For our post-VINCE trail riding this year we were joined by Dougie’s daughter Millie, so we called the first part of our adventure the “Millie Mondo” – until she had to head off to Barcelona to fly back to the UK. The second part was just Doug and myself on our Honda CRFs which we …
Category archives: La Vie
VINCE 2022 #2
The previous post described this event and the preparation work :https://v2xs.com/vince-2022/ As I had recently purchased my own van we went down to Spain in a two van convoy this year, rather than trying to squeeze everything into Dougie’s van. Austin had booked an entire hotel complex (The Liguerre Resort) for this year’s event as …
VINCE 2022
Regular readers will be familar with the VINCE by now – an event I have participated in for the last three years. It is run by Austin VINCE and takes place in the Spanish Pyrenees and is a bit like an off road treasure hunt on motorbikes. Austin and his team place a number of …
Mondo Film School
In June this year I attended a film school for trail riders run by Austin VINCE and based in the Spanish Pyrenees. I knew Austin quite well from the various events we have attended in Spain and knew he was a qualified maths teacher, but better known for being one of the first people to …
Alvor 2022 #2
It is now Thursday 24 February and only two more days to go before I start my trek back to the Quercy. This is the first day of rain since I’ve been here, which has given me a chance to catch up on the Blog. I can’t complain as I’ve been here seven weeks and …