Happy Towel day!

One of my favourite routes from Madrid is to Avila and since this was the last opportunity for us to ride together for some time I thought this would be an appropriate way to celebrate towel day.

Looking for hitch hikers outside NASA Space centre near Colmenar del Arroyo
Looking for hitch hikers outside NASA Space centre near Colmenar del Arroyo
Avila, the mural, the towel and Christopher
Avila, the mural, the towel and Christopher

La vuelta al cole – back to school

Once again I have participated in an organised ride by the organisation Por Madrid en Moto. This time the theme was “back to school” and the ride took us round the outskirts of Madrid on vindy scenic roads to a traffic school where we could try and take the driving test for the category A2.

The slow circuit
The slow circuit

As always when I read Spanish I missunderstand things and I was disapointed that I couldn’t use my own bike. I thought this would be a perfect oportunity to practise manouvering in slow speed and other tricky stuff. But the circuits were done on the various small bikes that the traffic school had, therefore I gave it a miss. Never the less it was interesting watching. One girl who if I understood it correctly, didn’t have a licence actually aquired one passing the test.

Happy reciver of a driver certificate
Happy reciver of a driver certificate

For mor information about Asociatión Muévete por Madrid en Motos (MMM) and this ride.