Why BMW R1250RT Crushes Every Touring Bike. 2000 mile road trip.

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:01]is >> salad dressing. No gin this time.

[00:00:07]>> No gin this.

[00:00:08]>> Yes, we're got vodka in it.

[00:00:14]>> Well, you know where we are. We're at Aries Bar.

[00:00:16]>> Yeah.

[00:00:17]>> Near um >> near Lam Roge. Leo.

[00:00:19]>> Lamoj was in fact it's about an hour from Lamoge. But >> Aries Bar, Route 66. Google it, you'll see where we are. We didn't film from Roskoff down here because quite frankly it was boring and it was horrible, wasn't it? It's raining. It was horrible.

[00:00:36]>> It was raining.

[00:00:38]>> Harry, thanks. Is this your specialtity?

[00:00:41]>> That's >> It is speciality. And this is What is this?

[00:00:45]>> It's It's wild boar.

[00:00:47]>> Wild boar.

[00:00:47]>> Wild boar.

[00:00:48]>> Yeah. Wild boar.

[00:00:49]>> Wow. Brilliant, mate.

[00:00:52]>> There's a song there somewhere.

[00:00:54]>> Brilliant. Okay. So, we're off to Carason.

[00:00:58]>> Kakason.

[00:00:59]>> Yes.

[00:01:00]>> Yeah. We're going to go.

[00:01:01]>> Yeah.

[00:01:01]>> Recommendation.

[00:01:02]>> Recommendation by Harry. So, we're going to go. We're going to go. And that's what we're doing tomorrow.

[00:01:07]>> Excellent.

[00:01:08]>> After we've eaten this and had a few more pints over in the bar.

[00:01:11]>> Oh, yes.

[00:01:11]>> Good for you.

[00:01:13]>> Right.

[00:01:13]>> Cheers. Thanks, Harry.

[00:01:15]>> Enjoy.

[00:01:16]>> Thank you.

[00:01:19]>> I know.

[00:01:20]>> I know what I'm going to say. You know, you blamed your greens.

[00:01:23]>> I know. Last night.

[00:01:24]>> You know you're in for a rough night.

[00:01:26]>> Rough night.

[00:01:28]>> That was lovely. I don't want me carrots. Do you want carrots? Cut me carrots.

[00:01:32]>> I don't like >> No. Eat your carrots.

[00:01:34]>> You got to eat your carrots.

[00:01:35]>> Don't like look at them.

[00:01:41]>> Here we go.

[00:01:43]This is the blue room.

[00:01:48]How beautiful is the hat?

[00:01:53]Look at that. We've got teddy bears and everything. Jamie A.

[00:01:57]>> No, it's lovely here. Honestly, it's beautiful. It's a beautiful place.

[00:02:04]It really is. And there's the view.

[00:02:10]>> Cheers. Cheers.

[00:02:13]>> There's um this is Harry's Bar. They got a quiz night. And uh how wonderful the community down here is absolutely beautiful, isn't it, J? Oh, it's brilliant. Yes.

[00:02:29]>> Right. We're off to Carcasson tomorrow.

[00:02:32]>> Right.

[00:02:33]>> Oh, I've got a question.

[00:02:34]>> Question.

[00:02:35]>> Which company makes more car tires than any other company in the world?

[00:02:42]>> Number 11.

[00:02:43]>> I'm not going to tell you.

[00:02:46]>> All right.

[00:02:48]>> We'll ask the So, >> you tell us on YouTube. Yeah.

[00:02:53]>> Which company makes more car tires than any other company in the world?

[00:02:59]>> Don't forget, make a comment >> and we'll let find out and Harry will tell us later.

[00:03:07]>> Right.

[00:03:10]For those that don't know or haven't been here before or watched one of our other vlogs, okay, we often come to Harry's Bar because we like Arie and we love this place.

[00:03:29]So, we were well, we are we're going to end up in Benor.

[00:03:35]Um but um Harry said go to Carcasson. It's beautiful there. Sorry. Tomorrow we're going to Carcasson. So it's apparently it's 6 hours away. So that'll do. Um yeah. So I'm not sure what the roads are like. Um but we're going to Carasson. It looks absolutely stunning. So that's where we're going. The day after we're not sure, but the day after that we'll be in Benny Dorm. Anyway, I'm on my RT 1250.

[00:04:12]It's a bit dark in here, but I tell you, is that the best allrounder in the world?

