, what make are they please and did you find them waterproof and good quality. Thanks for videoing your trip, very enjoyable. Thks
Hi, they are blaze panniers from s w motech, they are great, but not very waterproof, I pack everything in plastic bags before putting in there, then its ok. The bike is fantastic for touring, I am happy riding all day, the seat is comfy, I have no plans to change the bike as it suits me perfectly. Thanks for watching, best wishes, Carol.
Asturian Mountain cattle, also known as Casina, are a local breed of beef cattle raised in the Picos de Europa mountain range. They are known for their breeding capacity and docility. Wikipedia.
Sorry to see this one end guys. Thanks for taking us along. Hope to see you on another tour soon.
It's time to plan something new. Always good to hear from you Gary, thanks for watching
Thanks again Richard and Carol for another enjoyable video! We were really impressed by those Paradors - although they’re definitely not cheap - some great roads too. Thanks for sharing! 😀👍
@midlifemotorcyclediaries Yep, those Paradors are nice, but they certainly put a dent in the budget.
I'm sure you recognised some of those roads from the early stages of your current series.
Always good to hear from you both.
Hi great videos we are the two you met in santander phil and Julie thanks for the videos hope you keep them coming thanks agen phil
@@PhilSmith-u7g That's brilliant. It was great to chat and meet you both
Really enjoyed this series - you manage to blend the facets of the trip - roads, hotels, food, scenery etc into a lovely and balanced watch. Great stuff. Looking forward to what you do next on the bikes.👍
@ianbaines9705 Thanks, Ian. Appreciate the kind words 🙏
The next UK based one-off trip is hopefully ready to go next weekend
Another fab tour.. we can not wait no till we do the picos in 5 weeks time so looking forward to getting away again ..thanks for sharing.
@@AndyGSATractor Brilliant. Are you taking the ferry over or riding down through France? We love the Picos, so many great roads.
@@Banditmanuk ferry down and back never done the picos but have done some of spain on da bike b4
Great Series 👍
@@paulstorer6937 Thanks
Oh you have made me feel better, thought I was the only fool who came off on the wrong sliproads on Spanish motorways, then just as Carol says you find yourself on a totally different journey going who knows where and you can’t get back on like you can at home. Have really enjoyed this trip, looking forward to the next one wherever that maybe be. Thanks both of you.
@GSHants Yes, we've had our share of foreign motorway mistakes. Last year, while trying to do a circular route around Mont Blanc, we took a wrong turn. We were heading towards Turin! We should have been heading back into France
I'm just editing our next one-off UK trip. Hopefully, it should be up next Saturday.
Thanks for watching
Did I see a telephone in that toilet in the last hotel?😂 Have to say, I'm very impressed with those Paradores. And that last road looked like a beaut, beware them cowpats though! 😂
Brilliant series, thank you both, really enjoyed those.
Oh, and I think everyone needs a Carol in their life 👊
@tojj29 Yep, phone next to the toilet 😆
You definitely don't want to go down on a cow-pat!
Appreciate you watching. There's plenty we would do differently if we return, but on the whole, we had a great time.
I'm happy to admit I'm lucky to have Carol around. Not only a good rider but she planned all the routes and booked all the accommodation. A keeper I think
@@Banditmanuk I like the "I think" at the end.
Great trip you two 👍 Richard, I thought you were going to thank Carol for paying for it all at the very end! 🤣🤣🤣
@MotoMark55 Thanks. Well, in a roundabout way, she possibly has. She's certainly got a better paying job than me. Being on older gentleman, I'm winding down to retirement 😉
A great tour, thanks for sharing. the hotels did look nice and a good way to celebrate a milestone birthday.
Some of the roads looked amazing to ride as long as you avoid slippery cow pats.
Well done to Carol for her brilliant planning, I couldn't have done it, needs a woman's touch.
@youngeroldie5089 I'm lucky Richard. Carol loves to plan, and she rides, so I don't need a big touring bike.
I was a really great holiday.
Cheers and best wishes to you 👍
Great tour series as usual and has given me some good ideas. Thanks guys……….and happy 60th Richard.
@davidryan6837 Thanks for watching David. Hope you manage to get out to the area. Sadly by now, it's 60 and two months old, but I appreciate the good wishes
A very pleasant and relaxing ride back to Santander and the Hotel looked equally as good. Big thanks to Richard and Carol, looking forward to the next one. 👍
Thanks very much. We had a great time and it's lovely so many have followed along. Thanks for watching
Those roads and coastal views look amazing. Thanks so much for your editorial efforts. They are really well received and appreciated. Looking forward to your next adventure. Pete
@Ormsmoto Yes, we've ridden some amazing roads over the week. Only a few people like yourself will appreciate how daunting a week's worth of 4K footage can be to work through and cut down. It's always good to hear from you.
Great tour I want to do it next year! Will watch your videos again thank you both for taking us along! Really great 👍
@johnterry804 It's a brilliant tour. Perhaps go a couple of weeks later than us and skip the toll motorways in this last episode. Given more time, we want to push further into Andorra and towards the other coast.
