An Afternoon in Los Gigantes | Tenerife Diaries

[@daddybuddy]

Freddy, you should have hired me as to be your personal exotic collector car consultant because of course I know all of those cars. That car you considered as to be an Excalibur is a kitcar that mimics the look of an Mercedes SSK, has a glass body and sits on,.... a beetle chassis. Sorry, if that disappoints now. Those impressive header tubes also are just a fake. The watercooled 1300 Kawasaki motorbike from the early 80s deserves to have mentioned that its the only 6zylinder they ever build and was intended to be a competitor to the famous Honda CBX 1000. The yellow car in the background is a 1928/29 Ford Model A Roadster. It features a 4 zylinder sidevalve motor with 3,3 liter displacement at 4" of stroke and pops out a whopping 40 horses. Hooked up to it is a 3 speed, straight cut, sliding gear transmisiion which is really challenging to shift without grinding. Guess what,.... except for the color I've got the exact same car sitting in my garage. And now, to celebrate all this excessive bragging and smartassery, I' m going to have myself a little sip of that througly delicious Ron Miel I have of course sitting in my fridge also! But wait,...the bottle is almost empty,.... I've got to get myself a new one! Greetings from Germany!

[@FreddieDobbs]

Thanks so much for this! I should’ve noticed the Kawasaki was a six cylinder!😳 I can’t believe the Excalibur sits on a Beetle chasis🤯

[@petterin1]

I've got the same Kawasaki 6 cyl. in my garage.

[@FreddieDobbs]

@@petterin1 What a machine to own! A keeper for life I'm sure

[@petterin1]

@@FreddieDobbs yes, is here, only on warm summerdays I drive with it. Great video as always.

[@decayintheuk]

these vids in the midst of the English winter are pure therapy, the canaries look like the ideal weather/life/cost balance

[@MrFelipe8686]

What a dream! One day I shall ride through there! Man your videos are great! Personable, entertaining, beautifully shot, and looking at your Bonnie is always a treat! Keep it up

[@nudgenudgewinkwink3212]

The first thing i noticed on arrival in los gigantes was the building works in the cliff face couldn't believe how high up they were, Thanks and all the best.

[@oblahdes]

The spirits brought back memories of my Spanish drinking days , slight loss of memory due to multi indulgence.

[@LabRat6619]

Nice to see Tenerife again and sunshine!

[@greerbox]

Thanks Freddie. Another one for ‘ze Lyst’, if it gets any longer we’ll have to move out there😂 That BMW was a beauty. Stunning scenery. D&E 👍

[@malcolmrowland6438]

Great Sunday morning viewing guys

[@FreddieDobbs]

Thanks Malcolm!

[@peterhobbs7609]

Lovely ride, with stunning blue skies, what a find the petrol station was, glorious sunset, great video Freddie

[@martinlegrice1414]

I am always pleasantly amazed by the collection of cars on the roads in Tenerife.

[@shaunleverett2796]

Hi Freddy. Super video. Heading there in July. Really looking forward to it.

[@paulbarlow3185]

And another superb video. Your videos are so enjoyable and totally sold me on Tenerife. Brilliant and perfect soundtrack. Magic,👍

[@jasonadams5187]

Awesome video and awesome content can’t wait for the next video Thank’s Freddie and Monika

[@FreddieDobbs]

Delighted you enjoyed it, thanks Jason!🙂

[@chrisandjasmine3077]

My Father in Law was living in Tenerife beside Los Gigantes and he fed those fish and he was told by a local they are inedible so that's why there are lots of them and they get so big. Love your videos Freddie and my father in law is a big fan too. Keep up the great vlogs 👍 love seeing places we have been to in your vlogs😊.

[@johnrussell616]

Great video Freddie. We used to holiday in Los Gigantes all the time. It is a beautiful place. So easy going and laid back. The memories came flooding back. Many thanks.

[@ZediMaster]

Gr8 vid, Freddie. Ride safe, god bless u both.