[00:04:24]We'll let you know.

[00:04:28]>> Right. So, we've had a great time.

[00:04:31]>> Oh, it's brilliant, >> haven't we? Great night. Yeah. Um, but anyway, the problem was we came to the toilet and I don't think that the toilet particular toilet's very well.

[00:04:41]>> No, it's not very well. Have a listen to this.

[00:04:43]>> Listen, listen.

[00:04:45]>> Yeah, go for it.

[00:04:46]>> I think it's ill.

[00:04:56]>> Only at Harry's. Only Harry. Have you ever heard of a toilet like that? LET US KNOW.

[00:05:08]WHAT'S HE DOING?

[00:05:09]>> Just arrived in the push.

[00:05:10]>> Yeah.

[00:05:12]>> Oh, very nice.

[00:05:14]>> He just arrived in the post. Is it >> lovely?

[00:05:16]>> Very nice. Very you.

[00:05:17]>> All the way from China.

[00:05:19]>> China.

[00:05:19]>> Is it?

[00:05:21]>> Have you seen on the >> Have you seen the China man that does a good impersonation of Trump?

[00:05:27]>> No.

[00:05:28]>> Oh, he's hilarious, isn't he?

[00:05:32]He is. He's funny.

[00:05:33]>> He really is. That's very nice. How much was that?

[00:05:37]>> 75.

[00:05:38]>> 75 Europeans.

[00:05:40]>> Wow.

[00:05:40]>> All right. Very nice.

[00:05:42]>> It's supposed to be >> warm. It's >> supposed to be a 3XL, but it's still a bit on the skimpy side, didn't it?

[00:05:49]>> Yeah. It look very nice, mate.

[00:05:51]>> It's 3XL for a Chinese one.

[00:05:53]>> It looks very comfortable.

[00:05:55]>> Are you cooking in that? Are you?

[00:05:57]>> Yes.

[00:06:00]spend all day in this.

[00:06:04]>> Right, result.

[00:06:05]>> It's not flammable.

[00:06:06]>> Breakfast time. Um, right. I'm just going to check the bike over.

[00:06:12]>> So, this is Harry's bar. That's where we had the evening meal. Absolutely gorgeous.

[00:06:24]And there's the BMW 1250 RT. So, is this the best allrounder that one money can buy?

[00:06:40]Um, it's very good.

[00:06:48]It goes like hell. So, 136 brake horsepower.

[00:06:53]Handles really well. Um, when it rains, you put the screen up, you got good protection from the wind and the rain.

[00:07:05]That's brilliant. These right now, I pay 60 quid for that. That links up to your phone. The only drawback is the the BMW sat nav uh is quite complex to be honest and I like to use you know ways or Google you know earth and um yeah and this screen is very good 60 quid and it just bolts on there. Look. So that's cool. Clips on there. Happy days. It's touchscreen and it works very very well. 60 quid. Um, the comfort.

[00:07:48]I think any bike I've got a bad back.

[00:07:50]Jane's not very good with her back. So, I think any bike we're going to have if we're on it for 5, six, seven hours a day, we're going to struggle. So, I don't think the bike is not uncomfortable, but I'm going to ask our friend Jeff in Abbert if he can see if he can soften that up a little bit. He may not, you might say. To be honest, girl, nothing I can do. So, but no, it's a great bike. It's a fabulous bike.

[00:08:25]I think it looks good, too.

[00:08:28]Look at that.

[00:08:30]And then we got Ari's bar. Hey. Right.

[00:08:33]So today we're off. We're going to Carcasson.

[00:08:37]It's a walled city. Whoa. So that's where we aiming. If we end up there, you know what we like. Who knows? Anyway, let's have some breakfast.

[00:09:15]Right. So, we just filled up with petrol and uh as as we said before, be careful when you pay by card. Although there's no choice. Well, there is a choice, but there's Loads of traffic here. And uh if you pay by car, it's a lot quicker.

[00:09:32]>> They take €150. This time >> they take out €150, but then in the next two two days, they reimburse you to the amount of petrol that you you put it in your bike. And this time it's €38, wouldn't it?

[00:09:44]>> Yeah.

[00:09:45]>> So, but they still take it 150. So, it's not so bad on the BM because, >> you know, it's got it's got a bigger you can go a lot. You don't have to fill up petrol so often. But on the Harley for instance, you can fill it out three four times and on that basis it could be €600 that comes out your account, you know.

