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#16 Post by hornetrider » Mon May 17, 2010 10:06 pm

herbacious wrote:
hornetrider wrote: I did the same in August - the Pyrenees are AMAZING! Good luck for the trip!
any tips on places to visit etc?

im not sure whether we should adopt a strategy of blasting along for a few hundred miles every few days between campsites and then ditching luggage and scratching around for a few days.. or go for the more constant tour and avoid any motorways etc as much as possible camping somewhere else every night..

might stay at the occasional hotel to wash my pants :smt002
Well... we essentially did 20 track days in a row :smt003

The roads around the Pyrenees are nothing short of sensational, no exaggeration. New smooth tarmac, awesome corners, just amazing riding.

N623 south out of Santander down to Logrono then Pamplona.
Head from Pamplona east on the N240 to Sabaningo, then up over the Pyreness into France on the A136. Then East from Eaux-Bonnes to Vielha then Sort then La Seun- you MUST DO THIS ROAD!

I could bang on all night and you must find your own way - but if you do the above you will be blown away, guaranteed.

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#17 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Mon May 17, 2010 10:12 pm

was your pants???

there are some shorter chaps here, who work for the queen, who dream of changing their pants that often....

and that malicious rumour that d-rider started about action man having welded on grey underpants was just mean.... and as for samray looking at the back of his head for the eagle eye switch.....
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#18 Post by hornetrider » Mon May 17, 2010 10:12 pm

This road continues alongside the lake (this is in Spain)

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so far

#19 Post by herbacious » Tue May 18, 2010 11:21 am

this is the route so far.. tho i have maxed out google maps' ability

the portsmouth to santander bit will actually be on the ferry but for the life of me i couldn't get it to select the ferry crossing

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#20 Post by anzacinexile » Tue May 18, 2010 4:22 pm

Here's some taster's just to wet your appetite

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Of to France meself next weekend - weather's even going to behave :smt001

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#21 Post by herbacious » Wed May 19, 2010 11:35 am

sweet :)

can't wait!!!!!

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#22 Post by loopie2 » Wed May 19, 2010 11:36 am

hey herby, welcome to the site, I've only recently joined and can say that the guys have been more than helpful and pointed me in the right direction on all my queries, great site, enjoy

nice looking bike, nearly went for one of them slower red ones myself :smt002

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#23 Post by herbacious » Wed May 19, 2010 11:41 am

thanks :)

yeah im sure i'll be knocking around here from now on

can anyone recommend some good maps to buy for the trip btw?

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#24 Post by anzacinexile » Wed May 19, 2010 4:27 pm

herbacious wrote:thanks :)

yeah im sure i'll be knocking around here from now on

can anyone recommend some good maps to buy for the trip btw?
Cant go far wrong with Michelan in my experience.

Either that (running for cover) get a Sat Nav :smt020

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#25 Post by Nooj » Wed May 19, 2010 10:29 pm

Looks like fun if the weather's good, every time I cross the Pyrenees it pisses down with rain :smt013
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#26 Post by anzacinexile » Thu May 20, 2010 7:44 am

Nooj wrote:Looks like fun if the weather's good, every time I cross the Pyrenees it pisses down with rain :smt013
Yeah but you're known as the rain God.

We went over the Timelschloc Pass in 25'c, wall to wall sunshine. You come over next day in a bleedin' snow blizzard fer Chrisakes :smt081

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