[@vrsmartin2981]

Ah the memories. Ron miel was our equivalent of Calpol as kids. Little tot for a cough or sore throat. Nice in coffee too. Must say thanks though Freddie, you and Monica have given my wife and I the enthusiasm to go exploring more of the island that has change and even parts I didn't know we're there! Shows you can live and grow up somewhere, and never know everything about a place. Thanks ;-)

[@FreddieDobbs]

That’s very kind of you to say so, thank you🙂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I love the old school alcohol-based remedies- superb!😀🥃🧒🏼

[@radfradge]

Awesome 👌 thanks for a view of the canarian sunshine 🤩🏝🏝

[@bcegerton]

Love Los Gigantes, just too hilly for me these days as my legs are knackered. Got loads of photos from that viewpoint you stopped at, pity it was became much more of a photographer, great little coffee shop too

[@nickmarsh902]

Great video Freddie and what beautiful place, just stunning, your videos are just what we all need to see, they make you forget all the bad in the world and realise that there are still some amazing places to visit and kind people too, you are both certainly living the dream Freddie so just enjoy every moment, after all life isn't a trial run, you only come this way once😊 good luck to you both and I look forward to the next video👍

[@FreddieDobbs]

Thank you so much Nick, that’s incredibly kind of you to say so🙂

[@matthewbacon8220]

Excalibur used to be a Milwaukee, WI based car manufacturer (my home state!) Ties in nicely with your motorbike themed channel with Harley Davidson head quartered in Milwaukee! Love your content!

[@alibattaglia1206]

Fantastic...love what you and Monica are doing....you only live once so enjoy it while you are able to...feeling quite envious if am honest ...good luck to you both

[@lifesjourneyat50]

you are doing such a great job of showcasing all these places - you should be the Tourism minister - Great footage as usual Sir...Fantastic!!!! - All those cars and bikes - wow!!!!

[@raymondhall9666]

As always first class love it

[@gianc3061]

Fantastic video! I believe the excaliber is styled after a 20's Mercedes SSK, they were manufactured on a studebaker platform and sold as excaliber for a few decades.

[@FreddieDobbs]

Fascinating, thanks so much for sharing, Gian! And delighted you enjoyed the video🙂🙌🏻

[@michaelclarke3684]

Stayed there once and really enjoyed it

[@biker_dale]

What a beautiful town, so many different places to visit, you are really doing Tenerife a good service Freddie with your rides out, I'd love to get back out there, if for nothing else than some sun, which I'm so missing at the moment. Great video.

[@FreddieDobbs]

Thanks Dale! It’s a very nice town- especially so for long term rents I think, as it’s got a very nice calm atmosphere🙂👌🏻 I’d be feeling the same- three months of really dreadful weather left in the UK!🇬🇧🌧

[@crazyelephantlady]

Thanks for another great vlog, we stayed in Los Gigantes in Dec, it's a lovely spot, we also visited some of the small towns & villages you had been to, look forward to some more new places. We also really enjoyed the La Gomera vlogs 👍😎

[@langleyHD]

Great video! Beautiful area.

[@daviddring3744]

Beautiful places, shown brilliantly by your videos, well done Monica 😄😎

[@FreddieDobbs]

Thanks David!🙂

[@quinnpeaksbiker]

Thank you for sharing! Had a holiday there quite a few years ago. Its a quiet corner and a very nice place. Really enjoying the vids, thank you! Take care and ride safe mate 😊🖖🏽

[@DGBYRNE]

Freddie, Wonderful sunset :) Congrats on 25k subscribers. Des

[@FreddieDobbs]

Thank you so much Des!!

[@chromeandthrottle175]

Wife and stated in Los Gigantes during our honeymoon. Amazing!

[@ndres839]

I love your videos, as a Tenerife's native I thank you for the way you show all the things and places where you go. I remember in my youth that beach was only black sand, It had not stones, It used to be one of the best beaches in Tenerife, it is a shame seeng it with a lot of stones on it

[@1990-t1j]

Nice to hear from a local.