[00:10:02]>> And uh anyway, so we're having a good time.

[00:10:05]>> Yeah, me.

[00:10:06]>> The bike's been brilliant.

[00:10:13]>> And we're heading towards Carcasson. And my feeling is that I don't think we're going to get there to I don't think we're going to get there today. So, I think >> we'll just go where the sun is.

[00:10:24]>> Uh, well, no, we No, we'll head towards Carcasson, but then find a hotel about an hour before we get there cuz I got to be honest, it's we left Harry's, didn't we? Cuz we started chatting to our mate Harry. And the problem is >> we're running a bit late really. Uh, but my feeling is it's pointless getting into Carcasson late tonight.

[00:10:42]>> Then we'll have to have a whole day uh next day there. So, it'll be two nights in Carason. I think we need to find somewhere about an hour outside Carason. Then we can go early in the morning, have a look around, spend a night there maybe.

[00:10:57]>> Um and then then off we go towards Benor. Are we going to get the Benadorm?

[00:11:02]I don't know.

[00:11:03]>> I don't know.

[00:11:03]>> We'll find out, won't we?

[00:11:05]>> Anyway, the bike's brilliant. By the way, if you're thinking about a 1250 RT, don't think about it. Go out and buy one. Seriously, they're brilliant, aren't they?

[00:11:13]>> They certainly are.

[00:11:44]Right. Pee brake.

[00:11:47]Not tea break.

[00:11:49]>> We've been in a you know we got the parking areas which luckily this one >> um is lovely. I mean this isn't the road. This is the actual parking bay.

[00:12:00]How beautiful is that? See if you had a motor home Jane you could sleep over there.

[00:12:04]>> Yeah.

[00:12:05]>> It's lovely isn't it?

[00:12:06]>> Yeah.

[00:12:07]>> Anyway, so Jane had a pee in the long grass and I had a pee on the the tree there.

[00:12:14]Hoping it grow.

[00:12:16]>> Hoping it grow. Yeah. Well, now we're having a lovely day. We're just missing all the the really black. There's some black clouds over there. And um at one point we're surrounded, weren't we? But we got away with it.

[00:12:27]>> Yeah. But have we though? Are we riding into it now? That's what I'm thinking.

[00:12:30]>> I don't know. Well, have to wait and see.

[00:12:32]>> We get wet. We get wet.

[00:12:33]>> Absolutely. Yeah.

[00:12:34]>> Yeah. But >> it's lovely. I love roads like this. You know, this is why we don't go on tolls, isn't it?

[00:12:38]>> Yeah.

[00:12:39]>> Because we find beautiful roads. Listen.

[00:12:41]Listen to that.

[00:12:49]Silence. It's >> beautiful, isn't it?

[00:12:50]>> Yeah, >> it is, honestly.

[00:12:52]>> Yeah.

[00:12:53]>> Yeah. Yeah.

[00:12:55]>> It's good. It's good for our mental health, girl. Isn't it?

[00:12:58]>> Yeah, it is.

[00:12:59]>> This is why we do it. This is why we're riding. But I don't I'm not sure I can sit on the bike for another 3 hours.

[00:13:07]>> Let's see how it goes. Yeah.

[00:13:08]>> Yeah. Let's just see.

[00:13:09]>> Um Yeah. Let's see. Obviously, mine wants to keep going, but the bum bum.

[00:13:13]Oh, >> gives me bum.

[00:13:15]>> It's cuz we're older, Carol. Everyone says it's cuz we're older.

[00:13:18]>> I know, but I mean, the seat is quite comfortable. It's It should be It's a touring bike, but it's our bums, isn't it?

[00:13:25]>> Yeah, it's road.

[00:13:28]>> Anyway, >> come on.

[00:13:29]>> Keep going. Keep going. But no, it's great. Yeah, the bike's brilliant. Can't fault it. Look how gorgeous it looks.

[00:13:37]Look at that. How cool is that? Got the Lommo bag. That's brilliant. Just bolted to the back. Need to bring that forward.

[00:13:46]Really, Jenny?

[00:13:47]>> Mhm.

[00:13:47]>> These helmets. How much were these helmets?

[00:13:50]>> Bought them from CMS.

[00:13:51]>> Were they 120 quid?

[00:13:52]>> Yeah, they were 120 quid. It's got They're brilliant. Just show everybody the the visor. Look.

[00:13:59]>> So, you got your visor.

