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Two weeks touring.... from Sunday

#1 Post by hornetrider » Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:53 pm

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Plymouth > Santander > Pamplona > Andorra > Millau > Nice > Monaco > Modena > Como > Alps > D500 > Holland > Calais > Home

Aroundabout oh, 2500 miles of pure V-Twin pleasure! WOOHOO!

All the gear is sorted, bike is fettled, just on the countdown now!
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#2 Post by Syltiz » Fri Aug 07, 2009 1:24 pm

I'm not jealous...
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#3 Post by D-Rider » Fri Aug 07, 2009 2:42 pm

Me neither .......




..... though I am off to Corfu for a week - in one of those big shiny things with wings
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Re: Two weeks touring.... from Sunday

#4 Post by mangocrazy » Fri Aug 07, 2009 2:43 pm

hornetrider wrote::smt004

Plymouth > Santander > Pamplona > Andorra > Millau > Nice > Monaco > Modena > Como > Alps > D500 > Holland > Calais > Home

Aroundabout oh, 2500 miles of pure V-Twin pleasure! WOOHOO!

All the gear is sorted, bike is fettled, just on the countdown now!
That's a serious intinerary you've got planned there! Good call on the Plymouth-Santander route; gets a lot of tedious miles in Northern France out of the way and you're pretty much straight into the good stuff.

We will require pictorial evidence!
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#5 Post by Chabby » Fri Aug 07, 2009 4:24 pm

Did more or less the same route in May except we only had 8 days so headed North after Millau.

The bit from Pamploma across the top of Spain was one of the best parts of the trip - Good roads devoid of traffic and fantastic scenery.

Wish I was going with you.

Watch out for speed traps going into Calais.
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#6 Post by hornetrider » Fri Aug 07, 2009 6:04 pm

Chabby wrote:
The bit from Pamploma across the top of Spain was one of the best parts of the trip - Good roads devoid of traffic and fantastic scenery.
Which route did you take? Did you go to Barbastro then across and up? We haven't planned a route, just kind of winging it :)
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#7 Post by Chabby » Fri Aug 07, 2009 6:51 pm

We actually didn’t go through Andorra as I‘d been before.

We went from Pamploma toward Jaca on the N240 then N260 and crossed the Pyrenees on the A136/N21 to Lourdes.

From Lourdes we headed towards Arreau on the D935/D918 - an amazing mountain route, then Carcassonne and onto Millau via Sete on the Med coast.

The road up to Millau is a high speed roller coaster ride.
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#8 Post by hornetrider » Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:27 pm

Cheers for the tips - the Arreau route looks very tempting - an interesting way to get down to Andorra :)

So, here she is all packed up and ready to go

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In the 'nam bag are a camp chair, rollmat, tent and sleeping bag. Clothes are split between tankbag and topbox, along with sundry camping gear/shoes in the box. Plenty of spare room for picking up beer and baguettes on the way :smt002
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#9 Post by Chabby » Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:36 pm

Just remembered. On the way to Arreau we stopped on the top of the Col D’Alcise (I think that’s spelt right) which is a good viewpoint.

Just as we were about to set off a Geman registered Falco, two up, pulled in.

I went across for a crack on but he was one of the few Germans I’ve met who couldn’t speak English (and I, needless to say , can’t speak German).

His bike was loaded with soft luggage and he had a top yoke handlebar conversion.

.................. And the bike was black, just like mine :smt001
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#10 Post by HisNibbs » Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:08 pm

Enjoy,

I'm just off for two weeks as well however I'll be ridding a camel.........................I think I know which i'd preffer.
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#11 Post by HowardQ » Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:18 pm

I'm jealous as hell!
Sounds a brilliant trip to me, you should really enjoy it.
Tell us all about it when you get back.
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#12 Post by D-Rider » Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:41 pm

HisNibbs wrote:Enjoy,

I'm just off for two weeks as well however I'll be ridding a camel.........................I think I know which i'd preffer.
Cool :smt004











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#13 Post by hornetrider » Thu Aug 27, 2009 11:02 am

Wow. Just wow. Totally ruined for UK roads now. I could bang on but I just won't... those who've been know, and those who haven't should go. End of! I've posted over there, as well.

Here's a few pics...

In Plymouth before the off, a Jap, Brit, Kraut and an Eyetie

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Some twisties along a lake in Spain

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Some more twisties up a very large hill indeed. Bit higher than the Breacons. We rode out of those clouds down in the valley.

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A bridge

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Another view of some bridge or other

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A token casino thrown in for good measure

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Some mug at he summit of the Gavia Pass

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The smug git in yet another terrible campsite

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The Beast in front of yet another hill

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A token pic at The Pass

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A lovely pair of Italians taking a breather at the Stelvio... I have more pics of the naked one

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Only got a couple of pics of the Stelvio as I was too busy riding it, amazing! So... anyone wanna see my trip down the north side...?? I gaffer taped the tripod to my tank. I need to edit the video though into two separate clips before uploading it to youtube... anyone any ideas?
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#14 Post by D-Rider » Thu Aug 27, 2009 11:53 am

Lovely pics .... and yesterday, having seen Tweakers pics of his Himalaya ride on Facebook, I'm very envious of the pair of you!

We will have to start planning a forum tour for next year and set some dates very soon!
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#15 Post by FlyingKiwi » Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:43 pm

hornetrider wrote:I need to edit the video though into two separate clips before uploading it to youtube... anyone any ideas?
I used photobucket when I wanted to show off my video of Gorges du Verdon
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