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MOTOBRICK RIDING => Photographic Ride Reports => Topic started by: snowbeard on August 31, 2011, 01:24:17 AM

Title: Intro post and a bit of riding in Portugal
Post by: snowbeard on August 31, 2011, 01:24:17 AM

since I haven't introduced myself on this forum, I got my '88 K100LT from a US friend who had owned it while living in Scotland, but had gotten stranded on the wrong side of the pond and needed someone to rescue 'er. "If you'll get it from my buddy's shed, you can have it" was the deal. Having only just moved to Portugal a month earlier, leaving all my prior bikes stateside, I hopped a plane to Glasgow and spent a great couple of weeks riding the K across western Europe (UK>France>Spain>Portugal) and getting to know the bike.  I've now had 'er for nearly two years and couldn't be happier.

So, Portugal isn't all sunny days and grilled sardines, we've actually had a pretty rainy winter, but when it does get sunny it can be beautiful.  Got a nice clear day last spring to take a little tour of the Arribida Natural Parque, a spine of a mountain on a bay just south of Lisbon.


first sighting of the mountain's spines (and no, that's not snow, its the white rock that forms the range)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/snowbeard/Arribidas%202011/ar1.jpg)

Setubal across the bay

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/snowbeard/Arribidas%202011/ar6.jpg)

this is about as high as you can get on the southern end of Portugal... probably 400ft above sea level :-)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/snowbeard/Arribidas%202011/ar7.jpg)

an abandoned artillery bunker on the cliffs above the bay provided a small place to get off the cliffside drive for a pic without being run down

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/snowbeard/Arribidas%202011/ar3.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/snowbeard/Arribidas%202011/ar2.jpg)

found and old monastery circa 1600 and wandered through the grounds for a bit

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/snowbeard/Arribidas%202011/ar8.jpg)

it was a bit overgrown, but that was half the fun.  plus I had the place to myself since few wanted to crawl thru the brush

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/snowbeard/Arribidas%202011/ar10.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/snowbeard/Arribidas%202011/ar9.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/snowbeard/Arribidas%202011/ar5.jpg)

then off to storm the castle on the far point of the parque on the way home!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/snowbeard/Arribidas%202011/ar4.jpg)

a good start to a journey full summer!

Title: Re: Intro post and a bit of riding in Portugal
Post by: mystic red on August 31, 2011, 04:56:36 AM

Thanks for the pictures! And welcome.

Title: Re: Intro post and a bit of riding in Portugal
Post by: frodef on August 31, 2011, 06:34:37 AM

Very nice, looks like a perfect motorcycling landscape!

Title: Re: Intro post and a bit of riding in Portugal
Post by: frankenduck on August 31, 2011, 09:44:13 AM

Looks like a nice bike.  Great pics.

Welcome.

Title: Re: Intro post and a bit of riding in Portugal
Post by: snowbeard on September 03, 2011, 07:34:14 PM

Thanks, it is a pretty nice place to ride, minus the other drivers ;-) 

I was just in your area Frodef, or at least the southern parts of your country.  Looks like a good place for bikes as well  8)

I'll try to post a few more good pics sometime soon!