[00:14:01]>> Not that one. The the inner one.

[00:14:02]>> Well, then do the inner.

[00:14:03]>> Right. So, basically, there you go. Look there.

[00:14:07]>> There. Look.

[00:14:08]>> And up. You don't need sunglasses.

[00:14:10]>> And they're comfortable.

[00:14:11]>> They are comfortable.

[00:14:12]>> Very comfortable.

[00:14:13]>> Yeah.

[00:14:13]>> Um I wouldn't say they're they're quite they're a little noisy to be honest, but most helmets are, aren't they? But no, the bike is brilliant. I'm pleased with that. That's been really good. But >> and also it's a good job. We bought this, wasn't it? We went to Bridge Garage and bought this little givey bag.

[00:14:37]>> And it's ideal, isn't it?

[00:14:38]>> It is. Yeah, >> you can turn your handlebars.

[00:14:40]>> Yeah. Well, we got a bigger one and the larger one wouldn't have fitted.

[00:14:44]>> No.

[00:14:45]>> So, um No, I'm pleased. What's that there?

[00:14:47]>> Water.

[00:14:48]>> That's all right. Um another bike.

[00:14:51]Honestly, um I can't fault the bike. Um the brakes are brilliant. The suspension is probably best in its class. I would say it it does it irons out all the bumps.

[00:15:06]Mind you, there's not many bumps in uh Frat, let's be honest. The roads are superb.

[00:15:13]>> Yeah.

[00:15:13]>> Not like in the UK. Um but no, the bike the bike is fab, is it, Jane?

[00:15:18]>> Yeah, >> I'm pleased with it.

[00:15:20]>> Well, in the UK, you've had to pay an extra 40 quid to take out an insurance for potholes.

[00:15:26]>> Yeah. Well, not for potholes to ensure against >> potholes. Yeah.

[00:15:30]>> Damage on your bike because of potholes.

[00:15:33]>> They're having a lot of claims, aren't they?

[00:15:35]>> Yeah. It's It's falling off.

[00:15:37]>> I mean, it's nuts, isn't it? Nuts.

[00:15:41]>> All right, then. Let's uh see where we end up tonight. Well, you'll know. We don't. We got no idea where >> No clue where we're going.

[00:15:50]>> But we'll end up where we end up. We either we get to Carcasson. All right.

[00:15:55]Have the hotel for the night. But I think we need to get about an hour or two from Carcasson.

[00:16:01]Then we can ride the next day, get there, have a good look around, and either stay the night or we can then clear off and do some more.

[00:16:11]>> I want to get to I want to go Benador.

[00:16:13]>> I know you do. I don't know why.

[00:16:14]>> You want to go Benador?

[00:16:15]>> Why do you want to go benadorm for?

[00:16:17]>> Straw donkey.

[00:16:19]>> Straw donkey.

[00:16:20]>> Yeah, >> you want a straw donkey.

[00:16:22]>> Yeah, I'd love a straw donkey.

[00:16:25]>> See what I got to put up with.

[00:16:29]Anyway, let's see where we end up now.

[00:16:31]Right.

[00:16:32]>> See you later.

[00:16:34]>> Right. Sure. Undecided.

[00:16:39]Black clouds, rain, clear clouds.

[00:16:45]I don't want to put the waterproofs on.

[00:16:47]It's a pain in the butt, isn't it? So, we're just going to wait a few minutes.

[00:16:53]Wait for the clouds to go that way.

[00:16:58]Happy days.

[00:17:01]We're still here in the same spot.

[00:17:14]What are we going to do?

[00:17:16]>> We sat here for an hour, so why don't we just put our walkers on?

[00:17:21]>> No, we haven't. We've been here 2 minutes.

[00:17:43]surrounded by bad weather at the moment. We're getting away with it.

[00:17:52]Heat.

[00:18:09]Heat.

[00:18:22]Okay.

[00:18:38]Heat.

[00:19:06]Wow, we made it to >> We didn't think Do you know It was it was a a great great ride, >> but my goodness, we uh there were we went to seven hotels, five of which were closed, >> one was full.

[00:19:29]>> No, two two were full.

[00:19:30]>> Two were full.

[00:19:31]>> Yeah. And luckily, we're in Carcasson now. And uh beautiful, lovely hotel, a lovely man. Secure locks as well.

[00:19:40]>> Secured right in the Yeah, right in the middle of Carcasson.

