Our detour to Biarritz brings steep hills, stunning views, and an epic vegan lunch — but the real story? Stomach troubles that made life difficult!

😂 Long miles, beautiful coastlines, and another hunt for Vegan Icecream.
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Hi everybody. So it is riding day six of our Pyrenees tour. The Pyrenees tour with my girls Jade and Georgie. Now today we start in Oleron S Marie. Oleron S Marie. I think that’s how you say it. That’s where we are right now. So we are going to head today to Beirit which is on the coast where I’ve been before for wheels and waves. And then once we’ve had a lovely morning hopefully in Beirit, we’re going to take a coastal road which looks really really twisty on the maps and head towards Santander which is where our next hotel is just a little bit south of Santandere. So yeah, that’s what we’re hopefully going to do today and just bask in the twisties and bask in the Basque town of Beirit. Wait, see what I did there? All right, keep watching and we’ll take you along for the ride. [Music] To me, to you, to me, to you. Right now, go down this way. To me, to you, to me, to you. You are now. Now Jade’s turn. I’m hot now. Stress a little. Well, you know, I’ll probably just go straight back. So, you can go in here and then or not. Or not. Don’t worry. Just committed now. Why you don’t pat too much? Perfectoio. Don’t you let go, girl. It’s not a magic trick. See, no hands. Not going to hit the car, am I? No. Get squished first. Georgie is the buffer. [Music] Perfect, guys. Look at that. I didn’t watch you. Okay, Messi. I’m going to high five for filming. He’s riding nothing. You girls ready? Ready? Ready? Ready? Oh, no. I’ve got to change my mirror because I uh She went down, didn’t she? She had a bit of an aggressive lie down. Oh, no. I’m sorry, Suzuki. Beets, here we come. So guys and girls, last night was actually pretty traumatic. When the Airbnb guy or not Airbnb, but when the guy who owns the apartment was like, “Is everything okay?” We’re like, “Perfeio.” When really at night it was like Satan’s furnace. It was like the devil’s furnace. It was just so freaking hot that we all ended up piling into the double bed with the air con turned pointing at us. But then we were all too cold. But then we didn’t want to wake anyone up. So we just dealt with the coldness. So we went from extreme heats that night and it was pretty brutal. But it was a nice place to chill in the evening, do card games, relax vibe. So yeah, it it was really good. We had a nice little walk into town and we got some disgusting hippie kombucha iced tea that didn’t even taste like tea or it had like it tasted like cinnamon or something. It was weird. Yeah, it wasn’t the best, that’s for sure. But yeah, now we’re on the way to Beeritz because I was that enamored by the town when I went with Honda and I thought we’re like a bit of a 2hour detour, which actually that does seem like quite a lot when you look back. Um, but hopefully it’ll be worth it. I just hope the weather brightens up because what is this overcastness? I can get this in the UK and this bloody temperature. Anyway, let’s hope for some sunshine and weather improvements. Oh yes. [Music] Did he hit the pier? What is wrong with people? [Music] Wow. It is literally every man, woman, dog, cat for themselves. [Music] It’s quite a difficult jumping girl. Oh yeah, there’s a lot of that in the race. There’s a lot of them on motorcycles as well. Oh no, not the bendy bus. Let’s get out of this way. Right. I guess let’s find some nice color. [Music] [Music] Okay, so I’m a little bit sweaty and worse for wear, but we have arrived at Barley Bowls here so we can get some vegan food for Jade. is fully vegan, so me and Georgie will be partaking, but Google Maps had us running around Beirit. So, we are sweaty messes and we desperately need some food in our guts right now. So, that is exactly what we’re going to do. [Music] I’m scared, but I’m tired. Why? Spicy. You’re scared of sausage. But it’s not real sausage. It’s not me. No, I know. [Music] Oh, you’re not in the video. So, Jade, I’m not I’m not ready for this. No, me neither. My knee can’t take it. Come on, guys. Georgie. Oh my gosh. Where did you get Georgie’s angry today? She’s not angry. She’s just angry. She’s just angry. She’s just too hot and bothered. She just wants to swim. She just wants to swim. We got swimming pools and we’re never allowed to use them because we’re always too late to the hotels. Today’s no exception. No. Oh gosh. I’ve not got Oh no. I’ve not got the glutes for this girl. Will just take her out. Big booty hoe. Georgie just don’t call her a big booty hoe. She’s angry with me anyway. Might as well call her name. Angry face. She’s never angry. She’s just disappointed. Lizard. Where? Oh yeah. Why? He’s gone in a crevice. Oh no. Not enough crevices on this trip. Jesus Christ. Yeah. Looking like a dog right now. Panting away. I’m too full for this. She’s not hungry anymore. She’s just full. She’s angry full. Oh my god. Hangry. We ain’t got the steps in us. Come on. We can see the end. The end is near. I’ve got a thigh burn. Anyone else? I got a knee burn. I’ve got everything burn. We’re so unfit. Come on. This is not I wanted to gym today. This couldn’t do. Why didn’t we just park here? I don’t know. A lot of hills and it’s no joke. [Music] Just follow me, girls. You’ll be all right. We’re heading that way to We’re heading to those