Touring

[steve.sharkey]

Getting excited now, just 16 days and I'll be starting my 18 day tour to Norway.


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[sepossivel]

Where you starting from?

[steve.sharkey]

Near cheddar in Somerset, doing the Keil to Gothenburg overnight in the way there and Malmo bridge on the way back. 4000+ miles all told


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[smileymiley]

That's over 220 miles per day! You ain't gonna see a lot of the country..... At least 5 hours riding a day then breaks.......

[STeinar]

And I have 10 days before starting from Norway for my Italy round. Will try to ride the whole shoreline of Italy  ^-^
STeinar

[gogs01]

Norway ?  Italy ? ..... I'm four weeks back from my ride to Spain and you guys are making me itch for another trip.

Let's hear all your stories when you get back !

[steve.sharkey]

That's over 220 miles per day! You ain't gonna see a lot of the country..... At least 5 hours riding a day then breaks.......

This is the trip with my wife, we'll get a flavour and she wants a few days off the bike just the price you have to pay. September is a week of Switzerland & Austria with my brothers - a TOTALLY different ride!


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[sepossivel]

This is the trip with my wife, we'll get a flavour and she wants a few days off the bike just the price you have to pay. September is a week of Switzerland & Austria with my brothers - a TOTALLY different ride!


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Did this in Easter


Amazing
London =>Belgium => Frankfurt  => Stuttgart => Basel => Zurich => Geneva => Lyon=> Marseille => Paris => London .. amazing and crazy .. 10 days ... solo ride




Next year will do something similar in Easter again

[steve.sharkey]

In 2014, for my brothers birthday, we did uk, tunnel, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy (Stelvio) France (Milau viaduct then med. coast), Pyrenees Spain & back via Santander ferry 8 days one of which was sat on the ferry. Not only that but we were 4 bikes: Pan, Tiger 800, CBF600 and me on a naked Bandit 600. I bought the BMW soon after!


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[Topphoto1]

Might be a daft question! But what sort of costs are associated with these type of trips lol something general will do lol Unless you would like to offer a rough brake down , we would love to do something worthwhile, but assume it's quite expensive.

[steve.sharkey]

Norway is very expensive on top of which I'm paying for food & room for both of us, Europe where room costs are shared with my brother, we usually fill up on breakfast and have coffee & cake in the day plus evening meal maybe a couple of beers - September is a good time for costs, I paid ferry and tunnel before setting off and took £800 of euros with me but I brought a fair few home. We had a mix of rooms with a bit of a bunk room for the four of us in Austria but excellent hotels on the Italian lakes - its after summer holidays but before skiing starts dry on every day but one!


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[MEM62]

Might be a daft question! But what sort of costs are associated with these type of trips lol something general will do lol Unless you would like to offer a rough brake down , we would love to do something worthwhile, but assume it's quite expensive.

Sailing for Spain on Wed.  The crossing was £525 when booked (including cabin as I don't do sleeper seats). We will be playing in the Pyrenees for 12 days and that's probably going to mean a spend of around £1,200 in hotels, foods and beer / wine for two of us.

[axamax]

Did this in Easter
Amazing
London =>Belgium => Frankfurt => Stuttgart => Basel => Zurich => Geneva => Lyon=> Marseille => Paris => London .. amazing and crazy .. 10 days ... solo ride

Next year will do something similar in Easter again

Calais - Hannover - Ulm - Dijon - Marseille - Perpignan - Lloret de Mar ...... 23.5 hours ...Solo Ride

[MacJ]

Just returned from 10 days in Northern Spain with a pal on an R1200 R - Bilbao - Picos - Santiago de Compostella - Teixido - Viveiro - Picos - Santander. Fabulous roads with no traffic and warm, friendly people. We only saw 2 fellow Brits on the trip after we left the Picos. Get out of the Picos and prices fall for everything. We were paying between 32 and 50 Euros a night for a single room ranging from a hostel to a four star spa resort.
We had a brilliant time but it comes with a caveat - beware of the heat and long distances causing dehydration!
My pal suffered badly and gave me the most frightening two days when we didn't realise his problem. A medic actually thought he'd had a stroke. So beware and ride sensible lengths of time and frequently re-hydrate because you will not realise what is happening to you until its too late.
Have a great time and just stop and enjoy the local culture frequently.

[Peter Baker]

But what sort of costs are associated with these type of trips lol something general will do lol

Last four trips to Europe cost me about £100 a day for hotel/food/drink, fuel costs depend what and how far/fast you ride:-) and ferry route/tunnel you is down to your choice.  Touring two up literally doubles costs, not the hotel or fuel :-) but apparently eating from local super markets over a beer every evening does not go down too well and restaurants are more expensive...  Peter