[00:19:44]>> The gates. Electronic gates and they get locked.

[00:19:47]>> Yeah, electronic gates. We're going to get something to eat. But I got to be honest, me bums. Well, it's not so bad now.

[00:19:52]>> I think we hardened up to cuz we were too stressed about finding the hotel. It took our minds off our sore bottoms.

[00:19:58]>> I got to be honest. Uh and the satnav >> and it's cold. It's cold.

[00:20:05]>> Yeah, the satnav wasn't doing very well.

[00:20:07]>> No. Um, >> do you trust it though?

[00:20:10]>> Ah, I don't know.

[00:20:11]>> You know, it's one of these.

[00:20:13]>> My god, don't we? We went over We went over the um some beautiful >> beautiful >> beautiful mountain passes, but to be honest, we weren't really in the mood for it cuz we're trying to find a hotel.

[00:20:24]And this is a problem with with parts of France. You can go miles and miles and miles >> and and not see anything. you know, petrol stations, hotels. You can't just go and say, "Oh, next hotel, I'll pop in, >> next village on or next town on." It don't happen.

[00:20:42]>> It don't exist. But I said there was five or six >> hotels that said they're open >> on the uh you know on the ways app and you get there and it's not bold, boxed up, locked up.

[00:20:57]>> Shut up. No.

[00:20:58]>> Yeah. I just don't get it anyway. I got to get some. I'm hungry. You >> I'm hungry. Yeah. Cold as well. It's cold.

[00:21:04]>> It's cold. Yeah. We're going to down to Bay Dawn. We're halfway down uh well more than that. 2/3 of the way down or 3/4 of the way down France south. And it's as cold here as it is back in the UK.

[00:21:20]>> What's all that about?

[00:21:21]>> I bet we get some better dorm and it be way raining.

[00:21:25]>> I tell you what we did do though was we missed >> all the rain. All right. There's been some torrential rain, but we just managed to sneak through them >> cuz we stopped, didn't we? We stopped.

[00:21:36]You assessed it and you said, "We're going to we're going to wait."

[00:21:39]>> Yeah. And we got Oh, you saw that earlier and we got away with it.

[00:21:42]>> Yeah.

[00:21:43]>> Anyway, I Right. I want something to eat. I'll see you later.

[00:21:50]>> There you go. Our hotel. And there's our BMW.

[00:22:07]£105 per night. The room's very nice. Shower room is very nice. Toilet lovely in the morning. £12, sorry, £12.90 for breakfast. Happy days. And I must be honest, one of the longest rides we've done, isn't it?

[00:22:25]>> It is. Yeah. Yeah, it is.

[00:22:26]>> Right. So, we're going up. Let's go.

[00:22:27]Let's go.

[00:22:28]>> Let's go. Quick, >> quick, quick, quick.

[00:22:34]>> So, this is Carcasson. Not the touristy bit obviously, but yeah, there you are. There's our hotel over there.

[00:22:48]>> Right. So, we've got a bit of walking to do, >> which is good.

[00:22:51]>> Yeah, it is good.

[00:22:53]>> Right. Yeah, >> you too.

[00:22:58]>> Yeah, everybody's waving to us. Lovely.

[00:23:03]>> Um, but oh my god, we must have left Harry's about half 10.

[00:23:08]>> Well, cuz we're too busy talking to I mean, we woke up about 6, was it in the morning and we just >> just talking to Well, you can't help it.

[00:23:16]It's Harry, isn't it?

[00:23:17]>> We got so much in common, isn't it?

[00:23:18]>> Yeah. Yeah. We know we love Harry.

[00:23:20]>> Yeah.

[00:23:20]>> Um, yeah. That's good news though. We can have an an art exhibition up in London, Ari and I. Yeah, that'd be nice.

[00:23:27]>> Yeah.

[00:23:28]>> Um, so anyway, we're here.

[00:23:31]>> So, it's meant to be 6 hours.

[00:23:34]>> So, what's half 10 to half 7? How many hours did it take us to get here?

[00:23:39]>> One, two, three, four, five, six, half seven. 9 hours.

[00:23:42]>> Nine.

[00:23:43]>> Yeah, but that's cuz we kept >> Oh, hello. Look at this.

[00:23:46]>> Oh, look at that.

[00:23:47]>> See, you can tell we're in France.

[00:23:49]>> Yeah.

[00:23:49]>> A naked woman.

[00:23:51]Nicer, isn't it? Love art. I love art.