mountains. [Music] Well, guys, I believe we’ve just crossed the border into Spain from France, but we’re in Spain now. So, we’re heading to Spain for ice cream. It’s just how we roll. Oh, it’s a Oh, it’s quite a fast one. Oh, excuse you. You girls are working them ponies. You are having them giddy up. Oh, this is a bit squiggly wiggly. We’re only 10 minutes 12 minutes away. Oh, so we get there at 5T. Imagine if they close at 5. Why do you have to come this way? Disrupt my flow. Just wow. Look at this. Wowee. Wow. Don’t Don’t do it. There’s a better life out there for you. Wow. Oh, that’s a smoky boy in front. All righty. Man’s rapping. Oh, we’ve actually got a hair pin up here, G. I’m not even kidding. [Music] It’s up there. [Music] [Music] Look where you want to go. [Music] Perfect. You got this. Nice one, G. First hair pin of the day. Smashed off. Tick. Take ready for ice cream. You’ve you’ve earned the ice cream now. Oh, M. That red one in front. My first car in that red as well. And a sticker bomb the back of it. And it was all motorbike stickers. It’s funny. Yeah. Chevrolet Matis. Little shoe box. Oh my gosh. I even remember the patterns on the headrests. Good lord. I used to call it mammotharata. What? What does it say it is tempwise 24? Yeah, mammotharata. But shall we just find a space in here? Shall we just find a space in here? But how how are we supposed to back in? Right. I’ll back in here. All right. Yeah. Well, we we’ve got we’ve got to block it, haven’t we, to do it. Else how else can we go in? Just reverse. Drop a pull. Get ready. Turn. Full bars. Full lock. Full lock. There you go. Just There you go. Stop. You good, G? Yeah. I’m trying to I might spin it around for you and then ride it off. Could you push me back a little bit though, G? Like push me from the front. But I can’t Oh, I can’t start because the stand’s on. Just Yeah, just a little bit. Just a little bit. That’s fine. That’s fine. Yeah. Just bear with me. So, don’t but just sit in that spot so no one can take it. Yeah. Well, not sit in it. I just sort of make your life easier. You You’re welcome. It’s what it’s what friends are for. [Music] Oh, this is the coast road. Wow, people are jumping off. Oh my gosh, they’re just jumping off the board. Oh, the girl nearly went for it, but she was too scared. I don’t blame her. Wow, this is beautiful. Nice. Nice. Nice. Wow. It’s nice that they’ve they set a realistic speed limit for this at like 70. Like that’s quite a nice a nice pace. [Music] Oh, lovely. This is This is so nice. Just feeling the breeze. The ocean breeze. Oh. Oh, look at that. Wow. [Music] Wow, we’re just missing a train coming now. That would be so picturesque. We need a choo choo. Yeah, I love me a bit of cheeky bonus coast. Oh, it’s chilly already, isn’t it? Oh, it’s gone a bit cold. Cheeky little hair pin. Love that. Wow. Oh my days. Beautiful. Oh, get in. How insane is this? Georgie, how you finding it? Cuz you look like a gangster. And so does Jade. So all go did you little peg scraping queen. That was amazing. That was absolutely amazing. [Music] Under the stars of the ocean. No. Oh yes, girls. We made it. We freaking made it. I didn’t think we were going to time. I didn’t think we were going to do 10 p.m. Oh my gosh. What is this? Oh, it’s been a long Oh, we got crayons. Amazing crayons. Can’t wait. They think we’re children. I was worried then. I was worried for a second that we didn’t have cream. All my sponges. It’s a little comb. A comb. Cute. What this is? It’s like a What’s that? Knives and forks. Oh, it’s a toothbrush. Too face. Excellent for hygiene. Knives and forks. Wonderful. Love that for us. So, let’s get this bed with this. We got triple bed. Perfect. Triple bed. Jade, what’s happened? No, there’s even a dead animal next door. What’s that? Um, I opened I opened my PA and it was a rainfall of my glutenfree pasta. It went in all the crevices so I couldn’t close it. So, I had to scoop the bits out. I’ve not been sick. I promise. I’m fuming. It cost€5. Bloody hell. I had a little accident. Nightmare. And then there’s a little dead animal. And the cat came along and was looking for it. He’s a little dead animal. Yeah. And the cat killed it. And the cat came along. Katy cat. No. That little backdrop. Gather around. Gather around. Children, gather around. I think we all look a bit worse. For wear. So, we have done a long schley schle today, haven’t we? Yes. How long, Jade? Hold on. I can turn. Hold on. Hold up. You’re going to have to pause this out. Hold up. Now my hands are wet, so it’s not working. Hold up. 240. Let’s just say 240 miles. 240 miles. But how long in hours? We set up at half 10 this morning and it is now half 10. 12 hours. 12 hours. 223 miles. Amazing. According to Beine, we had a nightmare in Beirit trying to park that added like 20 minutes. So, we had a nightmare trying to find food on Google Maps walking that probably added about 20 minutes. Then we needed to translate the menu. Then we ordered the food. You know when the time just goes and then we had well I won’t drop you in it Georgia, but we had some guttal issues myself included. So, it’s been quite stressful trying to navigate that situation. Lovely. Um, so yeah, here we are. We made it. We’re just glad to be here. We’re just so glad to be here and alive. And we’re going to get some chips now and eat something and then go to bed. So, yeah. I hope you’ve enjoyed this day and definitely keep watching for tomorrow. Bye.

