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


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Where you starting from?

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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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.......

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

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 !

smileymiley wrote: 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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steve.sharkey wrote: 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

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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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.

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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Topphoto1 wrote: 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.

sepossivel wrote: 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

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.

Topphoto1 wrote: 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