[00:23:55]>> Yeah.

[00:23:55]>> And there's another Look, another shop over there.

[00:23:58]>> Do you know I love France. Look at this.

[00:24:01]>> Look at that.

[00:24:03]>> Yeah.

[00:24:04]>> This is just a normal street, isn't it?

[00:24:08]>> Yeah. This I bet they're beautiful. I bet it's beautiful inside.

[00:24:13]>> Oh, yeah.

[00:24:13]>> But look look look at this. You can walk and >> and listen. It's not that It's not noisy. It's Saturday night.

[00:24:22]>> Saturday night.

[00:24:26]>> Stunning, is it? Oh my god. I thank God we're here, Jane.

[00:24:29]>> Yeah.

[00:24:30]>> I tell I fancy fancy a pizza.

[00:24:32]>> Do you want a pizza?

[00:24:33]>> I don't know. I fancy anything.

[00:24:34]>> Well, I just want a drink really.

[00:24:36]>> Yeah, a drink would be nice.

[00:24:37]>> Yeah.

[00:24:38]>> Yeah. Nice long cool.

[00:24:40]>> Yeah. So, I think >> beer. Listen, when it comes to hotels, I think I'll go in and put on me charm and say for unlane.

[00:24:53]>> Yes.

[00:24:54]>> Well, that desperate. I would have sent you in and you could have put your boobies on the counter.

[00:24:59]That's how desperate we were. Well, I can't help it, but honestly.

[00:25:03]>> Yeah.

[00:25:03]>> I mean, it was God my Isn't it strange, though, cuz halfway through the journey, I thought, I can't do this. It's about 5:00. I thought my bum's so bloody sore.

[00:25:13]>> Yeah.

[00:25:14]>> You know. Um but after that um somehow I lost What you doing?

[00:25:19]>> I'm just getting it straight cuz you're all over the place.

[00:25:21]>> Okay.

[00:25:22]>> Yeah. But in the end cuz we're getting desperate. My mind was on other things.

[00:25:26]You had me bummed in there.

[00:25:27]>> No, it didn't hurt so much. Mind didn't hurt.

[00:25:30]>> But it the BMW is awesome.

[00:25:32]>> The BMW is an amazing bike. It >> is. hitting the fuel economy.

[00:25:37]>> Well, and the tank range >> is pretty impressive.

[00:25:40]>> It was doing about 60 to the gallon. How about that?

[00:25:44]>> That's in road mode. I haven't even put it in sport mode and my god, it just goes it's ballistic. It's a It's a great bike.

[00:25:51]>> Yeah, >> it does everything really well. I think it's got the best suspension in its class. You tell me that's Oh, crash.

[00:25:59]>> Really?

[00:26:03]>> We just crash. Yeah, we did actually.

[00:26:05]Oh, right. So, >> look at that. That's stunning, isn't it?

[00:26:10]>> Yeah, we did see a crash.

[00:26:12]>> Okay. Young couple ended up on the roof.

[00:26:14]>> He blew it, didn't he?

[00:26:15]>> Yeah.

[00:26:16]>> And they're okay. We put our thumbs up.

[00:26:18]We didn't see the beginning. No, >> but we we were the first people to turn up. Oh, what's this?

[00:26:23]>> Oh, no. Sushi. That's never going to happen.

[00:26:26]>> But we were the first people to turn up.

[00:26:28]And um >> Yeah. We didn't understand their language.

[00:26:32]>> We put the thumbs up.

[00:26:33]>> Yeah. And they were fine. Just she was shocked.

[00:26:36]>> The car was a night off.

[00:26:37]>> Yeah. Oh, look at this. Look at that.

[00:26:40]>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:26:44]>> Right. Hang on. I'm going to have a look. Yeah.

[00:26:47]>> Right.

[00:26:49]This is what I love about France. Look at art galleries everywhere. Look at this. There's church there. Look.

[00:26:57]>> Yeah.

[00:27:00]Well, >> well, you broke me leg then.

[00:27:05]>> Anything coming? No.

[00:27:08]>> Anyway, 10 8 now >> up there. Look.

[00:27:12]>> Yeah. 10 >> up there. Yeah. 10 8.

[00:27:15]>> Yeah.

[00:27:17]>> Oh, what a Oh, mate. What a bloody day, wasn't it?

[00:27:20]>> Yeah.

[00:27:22]>> Anyway, let's go.

