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29 th International Winter Biker concentration. January 7 to 10.
From small motorcycle had read in the terse comment on the concentration of penguins, in any area near Valladolid, and with hordes of motorcyclists come from all parts of the peninsula and Europe, camping, living and enjoying a weekend planned and prepared for all motorcycle lovers.
In 2008, almost reaching the 30,000 believing it could be passed in 2009, but could not be because of the difficulties a little whipped snowstorm before the concentration and forced many to stay in their places of origin, which was repeated this year and that was the cause of it not being so many people, but ultimately the number of entries reached the 22,000 brave bikers who came to Puente Duero (Valladolid) to concentrate heat the fires and enjoy the various events hosted.
With everything prepared and having arrived the day before from Oviedo to the Bañeza, we left on 8 to Puente Duero with a sunny morning and the mystery of the direction in which we prepared the adventure and more on a 125cc motorcycle. But it did not start well, with -7 ° last night the bike will not start, so to ask about and help of others, pushing it to start and we did we headed to Penguin where he stayed with the rest of the group of by derbies. On the way everything is normal, cold, fluid traffic, crosswind and small groups of bikers path of concentration, until it came to Valladolid began a snowstorm that covered the road, making it difficult to keep the bike in place but luck and through the center of the city's storm was noticing less until I get Wet, end of one of the tours and the meeting point with the group, where snow falls hard and never stop until several hours later.
Thanks to fellow forum, rhetoric, and his wife could sleep in the warmth of your home compared to the -10 º to the real penguins were camped in the pine forest beside enabled them the fires, but at the end of the day outdoors.
Saturday 9 had prepared a parade of flags trip to Valladolid, a good day and a dunk in the signaling organization of the march, we found that all the people both of Valladolid as all the towns through which we were happy to progress bikes and raced to the roadside clapping and waving to the heart of Valladolid.
Visit the old city center and fast food in a typical local (Kebap, lol), then to rest at the home of our friends and return again to the concentration just in time to watch the parade of torches.
This year has seen a bit off, and never better, because it forced those who wanted to carry the torch go two on each bike to properly hold a gun and not repeat the setbacks he suffered last year with the most serious event of a bike burned.
That night when we took the bikes at 2:00 am with a layer were difficult to remove ice and the temperature was -8 ° g, so we become their own merits real penguins, not to say that terra derby started the first trials.
Within the compound there were some tents that sold the bike-related products, from clothes to reparapinchazos automatic and where we could chat with a partner who will circumnavigate the world on a single bike and almost no time, more information for a dream trip
On Sunday, after hearing the weather forecast, decided to leave early to take advantage of the low sun to come out, so about 11: 00 route back to La Bañeza. If the trip had been cold in the back began to argue that I could not do without freeze any member, since all the way the temperature was -3 º g, even there were times I thought of a possible problem with the rough, because moving the bike a lot and realizing later that he was trembling. Al final no greater problem than cold, but with feeling of being accompanied at all times by all riders returning to the north, arrived at my destination, thanking for having arrived safely and ask why not say if I return next year.
The experience has been satisfactory but certainly would have been larger had it not been so bad with time and as a counterpoint, the intense cold throughout the weekend now I have a flu difficult to remove. Official Web
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Some photos taken in one of those moments when you take off the gloves to see if your fingers are still attached to the hand
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