36 Comments

  1. that first part reminded me of when me and my uncle stayed in Wick on the NC500…. the "carpark" was an allyway just a bit widers than my BMW leading into a tiny carport, the morning came and there was 6 of us wiggling all sorts of bike out onto the path and road, what a nightmare it was

  2. I really enjoy your ride vids- you're such a good leader. Supportive, helpful, not bossy but it's clear you have the most skills. Clever way to reverse the one bike by using the sidewalk instead of pulling into traffic. Your adventures are truly inspiring me to get back into riding after many years. Thank you!

  3. Another great film of your adventures motorcycle touring with great people creates memories you'll treasure forever. Even when you're all cool old ladies x

  4. Is there a chance you could post the route you rode, looks great! Would have been fab to include, perhaps in the intro, the plan for the day including a wee map snippet to get our bearings 😊

  5. The basque region has some of the best restaurants in the world, the roads are superb , this is my home turf so I ride and drive these roads all year round. Just one word of warning, the police are very hot on speeding and the fines can be eye watering, so take it easy.

  6. AHA! So that is what Jade was alluding to, with what happen during the previous night's sleep. Bit of a weird, tense, and frustrating 24 hours huh? Hopefully the ocean views around 16:30 softened the days sharp edges. Hopefully you all sleep better at the end of this day.

  7. Never understand giving up food in the culinary capital of Europe to favour one person when there are usually options for people with dietary issues at most places. However Biarritz is gorgeous and a surfers hot spot, not sure you're in the right country for it to be in the basque area. Great video 👍🏻

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