[00:27:23]>> We've got to find got to find somewhere to eat cuz I'm I'm pretty hungry now.

[00:27:27]>> I am hungry. I tell you what, I'm enjoying the walk. Been sat on the bike all day.

[00:27:30]>> Just remember, it's just straight back up, isn't it? Cuz we don't want to get >> You got to find it.

[00:27:34]>> End up sleeping on the path.

[00:27:36]>> Well, it's just down here, isn't it? So, anywhere.

[00:27:40]>> But look, look at it. Look at up there.

[00:27:42]There we go. Up there. Let's go.

[00:27:43]>> What's up here? Let's go up here.

[00:27:44]>> Oh, J. Look this way.

[00:27:46]>> Here we go.

[00:27:50]>> Right. I'll catch you guys later.

[00:27:53]>> Oh, lasagna.

[00:27:54]>> Lasagna.

[00:27:57]creme brulee.

[00:27:58]>> Is that the prices?

[00:27:59]>> Yeah.

[00:28:00]>> Well, that's not bad.

[00:28:00]>> That's not bad, is it? €15.

[00:28:03]>> That's reasonable.

[00:28:04]>> Creme brulee 7.

[00:28:05]>> That's all right, then. Job done. Right, we're going in.

[00:28:16]>> The restaurant is gorgeous. Really? The food is amazing, isn't it?

[00:28:19]>> Yeah. The onion soup. Yeah.

[00:28:22]>> Lasagna.

[00:28:23]>> Also, very good value. front to the side.

[00:28:27]>> Result.

[00:28:38]>> It's an absolutely gorgeous night.

[00:28:43]>> Right, we're going back to the hotel now.

[00:28:46]>> Yeah, meal, wasn't it? It >> was gorgeous.

[00:28:49]>> Three course meal for €22.

[00:28:51]>> Yeah. And Aphlem. Oh, I love that.

[00:28:54]>> Oh, you do, don't you? Affle beer.

[00:28:56]Lovely.

[00:28:57]>> All right, we're knackered. We're going back now.

[00:28:59]>> Yeah, >> you're having a shower. I'm I'm gonna hit the sack.

[00:29:02]>> Yeah.

[00:29:03]>> Anyway, big day tomorrow.

[00:29:05]>> God knows where we'll end up, but we'll end up somewhere. No doubt.

[00:29:10]>> Right. Good night, everyone. See you in the morning.

[00:29:12]>> Night night.

[00:29:13]>> Bye.

[00:29:16]>> Good morning.

[00:29:23]>> Breakfast time. Signal lost >> cafe.

[00:29:26]>> You are.

[00:29:27]>> I tell you what, the bed was lovely last night. Absolutely gorgeous, wasn't it?

[00:29:31]>> Worked me for the mattress. Was it >> gorgeous?

[00:29:36]>> And we had a lovely night. So anyway, we're going to have a look at the castle. Yep.

[00:29:41]Right then, we're here at the castle at Cockas.

[00:29:50]Right.

[00:29:51]Absolutely beautiful day.

[00:29:56]Yep.

[00:29:58]>> Yeah.

[00:30:06]>> Here we go.

[00:30:16]Absolutely stunning building.

[00:30:21]Anyway, we're going to get a nice cup of coffee, aren't we? Then we're heading for Spain after this. We had a good night's sleep.

[00:30:28]>> Oh, brilliant. Yeah, >> the shower was rubbish.

[00:30:31]>> Yeah, it's cold.

[00:30:32]>> So, we're so we're still dirty and horrible.

[00:30:34]>> Well, manky, >> well, you are.

[00:30:36]>> You speak for yourself. Oh, yeah. You had a cold shower. I didn't. I stink.

[00:30:41]>> Right then. Let's go in here. Look at this.

[00:30:56]What do you think?

[00:30:58]>> It's lovely house, isn't it?

[00:30:59]>> Nice house.

[00:31:00]>> Yeah.

[00:31:01]>> Should we move in?

[00:31:02]>> Yeah, >> I think we should.

[00:31:11]If I had known that known that the biking good to walk on the bike all day.

[00:31:32]>> I know. But look at this.

[00:31:34]>> Wow.

[00:31:37]>> What a building this is. Wow.

[00:31:41]Look at that.

[00:31:44]>> Look at that.

[00:31:47]>> Wow.

[00:32:00]Absolutely stunning, isn't it? Look at this.

[00:32:04]>> No way.