[@FreddieDobbs]

Oh wow- has the sand washed away and exposed the stones(?). Thanks so much for your input Andres🙂

[@splodge5714]

Another great video with more beautiful scenery. Blue sky over London today, off out on the bike but its only 7°C here. A super collection of cars and bikes in the service station, my favourite the MGB Roadster. 😉

[@FreddieDobbs]

Delighted there was blue sky and a bike involved for you today!🙂🇬🇧🏍☀️ I’d take the MGB too👌🏻

[@davidhorne779]

Another awesome video, great camera work, cool music, delicious food and your enthusiasm is inspiring to get out and explore!

[@rustycage670]

Freddie, you have to go to la Gomera, amazing road!

[@DavidJohnston58]

Beautiful part of the islands, our last holiday abroad was there (before Covid19 changed the world) in September 2019, we stayed two weeks in Hotel Los Gigantes with amazing views. Just watching this has put me in the notion to cancel our reservation this year staying in Ireland and get back out there. We even got to practice sanitising going in and out of the hotel, cafes, shops etc on that holiday as there had been a virus of some kind in the town since the start of summer 2019.

[@FreddieDobbs]

Oh wow- that (pre covid hols) feels like a veeeeery long time ago! That was an ominous sign of things to come with the localised virus!😳

[@bluenose7984]

Fish in the marina with the white lips look like Mullet ! We used to use them as bait to catch bigger fish, they're not a good eating fish.

[@martynhayward8468]

We love LG Freddie, did you happen to see the XR2 and RS Cosworth that are usually parked on one of the side streets?

[@stefancronje6202]

Great video … been to “the Giants a few times myself, always wonderful to walk around the pueblo and the alcohol store also sells local herbal drinks great for colds etc .. keep up the good videos …

[@raymondsouthorn1578]

Used to get dragged to Los Gigantes with my parents in the late 70s'/early 80s so this was a blast from the past!

[@trut52]

Has it changed much since then?

[@raymondsouthorn1578]

@@trut52 It looked like there were more buildings up the hill as Freddy pointed out, but the centre of the pueblo looked quite similar.

[@peterhoward4799]

Love the show in the filling station. I once owned a Kawasaki Z1300. Also a Honda CBX1000 six cylinder. Now downsized to a Kawasaki KZ1000P, California highway patrol bike, (Chip's).

[@paulkinsella612]

I think the Excaliber is a kit car based on a Ford Mondeo . Just going to do some research. Cool petrol station. Right back to the video!

[@FreddieDobbs]

This is very interesting, thanks Paul! I’ve tried researching and have found a few different theories on Excaliber- I’d have never guessed the Mondeo could be an option, but I’ve just seen that pop up online too!😳

[@jambojames7427]

Another great video

[@petermferguson]

It’s a Mahindra jeep copy with a Peugeot diesel engine. They were sold briefly in the UK in the 80s.

[@FreddieDobbs]

Thanks Peter- wow!😳

[@Theophilus1968]

Magical.

[@andylewis8377]

Wish we had the same weather over here in the UK Freddie, really missing the dry roads and sun at the mo! Those are both kit cars, the one is Morgan in style. Enjoying the vids 👍

[@FreddieDobbs]

Ahhhh so interesting- you’ve got an eagle eye on the Morgan, Andy! I’d never have guessed it was a kit car😳

[@markable5338]

Another wonderful video. Can I please make a request. Some of the music tracks you have been playing on your videos is really very good. But you do not mention who it is in your description. Either that or I am just missing it, and my Shazam music finder app is not finding it either. Would you please tell us who the music artists are and the name of the track. Thank you.

[@roberthardy2013]

Sit out in the back of the cafe and have a snack, been in there lots of times. The exhibits change from time to time. We used to walk there from Los Gigs and get the bus back, it’s a lovely walk on the coast path. Look up videos of walking to El Bujero - Betcha don’t do that! The ‘apartments’ at the very top left is a hotel.

