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having spoken to my family about using our house for accommodation, and having already having had some biker friends over to stay, I think it's about time we had an Operation Spain.
I think the last week in sept into the first week in oct will be a good time, it avoids all the other rideouts, and the weather will still be in the mid twentys...
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I've spoken to a few people on the forum and so far I've received 4 confirmed and a couple of maybes.
ideally I can accommodate 8 in comfort, 12 at a squeeze.
so there's still lots of spaces up for grabs.
my house is outside of a small town called flix, in the region of tarragona, it's about 45 mins from salou.
the roads are fantastic, the Spanish love motorbikes, and the roads seem to be made with biker in mind.
when my mates came over we rode between 150 to 200 miles a day, taking it all sorts of roads, from the very twisty to the long sweeping 100+ bends.
a European trip isn't cheap but my family have put together a package for us, accommodation, breakfast, and evening meal for 40 euro's a night, that's about £30 at the current exchange rate.
you can also use our washing machine, swimming pool (although I think it'll be a bit to cool for swimming
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we also have BBQ nights and i'll possibly be able to talk my sister in law into doing one of her big paella's.
we'll also provide towels, bedding, pillows, and drinking water.
so you'll only need to buy lunch and alcohol for the evening.
also petrol is very cheap atm, about 90p a ltr.
there are two options when travelling to our house.
you can use the Portsmouth-Bibao ferry and then ride the last 300 miles, or you can ride down thru france from Calais. which is approx. 1000 miles.
either way you need to factor in a two day journey in each direction.
personally I prefer the ferry, but it will be down to the individual. if you decide on the ferry, i'd suggest putting the minimum deposit down to reserve your place on the crossing.
atm if you travel on the 27th of sept and return on the 5th of oct, 4 bikes, and 4 riders sharing a room, works out at £802, that's £200.50 each, just over £100 each way, now that's cheap, i'm paying £200 for one way in early sept..
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https://www.brittany-ferries.co.uk/ferr ... -303?st=f3
once I have an idea of who would like to join us on the trip, i'll go into more detail of what you'll need to get sorted for the trip.
i'll post up some pictures of my friends trip from last month, to give you an idea of what to expect.....
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