[00:32:07]>> That is just stunning, isn't it?

[00:32:09]>> Yeah.

[00:32:12]>> And it's old.

[00:32:16]No, but I mean it's all the buildings inside are old.

[00:32:19]>> Yeah.

[00:32:21]>> Stunning.

[00:32:24]Look at that. It's like a suit of armor.

[00:32:27]a sword.

[00:32:28]>> Yeah, >> it's only 150 cal.

[00:32:32]>> Yeah, >> chop a few heads off with that, didn't you?

[00:32:35]>> Should we um buy that and stick it on the back of the bike?

[00:32:38]>> No, I want a straw donkey.

[00:32:45]>> Wow, what a place.

[00:33:01]What about a gun?

[00:33:03]>> I don't think so.

[00:33:04]>> No, >> we don't need a gun.

[00:33:08]Right. What we need is a cafe. Do you want to go up there?

[00:33:14]I need a coffee.

[00:33:16]Oh, there you go. Wow.

[00:33:20]>> Yeah.

[00:33:22]I got to say it. What a stunning place.

[00:33:25]>> Yeah.

[00:33:27]>> Um almost tempted to stay another night >> locally and explore here, but Oh, Janie, she wants to get a straw donkey in Barcelona. Benny Dome.

[00:33:40]>> Benny Dorm.

[00:33:41]>> What is it in Barcelona?

[00:33:43]>> I don't know.

[00:33:46]>> Right. Happy Dave.

[00:33:49]>> Lovely little square. Should we go over in the shade?

[00:34:02]Sit over here.

[00:34:08]I just got a nice long lemonade.

[00:34:12]>> Lemonade.

[00:34:12]>> Yeah. What a comfort.

[00:34:17]>> Nice coffee for me. How beautiful.

[00:34:22]>> Right. So, we got a coffee.

[00:34:24]>> It's quite expensive.

[00:34:25]>> And I've got a busy water.

[00:34:27]>> Yeah. How much?

[00:34:28]>> €10.

[00:34:30]Well, it's it's expected, isn't it?

[00:34:32]Places like this. Look at that.

[00:34:37]>> Stunning.

[00:34:38]>> Paying for the maintenance of the castle.

[00:34:42]>> I got We're not just paying for the coffee. You're paying for where it is, aren't you? And it's >> Yeah. It's It is absolutely beautiful.

[00:34:50]>> Yeah.

[00:34:51]>> We should spend a whole day here really.

[00:34:53]But we're not, are we?

[00:34:54]>> Well, no. We'd be bankrupt, wouldn't we?

[00:34:56]If we spent a whole day here.

[00:34:58]>> Bankrupt.

[00:35:00]That's a That's a good point. And we're heading for Tara Gona. I know.

[00:35:07]We're going to go to Taragona. Um no idea what it looks like. We're heading there. It's 447 km.

[00:35:15]Today is beautiful, >> isn't it? 22° at the moment. Yesterday it was down to 11. Yeah, it's a bit chilly to be honest. Totally different day today. Lovely.

[00:35:29]So, we're going to go there after we had a walk around here.

[00:35:38]>> Cafes everywhere.

[00:35:41]And it's absolutely stunning, isn't it?

[00:35:43]>> It's just Yeah, it's restaurants, isn't it?

[00:35:45]>> Restaurants, cafes.

[00:35:56]>> Oh, bow and arrow. Do you want a bow and arrow, Jane?

[00:35:58]>> Cool. You have to do some damage with that.

[00:36:32]It's nice.

[00:37:10]Yeah.

[00:37:12]Absolutely beautiful.

[00:37:18]>> Well, I would say it's worth coming down here for the weekend, getting a local hotel and uh spending a lot of time here cuz it's stunning.

[00:37:44]Um, tourists everywhere obviously. Um, but I bet you right it is a Sunday so you're going to get a lot of tourists but you know it's a huge place.

[00:37:57]It's going to absorb all the tourist and cater for all the tourist for all the hotels. Well, not hotels but the restaurants, cafes, etc. Those crazy bunches.

[00:38:36]Right.

[00:38:37]>> What's lovely about it? You can park easily. And that's what it's like in France. If you're on a motorbike, guess what? You can park. No restrictions really. As long as you park, you know, park sensibly and not park like a dick, then you're fine. And look, motorcycle parking.

[00:39:01]No cars in here.

[00:39:08]Right. Turagona, here we come.