@@Banditmanuk yes great plan 👍
Carol can really "haul the mail" on her Triumph! I'm a little late to the vid but still a treat such good quality. Next week I'm heading out for a ride with two nephews and hopefully we will stay out of trouble.
She can get a move on occasionally. With your Bonneville salt flat exploits, I'm surprised you've had a chance to watch much TH-cam 😄
Hope your trip goes well next week. Best wishes and take care
@@Banditmanuk I'm a bit behind right now but I really enjoy the catching up part.
The more you tour the less you take, I just take non iron shirts and shorts and wash me smalls. I once went to the Alps on a fully loaded GSA, never again. My Multi has two small panniers and a seat bag for overnight stops and everyday stuff. That’s a lovely part of Spain, especially on the old roads, first time I went there were very few motorways at all. Thanks for a great trip👍
@IanTed I don't think bike weights are a problem for us having our own bikes. I'm happy to have a T shirt and a pair of pants for each day when away for just over a week.
Yep we loved the area. We would definitely make more of an effort to not use motorways next time. We're still happy with what we achieved. It was our first move on daily Euro tour but definitely won't be the last.
Thanks again for watching.
Great trip, thanks for sharing your holiday and lessons learned.
@@05gt99 Thanks for watching
An excellent end to a wonderful trip celebrating a special birthday, a huge congratulations to Carol for organising it and a massive thank you for paying for it all. If it wasn't for the extra six hundred miles or so, I'd be tempted to give something similar a go. Thank you both for sharing it all with us.
@michaellilley6725 Thanks very much. As Carol out earns me ×3 I suspect she paid for most of it.
Yes, it's a long ride from Scotland to either Portsmouth or Plymouth for the Spain ferry. I was going to say you would have a better chance of drier weather going south, but we got pretty wet on this tour.
Enjoyed the series guys, we have stayed in paradors in the past always been good, seen it was for your 60ith special birthday Richard money well spent 👍
@alanread136 Thanks Alan. It was a very memorable trip. Loved the Parador experience and riding in Spain. Thanks for watching the series, appreciate it. 🙏
Well some great places to be having breakfast really nice , you have to give the Spanish their due they no how to put together fantastic hotels and those Paradors are certainly no exception .Fantastic trip really enjoyed watching and appreciate your very detailed look at all the accommodation.Those roads were just fabulous although probably best no to hoon around them with the beasties wandering around 😉 thanks for sharing what a trip .👌👍
@crumblymal8479 That Hondarribia Parador was amazing. Probably the most interesting place I've ever eaten breakfast in that half roofed castle courtyard.
Many of the Spanish and French Pyrenees roads have cow hazards. It's best just to take your time.
Thanks again for watching
Hi carol Thks for that. Yes I was talking to a French tourist travelling in ulster two up on a red 2010 model and found it comfortable. Yes she is a keeper in my opinion. Enjoy
You obviously had a great holiday guys. I have used paradors a couple of times and like you had a bit of trouble finding them!
Thanks for taking us along😊
@grahamhunter3233 Cheers Graham. We did have a great time. We loved the Paradors and have realised less motorway is definitely better. Thanks for watching
Motorbike, Spain, nice scenery and Paradors. Excellent trip guys, very enjoyable. Paradors have that different feeling to them. The views from the bedroom in Ronda’s Parador on a short motorbike rental trip in late January this year, just blew the winter drag away. Great to watch, listen to your experiences. Well done guys. 👏👏
@ewendavidson8787 We still want to visit Ronda, we've heard it quite a special place. We've had so many great comments on this trip, yours included.
Parador hotels are always unusual and a bit special. We've enjoyed all of the ones on this tour.
What a great trip and a bit sad to see it all coming to an end. Time for reflection and a well-earned rest away from the bike's for a while no doubt. Thanks again to you both and looking forward to your next adventure. Take care for now.
@davidlutton4560 It was a great trip. It seems a while ago now as we set off 8th June. We have a UK based trip coming up next Saturday, all being well.
Thanks for watching
You are a lucky guy. This was a great gift from Carol. :) You mentioned Slovenia. If you ever decide to ride here, just let me know, we can do a stretch together. Also for some other info I am at your disposal. I don't know why, but it was very strange to see the empty ferry on your return. :)
@RRRRefuelRideRace Thanks, yes, I'm lucky to have Carol. We really appreciate your offer, we would love to visit your beautiful country at some point.
The ferry was full when everyone was on board. Being the first bikes there, we were on first and parked in level 1 as low as you can get in the ship. That meant at Portsmouth, we were last off!
@@Banditmanuk You are welcome. Aha, I get it. :) Can check my community tab when you can, take care, both of you. :)
Cracking job there folks. Enjoyed this tour.
I prefer to keep moving on with the odd 2 nighter.
