FINALLY GOT GOING 22-5-2026

The Traffic Department would not allow me to register  the bike in my name. But applied for a special hearing as I am registered as living in Alberite and am in the taxi register ,have a NIE number, so will wait and see.

DAY ONE  22 MAY 2026.   527kms

On Friday I left at 7am and headed for Rogales and route N260. Got to Rogales and ran out of fuel after filling up the tank which holds 19 litres and should have a range of 400 kms. At 240kms it was bone dry and fortunately I was in a small village and some locals made a call and next minute I had fuel again.

    Went back to gas station to fill up

   ROGALES


Stayed  on the N260 all the way today  to La Pablo de Segur where I got a relief nice room in town. Had a bit to eat a and a few cold beers in the village square.

   Pablo de Segur 
     €30 hotel room for the night 


DAY 2   23-5-26.      337kms.

Got off to an early start and the roads were empty and the mornings are a little chilly in the mountains. Basically am riding along the Pyrenees maybe half way up , really beautiful  scenery and fun roads on a bike, in a car with your wife, not so much. Being a Saturday there were a lot of bikers on the road especially on these twisty mountain roads also tons of cyclists.
Stopped and had a bite to eat in some town and then headed to a friend's house in Boule d Amont, he is not here at the moment. Juan is from Argentina and his wife is French  and he lives in Gabon and I met him when we loaded  our bikes for Angila in Cabinda. He was in Cape Town  a few months ago and he called me up and I took them on a tour of the Peninsula on our bikes.

    
   
   At the border of Spain and France, looking into France 🇫🇷 


    Missing Raul's meals
    
    Following 3 photos are in the village, but there are no stores or bar or restaurants, maybe twenty dwellings alongside the road.
   Am in the house you can barely see with the red shutters.
    Always a church no matter what.


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