HIDDEN SPAIN
The second week in June finally arrives, and the annual foreign trip highlight for the last 11 years of three motorcycling buddies. Previously we’d ridden around France (becoming very expensive), Germany (superb, but a long trek to the southern states of Bavaria, Franconia and Thuringia) and the Czech Republic (outstanding, but the 800-mile ride in pouring rain to get there would test the resolve of any normal motorcyclist).
So as advancing years have softened the resolve of at least two of the party, the last three years have seen Spain as our favoured destination, starting with the Basque region. One year, the highlight was superb accommodation in a converted farm building; another year, the foothills of the Pyrenees and a trip into Barcelona; then eight days in Cantabria, Asturias and the Picos de Europa, with fabulous roads, great people