[@FreddieDobbs]

Ahhh I had heard rumours the owner has a bigger car collection tucked away somewhere! El Bujero- I’ve never come across it- WOW!!!!😳

[@lvh603]

Hola Freddie , buenos videos y rutas me gusta tu canal...Un gran abrazo y cuídate mucho amigo saludos a la gran Monica que te acompaña y apoya en los videos....Desde Chile...Lindo tener ife y muy moteros...🇨🇱✌🇬🇧🤟🇪🇸🤜🤛

[@FreddieDobbs]

Muchos gracias Luis!!🙂👋🏻🇨🇱

[@Roger.Coleman1949]

Great video as always Freddie , looks delightfully warm and sunny compared with the damp and dreary UK !.The top of the range Z1300 was available here in the 1980s , an incredibly heavy lump of a motorcycle that a local Kawasaki dealership offered as a raffle prize as they could not shift it .The yellow car in the background is a 1920s American Ford Model A , the successor to the long-lived Model T.

[@FreddieDobbs]

I was wondering if the Z1300 sold well when new! It’s turned into s desirable classic now from what I’ve seen😳 I couldn’t figure out what the Model A was- thanks for confirming!🙂🚗

[@solstar4778]

Excaliber made in the 70’s in the USA has a American Chevrolet large block V-8 and the yellow one is a ford or Chevrolet 30’s coupe! Have you considered moving there permanently ?

[@FreddieDobbs]

Fantastic, thank you!🙂🙌🏻🚗🚗 We have considered permanently relocating here- it’s still an option, although possibly mainland Spain next! Although we still haven’t managed to decide where to next- and we’ve been thinking a lot about it but still can’t decide!😆

[@andywalker6122]

Thank you both, more of our favourite places on Tenerife! 🌞🌞🌞 The Jeepie thing I think is a Jago kit car (designed by Jeff Jago in the 70's ish?) UK cars were usually based on the old rear wheel drive escorts (MK2) but obviously you have a Pug version there. Either that or it's an Eagle, both sold around the same time. The Morgan-type car at the back inside the services might be a Moss kit car? Not cheap as far as kits go but still way less than a genuine Morgan. 😎

[@FreddieDobbs]

Superb knowledge, thank you so much for sharing this, Andy- really appreciated🙂

[@saxon-mt5by]

The 'Morgan' is a Moss Malvern - a 1980s kit-car based on the Triumph Herald.

[@FreddieDobbs]

Oh WOW!!😳 Thank you🙌🏻

[@a.k1311]

F1 of all, I like the rate you upload Freddy..👍

[@FreddieDobbs]

Really appreciate it, thanks🙂🤜🏼🤛🏼

[@allsearpw3829]

Hi another new year and best wishes and Monika,s use of the tree lights , I wonder how she may recycle you ? The cars could have been Panther kits , there on google . The small 4x4 could be a TATRA ex INDIA make ,? Another fine video , should you have a couple of hours to spare ,when raining , have a look on the tube , for Berber motor cycle museum , the film . Have fun and stay safe . PS when watching it get Monika to film your reactions . MAGIC .

[@stuarthorwood8412]

Hey Freddie, another great video. The old canarian houses are called casas terreras, often farm houses. Try Ron Miel Cocal at a bar sometime...tres dados por favour!

[@FreddieDobbs]

Thanks Stuart, and I definitely will do!🙂🥃👌🏻

[@bigwill4423]

Who cares about the car......a Kawasaki Z1300........AMAAZEBALLS! (It's a six cylinder ya know Freddie!) Like the local "swalley"....and so cheap too. As for "messy Monica" and the ice cream...well what can i say! lol What a beautiful vid! Bring on the next one!

[@FreddieDobbs]

I was amazed when I saw “1300” on the Kawa!😳😳😳 Thanks Will!🙂🙌🏻

[@philedwards2679]

That service station was amazing and I really want an Excalibur car now. When I saw you walk back with the ice creams I assumed the dainty pink one was for Monika 🤣

[@FreddieDobbs]

That Excalibur was a very memorable car- very bold styling! I unfortunately am the kind of person that eats doughnuts with s knife and fork (weird and pathetic, I know!🤣)- so the pink ice cream was definitely mine😆

[@philedwards2679]

@@FreddieDobbs you're one of a kind Freddie, don't ever change. Can't wait for the next installment. 👍😀

[@bobklein1685]

Excalibur's were built in my home state of Wisconsin, USA. Go Badgers & Go Packers!!

