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The pilgrim's goal, the cathedral at Santiago DE Compostela did not disappoint.
At 9am on a rather dull Monday morning it was full to bursting. A young nun was taking the service and she was going hammer and tongs, her high pitched voice making the most of the 1000 year fine tuning of the acoustics. The building dominated the square, indeed the town .
Fine carvings inside and out , somber priests in full regalia, the pious, the footsore and locals . Sandals and shoes scraping ...

Who ever wrote the song about sunny Spain had never travelled their Atlantic coast in late May. I have had virtually all four seasons . This is not a whinge about the weather , just an observation.

I stayed in Pamplona two days and on my last night I witnessed the most fantastic electrical storm I had seen in decades. Huge sheets of lightning, illuminating the backdrop of the Pyrenees. Then darkness as a huge rain front approached. I double pegged my tent and ran extra ...

I write this from Pamplona, Spain having travelled 3500 km since I picked up the V strom 650 on May 9. If I can be a little emotional: the bike is sweet- nimble with good mid torque range and frugal at 24/25km per litre. So far I would say it is smoother than the V Strom 1000 I ride in New Zealand
Two days later I headed north to the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham. I arrived in the middle of the new Honda Crossfire launch and with the only parking available in the middle ...