5. Int. XT500 Meeting in Spain 2018

CAMPING ISABENA
Ctra. Graus a Viella, km 27, 22482 La Puebla de Roda, Huesca, España

Day1 - 01.08.2018 - We
For offroad navigation Didier sent us some tracks of the area and we bought the book MDMOT RODA ISABENA.
On day 1 we drove route 06 and 07 from the book, what is similar in the first part to Didiers tracks "endless".


Route 06	Team Day1 - four nations	Route 07 - Firewatchout

Luc and Edwin	Café	Severins shift lever went loose
110 km

Day2 - 02.08.2018 - Thur
On day 2 we started on Didiers track "endless" in western direction and turned left on Route 17 from the book.
We hit Didiers track "dry/no dry" and reached the planned picnic point.
North of graus we took the road to Morillo de Lie and turned right on Route 05 or Didiers track "no risk".


Peer just deformed his XT	Clemens (D)	Castle at the planned picnic place

Route 05 in the west	taking a rest on the rough track	Edwin (NL)
92 km

Day3 - 03.08.2018 - Fri
The first day with my son Robin on his XT125. We started with the easy track to Cajigar and down to Sapeira.
We took a rest in a café and drove Route 37 from the book. Very nice views and a path to a top of a mountain.
Going down into the next valley was like arriving in the Toscana (Italy).
Again we stopped in a café in Tremp and took the road north to drive half of Route 09.


Team day3 - again four nations	Robin is doing well	very nice views

short rest to take pictures	on the top	Chantal
142 km		19:37h - Aljoscha

Day4 - 04.08.2018 - Sat
Due to the heat during the day, Stac decided not to take the planned picnic spot and found anotherone
at a hight of 1.300m and with some shady trees: Alto de Bonansa
And due to Aljoschas accident on Friday evening we did not take a long ride with all the XTs,
but we drove slowly and quietly directly to that new picnic spot.
Stac ordered picnic at the camping and so we all rested 2 to 3 hours there. We were about 106 XT500.
Afterwards everybody did as they liked. We went in a small team for a little tour: Didiers track "so pretty" (Book 10).


Alto de Bonansa	XT500 picnic	XT500 picnic

short rest to cool down Robins break	Edwins XT	2.000m
126 km

Day5 - 05.08.2018 - Sun
That day we combined two routes of the book: 08 and 19.
It was a long ride, but worth it.

Day6 - 06.08.2018 - Mon
That day we started with Route 36 right next to the camping - man that was rough. On the top we met a ranger.
He told us not to leave the track and not to driver faster than 30kmh. Very funny!
On those rocks we were driving maybe 10kmh.
We hit Route 05 and took the main road to Graus. North of Graus we turned left and climbed the mountain range.
Its Route 12 or part of Didiers "buddha track".


we just met the police of the forest	Coke in Roda de Isabena	Roda de Isabena

ruin in the wilderness	the boss	like in fairy tales

taking a rest on top of the hill

Team Day 06	Café in Graus	Coca Cola for all
140 km

Day7 - 07.08.2018 - Tue
Well, on the 7th day we broke the rules: do not drive in groups larger than five ...
We took Didiers track "around the lake" and we had lots of fun!
My boys took a swim in the lake next to that bridge.


first rest day7	Team day 7	track "arround the lake"

well, it worked for us	what a dam	wow

Café	again nice views	last rest day7
186 km

Day8 - 08.08.2018 - Wed
It was planned as a family day, but Robin was hiking with some spanish friends.
So Sandra, Lasse and me did a nice tour in our own. Sorry - no pics that day!


home base	track day8	Sandras XT

Thank you very much Stac, your family and your friends for organisation.
Thank you very much Didier, for the nice tracks on GPS.
Thank you very much Anna, for taking us on your camping.


Johny (B)	nice gorge	beautiful views

we met Mac and his team	what a nice dirt track	Eddy had some electrical problems
266 km