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This is the start of the San Antonio trial. It was held for 10 years, from 1962 until 1972. In the photo beneath you can see the Guarda Civil present at the trial. This was a big big event and of great importance locally and to the company Bultaco.

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This is the old wine cellars, now converted to bunk rooms. Ignacio told us that the Bultaco Camp had been running for 10 years but had now stopped. We joked about them having the times of their lives here. Ignacio said that at Summer Holidays him and his 9 brothers and sisters would spend most of their time in San Antonio. They would be playing around, going into the hills and riding motorcycles. Ignacio told us that the Bultaco camp was a place where children would come to spend 2 weeks of their Summer holidays. Each Summer the camp would have two large groups of children arrive. Some of them could not ride a push bike and when they left they could ride a cycle and a motorcycle. They also held red commando expeditions where they would orienteer and navigate their way through the hills. It was a real adventure here. Saying that this would be popular today, Ignacio replied "we are getting old" ha ha, we don't want this responsibility. He said that he remembered when he was a kid he would scratch himself and break a bone and that it was a big responsibility to prevent this happening. The merchandise is the child and this is the most important thing for the parent and for 2 weeks we have them. We have promised that they will have good time. One is sick, the other wees in the bed, the other is crying. We have a nurse and a little hospital here all of the time. It was like this all of the time. An adult supervisor slept in the room next to the bunk room to make sure they were ok.The children had to be counted every morning. The 14 - 18 year old Bulto children would be the supervisors and would be allocated 7 children each to look after. They did a great job, but now they have grown up and they do not have the time anymore to do this. The kids slept in the bunk room, in the other buildings and in the main house. When the children got older and could not help us supervise anymore it was difficult for us and we had to stop. It was a huge responsibility but now we stop. Earlier this year Ignacio's nephew had 50 children here and this continues but he organizes this himself. This is centered on the motocross and 3 km Enduro on the tracks here.
Some children of famous people have been here but I cannot repeat who, it's private.

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