Sad times heading home but I always say, if you don't go home, you can't head off on holiday again 😉
@@575ban so right👍👍 We're already planning the next trip. Thanks for watching
Another great video Richard and Carol. I get the feeling that you enjoyed the area, but perhaps enjoyed the roads more from your previous Picos videos. Nice to hear the MT10 a few times when you opened her up a little.
@RichardASK I definitely enjoyed seeing more places. This trip was more of a challenge. The Picos is super easy; 70 miles off the ferry to a base in Potes, then a circular ride out on amazing roads.
Think the issue this time was more connected to the weather. Picos it was brilliant, Pyrenees it was cold and rained most days.
Talking of the MT10, in the next video, I get my first issue with the bike in 8 years! Happened while on another trip.
I love riding with you pair . its just like being there with you . its all been a great journey ,keep safe and see you soon .
@johnbellamy6449 Thanks John. Always good to hear from you. Hopefully see you at Triumph at some point
@@Banditmanuk look forward to that .
Another good trip from you guys, we'll be on our way to Santander in 3 weeks for two week trip to Porto & back. Have used some of your road recommendations from the Picos trip in our itinerary. Cheers 👍🏻
@BrendanBaxter-md4vk I rode to Porto many years ago with a mate. There's some great riding to get there. The outskirts of Porto are a bit slow and tedious to ride, but it's worth it to get central Porto. The views near the bridge and the port houses illuminated in the evening 👌
Have a great trip. 👍
An awesome trip to celebrate Richard's 60th birthday. Hopefully there will be another great trip in 10 years time to celebrate Carol’s 60th😉
@LordBilious It will be a bit sooner than that, but Carol loves your comment
Fabulous Fabulous Fabulous!!! That trip looked amazing start to finish. Well done guys! Oh did the hotel tell you to hide your bikes in case you lower the tone? 😂
Thanks. It was a fantastic trip, really enjoyable. On check-in at the final hotel, we learned there was a parking charge that was the same outside as it was in the cosy underground.
It left the top car park open for the Jags, Mercedes and BMWs 😄
Excellent videos as always Thanks for sharing Ride Safe
@@jimbalshaw7347 Thanks. Appreciate you saying. 🙏
Another enjoyable series, thank you guys
@@bolton737 Good to hear from you. We enjoy following your adventures.
Thanks for watching
I thoroughly enjoyed watching your holiday series, extremely well produced and I look forward to the next one. The UK stickers you had on your panniers/top box, are they the full sized car ones?
If not would you mind sharing where you got your moto ones?
@chris-way Thanks. All our UK stickers were bought off Amazon. The ones on the top box are standard car ones. My original one blew off on the ride to the ferry port so just bought one at the ferry terminal. They even sell them on the ferry.
Appreciate the well produced comment. These films do take many hours to piece together.
I'm 67 and 60 seemed like only yesterday. Budget permitting, just keep doing it. You can't take it with you and any government will take what's leftover!
@mrcintheuk4641 Yep. Think you've summed that up well. Time is passing quickly, you have to do the things you really want to while you're able to.
Carol has already read the book 'Die with Zero' It's an interesting read.
@@Banditmanuk A very clever, successful and rich Hedge Fund person that has sold another book. What was Carol's thought about the contents? I'm not too impressed.
Thats quite alot for a weeks holiday. You must have splashed out!
@@lipglosshelmetsandhim We did. Two of the Paradors were nearly €300 per night. + Commodore cabin and eating in good restaurants. You're only 60 once!
£3.5k for 2 is not too bad... I think it cost me around £2k 10yrs back to ride Dover, France, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, Portsmouth camping, so although your trip was shorter, you did it a lot fancier.
@HippoDrones Yep. We booked some expensive hotels as a treat. We still have a decent tent but we've certainly got out of the habit of camping. Our last motorcycle camping adventure was in Scotland and it was wet, very wet. When the rain stopped, the midges attacked!
@@Banditmanuk Yeah... I like the idea of wild camping... but not the midge warfare 😀
Hi carol how did you find touring on the street triple? Comfortable enough? I like your throw over panniers, what make are they please and did you find them waterproof and good quality. Thanks for videoing your trip, very enjoyable. Thks
Hi, they are blaze panniers from s w motech, they are great, but not very waterproof, I pack everything in plastic bags before putting in there, then its ok. The bike is fantastic for touring, I am happy riding all day, the seat is comfy, I have no plans to change the bike as it suits me perfectly. Thanks for watching, best wishes, Carol.
I noticed you said planning but didn’t say paying 😂
@blitzer109 Well, maybe I should have. She out earns me by a considerable amount.
Thanks for watching 👍👍
Were they Herefords ?😂
@paulstorer6937 Honestly I don't know. Even though we were farmers, I was never a cattle expert. Give me a tractor any day.
@@Banditmanuk 😂
Asturian Mountain cattle, also known as Casina, are a local breed of beef cattle raised in the Picos de Europa mountain range. They are known for their breeding capacity and docility. Wikipedia.
@mrcintheuk4641 There you go Paul. Always depend on the comments section for an answer