Heat

It should be noted that I haven't yet seen a single person riding with leathers on this trip, barring the bikers I rode on the ferry with. Here, it is too hot to ride with them. I use the Camelbak I have to constantly pump water into me. I also use the old bikers' trick of soaking my shirt in water before the ride. It slowly evaporates and provide a cool air flow under the leathers.

All the Spainards simply ride in shorts and t-shirts. Hats off to them.

We wave each other the same as the UK. A club of enjoying the roads; of loving the machine.

Spain is having a heat-wave and it is getting up to 45 degrees in the peak of the day. I have started to have to get off the bike and sit under a tree during the siesta hours.