WORDS & PHOTOS:
Jock McLauchlan
FAST
PYRENEES
TOUR
arcelona is a cool city which fully
embraces the motorcycle. Scooters of
all shapes and sizes are the weapons
of choice for navigating the hustle
and bustle of the city streets. All the pilots
seem to think they’re MotoGP stars like
Marquez or Pedrosa. So, I was not at all
surprised to be passed and brake checked
while approaching traffic lights. However,
I was mildly surprised by who... not one,
but two girls on scooters, one on each
side whistled past and braked hard – the
woman on my left was actually backing it
in a little!
Jock McLauchlan went
to northern Spain for a
swift bit of bike touring.
Now, what really got my attention was
their almost total lack of clothing, they
were wearing next to nothing! And not
just in the motorcycling sense... this was
not the sort of thing I was used to seeing
in a lifetime of looking in downtown
Eketahuna, my old stomping ground. The
young lass on my right only had a boob
tube on, thong and jandals, while the
other, a bikini top, jean shorts and sunnies
– welcome to Barcelona. The fact that from
where I was looking, they both could have
been supermodels only added to my joie
de vivre and the fantastic absurdity of it all