[@saulmc8920]

Loving the content..

[@billconnor103]

Beautiful place Freddie enjoy could do with some sunshine over here bill near Durham in the uk

[@simongilbert2704]

the excalibur is a hand made usa car made in the 1970 ' s ,, the ones i saw where gm platform with the chevy 350 motor ,but the one in that shop looks a little smaller ..

[@DM-lf9yy]

I think its a Excalibur Phaeton Series III Roadster, i think from 1977

[@1990-t1j]

I can see the attraction of Tenerife now. How long are you planning on staying there?

[@FreddieDobbs]

Until May- genuinely we’re loving every single day🙂

[@stewy62]

I was hoping that you would “road test” the chocolate and also the toffee liquors for us, perhaps another time ? 😀 The BMW looks like an R26 or R27 of the late 50’s early 60’s, single cylinder with the same bore and stroke of an R50 (half a 500cc) 🇬🇧

[@FreddieDobbs]

I’ll make sure to test out some more specialities very soon!😀🥃 The BMW was a real beauty😍🏍👌🏻

[@rodolfosabater7781]

Is that your new place already? Not in england anymore?

[@dbharrold]

I was last in Gigantes 28 years ago and I remember the fish well. They are I believe mullet and hard to catch as they have soft mouths. They also seem to like dirty water like marinas.

[@fabio9160]

Hi Freddie what model is your personal motorcycle?

[@backontwowheels9469]

Z1300 came out at the same time as the Honda brought out the CBX and it was one of my dream bikes back in the day. I got rid of the missus MGF in British racing Green last year, could not justify keeping it as I have been working in Mainand europe for the last 3 years and it needed some attention. Ian Back on Two Wheels

[@FreddieDobbs]

I bet that was a tough decision to sell, Ian! They’re one of the classiest, most understated classics🙂😍🚗👌🏻

[@backontwowheels9469]

@@FreddieDobbs It was, if I was based in the UK and home at weekends I would have got it up and running again (It would run but it needed attention), they drive like a go kart. Would have been lovely in the mountains of Tenerife

[@richardmcdougall233]

Great channel and content Freddie 👌 perhaps if your not riding bike try the stronger honey rum 40% its far far smoother.

[@FreddieDobbs]

Ahhh thanks Richard- I didn’t know 40% existed so I’ll look for this🙂

[@Tobs_]

Hi Freddy, I have seen the Excalibur before on two postcards sent to my grandmother and father from my grandfather possibly in the 1950's when he was working away in America. I shall look for them in the family papers.

[@FreddieDobbs]

Woooow!! If you have them i’d love to see them!

[@larrybxl5406]

ron de miel is also made in La Palma

[@oneformula]

hmmmm... in the USA, very few gas stations carry motorcycle engine oil. is it commonly available there in gas stations?

[@ronlabusch6786]

Excalibur is built by Gm 1963 based on 1928 Mercedes Benz using a studabaker engine 290 hp I believe nice video beautiful cheers

[@mar0364]

The cinematic aspects are great! Do either of you have formal training?

[@FreddieDobbs]

Thanks so much Rich- all Monika!🙂. She has had photography training but never videography- all self taught

[@MrJckDoo]

@Freddie Dobbs The Excalibur automobile was a car styled after the 1928 Mercedes-Benz SSK by Brooks Stevens for Studebaker.

[@jeffpcfreak]

i hope i can go to Tenerife in June for 2 Weeks :P

[@FreddieDobbs]

I really think you’ll be able to travel freely with no problem in June (just my humble opinion of course!🙂)🛩

[@steinarbrevikknudsen1546]

We have one Excalibir also her in la Nucia...and i have seen one in Norway. They are a little to much For me...😎

[@FreddieDobbs]

Interesting- I’d never heard of it in my life! It is very boldly styled

[@Jean-de-lune]

Just a minor query Freddie - I notice some of the bottles marked with a number eg, '103' - what do the numbers mean?

