Mid Ride
I’d seen the MSL tours brochure which included the Spanish Picos Classic tour. It’s a self-guided tour, which suits us, and the hotel is in Suances right on the coast, only 30km from Santander ferry port. We had stayed in Las Arenas is 2017 and this time the cost with MSL was almost half what we had paid by organising it ourselves, and included breakfast and a buffet evening meal with wine.
I’ve been riding for 38 years and my current bike, a manual Honda NC750X, is my 20th. I’ve toured Britain and Europe on bikes ranging from a Yamaha 80 with panniers made from Tesco carrier bags to a BMW F800ST with throw-over luggage. Wellsy’s bike of choice was a KTM 1290 Super Duke GT, Martin’s a BMW 1250GS. I was outgunned in the horsepower stakes by about 80, as my NC makes 54bhp. But the low-down torque, 200-mile tank range and the incredible