{"id":2300,"date":"2021-04-17T08:39:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T08:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/?p=2300"},"modified":"2021-04-17T08:39:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T08:39:31","slug":"a-ride-to-the-museo-de-moto-at-la-bassella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/04\/17\/a-ride-to-the-museo-de-moto-at-la-bassella\/","title":{"rendered":"A ride to the Museo de Moto at La Bassella"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good Friday seemed like the perfect day to kick off the road riding season so we arranged a ride with some locals to La Bassella. This excellent motorcycle museum is a couple of hours or so north of us, heading towards the Pyrenees. We met up at 7.30 when it was still pretty fresh, and, in fact, only just light!  Once everyone had pitched up we set off towards Flix and stopped for a Catalan breakfast after about an hour. Throwing myself in at the deep end, I went for octopus, a bit of a diversion from the normal British fry up. Delicious though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210402_082329-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210402_082329-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210402_082329-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210402_082329-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210402_082329.jpg 1417w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once refreshed we headed north, skirting Lleida, and met up with our pal Mark, who had gone ahead to get his Covid jab. It was getting nicely warm now and the Spanish sun combined with the excellent, traffic-free roads, made for a lovely ride. It was even more appreciated after a long winter of restrictions. There was an interesting mix of motorbikes, Harleys to my own Suzuki DR350 trail bike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210402_121835-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210402_121835-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210402_121835-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210402_121835-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210402_121835-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/20210402_121835-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We arrived at La Bassella around noon. As you hit the approach roads to the Pyrenees, the scenery starts to become more and more spectacular. We spent an hour and a half wandering around the museum, which has a large selection of machinery from the last century or so of motorcycling. It also has a large cafe and so is a good place to pick up some refreshments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/museum1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/museum1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/museum1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/museum1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/museum1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/museum1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From here the group took a different route back towards M\u00f3ra d&#8217;Ebre, taking in some more spectacular scenery and roads. There are plenty of places to stop and take some photos as well as have a coffee. The advantage of having clear roads is that there is not so much pressure to overtake and &#8216;keep up&#8221; with the group. With the absence of hedges etc, you can see for a long way so the riders in front can simply slow down a bit to allow for everyone to regroup. Alternatively, if a couple of riders fancy a &#8216;blat&#8217; then they can take off and the rest will catch up sooner or later. It worked well and we are planning some more road trips to other interesting venues in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bikers-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bikers-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bikers-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bikers-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bikers.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>The Likely Lads<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are staying with us and fancy some day trips out, we can sort something out that will suit all tastes. We can arrange road bike hire as well at good rates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/museo2-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/museo2-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/museo2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/museo2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/museo2-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/museo2.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>More information about the museum is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.museumoto.com\/es\/museus\/8\/museo-moto-bassella\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.museumoto.com\/es\/museus\/8\/museo-moto-bassella\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Friday seemed like the perfect day to kick off the road riding season so we arranged a ride with some locals to La Bassella. This excellent motorcycle museum is a couple of hours or so north of us, heading towards the Pyrenees. We met up at 7.30 when it was still pretty fresh, and, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2300"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2320,"href":"https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300\/revisions\/2320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalanadventure.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}