[@FreddieDobbs]

Hmmm good question- no idea at all I’m afraid, John

[@josefachada3630]

Excalibur was a French car builder that I think doesn’t exist any more!

[@francosheene4631]

a motorcycle vlogger and drink reviews all in one i like your style i had a z1300 it was a big horrible thing to be honest.

[@FreddieDobbs]

Thank you Franco!🥃🏍 I can imagine it’d be a brut to handle the Kawasaki!😆

[@filipb]

Don't think it was a morgen, maybe an Apal, replica based on beetle ...

[@hogwylde]

Yet another great video. Gigantes is pronounced "He-gantes". Los Gigantes means "The giants".

[@FreddieDobbs]

I’ll remember this, thank you🙂🇪🇸

[@davidmerrifield6307]

Music's improving

[@biker042]

Wow the z 1300 .their's a good few quid/euro right there

[@FreddieDobbs]

I was thinking just that- a real classic!

[@cn3686]

Hi Freddy wonderful video ...I'm a fan bro ....a fellow triumph rider from India ...wish you would include the titles of the wonderful soundtracks u put on ur videos in the discription ...wud b awesome ...happy new year to u and Monica Godbless

[@FreddieDobbs]

Delighted to have a fellow Triumph rider from India, thank you Curtis!🙂🇮🇳 I do always include the full song list in the written description (usually near the bottom)🙂👌🏻

[@SulsaCikkectuve]

Rather than wondering what's in the drink you can use Google translate app along with your phone's camera to actively translate text

[@FreddieDobbs]

I literally just discovered and downloaded this five days ago- superb!

[@milekrizman]

2:30 be careful on the road

[@gavriil4592]

Do I follow too closely?....Double check the vid description 😂

[@FreddieDobbs]

Just seen it!🤣🇨🇦

[@eddiemizen3703]

1980s cocker , 6 pistons cbx Honda .

[@fireflyrobert]

When are you going for a swim in the sea, Freddie and Monica?

[@5tevieb954]

12:09… 😉

[@pookiewookie7679]

Nice video but we never see Monika anymore 😔

[@FreddieDobbs]

I’ve just shown her this comment🙂. Next video I think she’ll show her face!😀🤞🏻🚗

[@jamesdrabble5776]

My dad had a Villa on hibisco for 10 years get in touch I’ll tell you some gems to visit los abios been one

[@jamesdrabble5776]

Abrgos sorry

[@jamesdrabble5776]

Abrigos

[@FreddieDobbs]

Thanks James, I’d hugely appreciate any tips! My email is [e-mail] 🙂. We live two minutes from Abrigos (we’re La Tejita)

[@balance3201]

Hi Monica Seriously do you even give a crap about the old cars and bikes? 🤣🤣

[@FreddieDobbs]

Well spotted and to answer for Monika- very very rarely!🤣

[@balance3201]

@@FreddieDobbs was just kidding keep up the good work!

[@markb5651]

Freddie id you get a chance can you ask Monika to say what bread of day this is ? in my youtube video saying .. live dog get away driver .. regards mAb

[@gerimondvogel4195]

Great video. By the way, these fish in the harbour are not allowed to be fished. They have fled from the big fish in the open sea to avoid being eaten.

[@FreddieDobbs]

Wow! Thanks for sharing this Geri🙂

[@russcattell955i]

Our marina (La Rochelle, France) has a large population of grey mullet, they are constantly eating the growth on the hulls and pontoons. A sure sign the water is not polluted. I guess they are avoiding the predators in the bay, especially the resident dolphins.

[@splodge5714]

Good for them!

[@FreddieDobbs]

@@russcattell955i Really interesting- so a great sign to see them in the marina- both for the boats and water cleanliness🙂

[@larrybxl5406]

canarian, not canadian