Lloret de Mar Stuff

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Lloret de Mar - Hardy Butts

One thing I've noticed about Lloret de Mar during the past 3 - 4 years is that it seems to be getting a very popular place for motorcycle gatherings. Back in April we saw several custom built bikes parked on Lloret's seafront, as seen in the photos here.

Coming to town shortly - 11th to 13th June is the very popular Hardy Butts event. This will be the 3rd edition of the Harley Davidson bikes meeting in town, and organisers are predicting the biggest and best one yet!
There will be some changes to the event this year, one in particular is the venue change. Instead of the seafront they will be based around the casino area, with part of the weekends events taking part in the casino. There will be a 2 day poker tournament as well as motorcycle manufacturers from Europe and the USA being invited to display some of their bikes and products in the 1,700 sq metre exhibition centre. Many other activities will also be organised for all those attending, one of which will see the winner of the custom bike contest having the chance to take part in the Grand final over in the States.

Last year the Hardy Butts event brought nearly 20, 000 people to Lloret and about 7,000 bikes, so lets hope the local traders feel some of the benefit of all these extra potential customers which they so badly need !

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Saturday, May 28, 2011

Lloret de Mar - Rabbies v Chimaira FC

Rabbies Team

The Chimaira football club from London are in Lloret for a few days and while here have had a game with a team of lads which Hammy from Rabbies Bar got together...from where ever he could!

Chimaira FC

The match was held at the Lloret FC ground, for which they were charged €140 for 1hr so the teams played 30 minutes each way. It was a great game with lots of action and goals, most of which were scored by Chimaira...but all good fun! The score at the end of the first half was 4 - 2 to Chimaira and finished at 10 -3.

They even had supporters...about 20 or so locals were there, but lots more were watching from the hotel balconies around the ground!

A great day and night in Rabbies!

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Lloret de Mar Weather

The weather is really starting to get much hotter these days!

We heard today from someone who had just drove through Vidreres just a few kilometers in land that the temperature there was 34ºC. In Lloret it would have been more like 28-30º....still very hot for this time of year!

Theses 2 photos were taken from the cliff tops in Fenals looking out to the crystal clear Med and down onto one of the rocky coves.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Beach Bars

The beach bars in Lloret now seem to be doing a roaring trade, it looks as though the great weather we have been experiencing just lately has brought quite a lot of people into town for a short pre-season relaxing break or a spot of sight seeing!