Jun 272010
Seven of us (June, Nobby, Ken, Pete the Scoot, Jeff, Colin and a friend of his John) all met at Bio Oil on the N332 at 10am. We had a gentle ride up the N332 to Oliva. As we approached the town there was a sign post directing all the bikes to the right and then in typical Spanish fashion the signs disappeared. Colin took us round a circuitous route to the main square where we parked up with all the other bikes.
We wandered around looking at the bikes and Colin found another Brit on a Valkyrie. We also bumped in to Annette, it was nice to see her again after all these weeks. There didn’t seem to be as many bikes as in previous years and there were only 3 T shirt stalls this year and no one selling leather gear. There were, however, the usual Brazilian dancers.
The ride out started at 11.30 (only Colin and John went on it the rest electing to stay in Oliva) and took us all around the town as usual and then down to the beach. Here Colin found a Valkyrie Rune ridden by a Spaniard and his son. At the beach there were the usual ‘give aways’ of hats and T shirts by the Brazilian girls followed by the strip show. Following last years complaints it was only topless this year.
The sky started getting dark and there was the odd flash of lightening and there was a light patch of sky to the south so Colin and John decided to head for home. Just as we left Oliva it started to rain for about 2km and then it stopped. Then as we got to El Verger the heavens opened and we got a little wet by the time we got home.
A good day at what in my opinion is one of the best matinals.
An update: Rumour has it that June fell in love with a Blue Kawasaki VN900 that was for sale. I wonder if we will see her on it shortly?