Off to France in the Morning :-)

Post by **simbo** » Wed May 24, 2017 9:54 pm

As the title says, I'm off to France in the morning and it's the first time I'll have gone abroad on this bike, I've had it 10 months now and covered 5000 miles without a hiccup 

  So hopefully another 2k in the next few days should be a breeze  8)  I'll post some pics along the way

Loaded and raring to go.

Post by **David.** » Wed May 24, 2017 9:59 pm

Wow, that's one clean looking bike Sim, have a good safe trip.

Hopefully, we'll see you in Wetherby on Saturday 2nd June.

Post by **k9doc** » Wed May 24, 2017 10:12 pm

Looks the biz. Stay safe and have a good trip. Looking forward to the pics. You'll be ready for an authentic 'full english' when you get back or are you 'taking supplies?

Post by **Terry_RT** » Wed May 24, 2017 10:21 pm

Take care on this comfortable seat, mate

Make Life A Ride #makelifearide

Post by **michaelc2710** » Wed May 24, 2017 10:31 pm

totally jealous, have a great trip and holiday.
safe trip

Post by **Sleuth** » Wed May 24, 2017 10:51 pm

Safe & enjoyable journey

Post by **simbo** » Wed May 24, 2017 11:10 pm

Thanks guys! I'll keep you updated 

ps. I've just had the thumbs up from the 'big un' for Wetherby  8) 

Post by **simbo** » Sun Jun 04, 2017 10:05 pm

The morning started well with clear blue skies and nice 20 degree's C at Castleford where I met up with Mick for bacon butties and coffee before heading south for Folkestone to catch the Euro tunnel.

Re: Off to France in the Morning :-)

We stopped at Boulogne -Sur- Mer for an overnight pit stop and some light refreshments at the Buffalo Grill, we stayed in a Premiere Classe which are very basic and not recommended for anything more than getting your head down for the night.

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The following morning I awoke at 5am and had a brew whilst waiting for the sun to come up before going for a walk.

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We headed off down to Honfleur for lunch where we've stayed on numerous occasions, This gave us the opportunity to ride over the Pont de Normandie again, It's quite interesting on a windy day.

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Honfeur Port. Nice town and worth a stop if you're visiting the WW2 sites.

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Then we headed off down to Dinan where we were stopping for the next three days, With it being such a clear and sunny day we got a pretty good view of Mont Saint Michel where we'd visited in 2016 whilst staying in Granville.

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We arrived first (before the ferry travellers) at Dinan where we was staying in the Hotel Ibis Styles Dinan Centre which I highly recommend :-)

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The seafarers finally arrived and took their positions next to the land lubbers bikes outside the hotel.

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Saturday morning took us on a ride down to Perros-Guirec looking for some 'Pink Rocks' that have took amazing shape over the years? We never found them so had a walk round the port instead, then went for some out of season (small) Moules & Frites.