Thanks for that. Its saved for future use. I guess the routes I'm taking are off the beaten track. Garmins standard offerings were few and far between. But, I'm not fussed. I like camping but will take whatever. The next 2 nights I'm in a bungalow (Shed) on a campsite on the southern most tip of Spain. From the campsite beach I can see Gibraltar, the straits, and Africa. I'm told you can see the lights from Africa at night, and I'll go and look later. Might even be a sunset soon.
I stood earlier, and looked out to sea and found myself thinking about my Grandad and ALL his comrades who could not have known what a beautiful country they sailed around to get here. The saying of what they gave so we could live better lives hits home now. We are so lucky to be able to travel on a whim like this, without let or hindrance.
There's a pill box built into the foreshore here. I have no idea what the Spaniards response to belligerent shipping spotted during the war as it headed for the straits. Takes a pot shot? Look the other way?
The roads today have been awesome. Off the beaten track (re-enabled blocking motoreways and toll roads..)
I have gone through national parks, and whole expanses of rural idyll. The bike has hardly been upright all day, The roads vary from racetrack standard to 'a bit feckin' bumpy, to say the least. In the park area, some had given up clinging with tarmac fingertips to the side of the hills and slid away to oblivion (or just 10 feet sometimes, but it's hard not to get poetic).
No attempt is made to rebuild usually, they just cut into the hillside and add another curve. :-)
I was thinking, you wouldn't want to ride a sports bike on the bumpier bits, as you'd end up with an internal seat..
but then I went past 3 of them... Just like that :-)
They had stopped for refreshment actually, and secretly I hoped they weren't going my way to ruin my riding god ego, which was taking on ridiculous proportions.
While stopped for lunch, I made user of Google earth, to suss out tonights stop. Also peeked at tomorrows weather. Possible thunderstorms. Gadzooks!! This has no affect on my choosing a she'd over the tent. The bloody great big ants wandering about didn't either :-)
Bits of me need a rest anyway, so I'll chill here for tomorrow, and head northeast on Sunday
I thought today, that I should include some facts about HMS Usurper ( P56) too.. So, Ill add one a day.
She was built in Barrow, which is not unusual (or wasn't then). So far, she is the only vessel to have the name Usurper.
By the way.. It's a nice shed.. All mod cons.
Pete
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