Ultimate Track Holiday

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Ultimate Track Holiday

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June 2026

3 nights in posh hotel

Then 4 nights in posher hotel hosting 3 days at Portimoa

Then drive up coast for 2 day enduro adventure with 3 nights 5* hotel

Then back to Portimao for another 3 days on track. Again 4 nights in 5* hotel

17 days away and cost is a little frightening ;)

But only same as a month take home pay when I was coining it in ;)

Woo hoo !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Ultimate Track Holiday

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Very envious - well maybe not the enduro but that's only because I never have!!
Life is for living. Buy the shoes. Eat the cake. Ride the bikes. Just, ride the bikes!! :bblonde:
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Re: Ultimate Track Holiday

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10K for that seems a little salty ....
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Bit painful on the wallet this week. Paid remainder of the track fees and booked the ferries.

Getting excited now :D
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Re: Ultimate Track Holiday

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Trailer safe in underground car park
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Yorick wrote: Mon Jun 08, 2026 3:21 pm Trailer safe in underground car park

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Was this guy in the fast group with you? :thumbup:

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Horse wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2026 4:23 pm
Yorick wrote: Mon Jun 08, 2026 3:21 pm Trailer safe in underground car park

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Was this guy in the fast group with you? :thumbup:

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Oooh.

Not riding till Friday
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Had 3 lovely days at my fave hotel on sea front

Now got 4 nights at 5 star resort included in trackday package

https://www.monchiqueresort.com/m/en/resort

Dropping bike off at circuit at 5:00
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Done the sighting laps

Had 3 chilled days at hotel feeling lazy. Hard to imagine going silly on track.

But now buzzing :D

Had quick chat with Danny Buchan who showed me 3 very late apexes. Watch that lap record now :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Only took one session to get back into the swing of things.
Knee down everywhere but still mistakes. This circuit is a killer :D

Guy next to me in pits still going at 74. From Barnsley so obviously a Yorkshire thing 8-)
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176 MPH today. That's fastest I've ever seen on track.
Don't know if I'm getting faster or dafter :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Forgot your clocks are in KPH, eh? 😂
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v8-powered wrote: Fri Jun 12, 2026 6:44 pm Forgot your clocks are in KPH, eh? 😂
Aha, these new-fangled digital displays can show both kph & mph :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Front tyre is taking a pasting :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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You're a Yorkshireman, it's fine, there's a good 5mm you've not even used!
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KungFooBob wrote: Sat Jun 13, 2026 10:12 pm You're a Yorkshireman, it's fine, there's a good 5mm you've not even used!
Knee down, peg down, toes down.

The bugger won't go over any further :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Wowsers. What a great 3 days. First 2 roasting but didn't hamper the riding.
Today cloudy and track not as hot.

Felt as though I was riding ok and had a few tussles along the way ;) :obscene-birdiedoublered:

Never chase lap times but at end I asked for best lap and was same as last 3 times.
So not slowing down yet :D

Can have a few beers tonight and a nice lie in tmrw.

Steady 2 hour drive north tmrw to the enduro base.

Woo hoo !!!!
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Need to gan it over further.
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