Bikers' Bookshelf

Martin and his good friend Dave are both retired and decide that life needs a little more spice now they don’t have work to keep them occupied. They have lifelong endearing names for each other – Lard Arse and Fat Man. Whilst on a fishing trip in Spain, they hatch a plan to travel around the Iberian Peninsula on motorbikes. No problem for Dave as a proficient biker of many years, but Martin is a complete beginner to riding motorcycles. He doesn’t even have a motorcycle licence.Follow Martin through the trials of taking his bike test, juggling a busy life and planning the journey with Dave while they live in different countries.

Nothing can be taken for granted when these two plan anything. When everything is in place their journey through Spain and Portugal begins, starting in Marbella, then riding west along the Spanish coast and up through Portugal, through the northern coast of Spain and over the Pyrenees, finishing with the east cost of Spain and heading back into Marbella. Expect to laugh in places at their simple boyish behavior, as they act like two teenage, middle-aged men with a mental age of young men going through puberty. They experience many comical events, as well as close calls for Martin the novice on his first-ever ride out.This book is a light-hearted but true travel journal of two good friends enjoying their journey on the road in the sun.