It is ace, but hard work too. Forget a lie in, most days are on the bike and away by 8:30 at the latest, and sometimes arrive at the hotel at 7:30 ,with dinner at 8:00.
OTOH the scenery has been fantastic, the roads ditto. Hard work, but good things are never easy.
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No, not even sure we went near it
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Today is Villach (Austria) to Fussen (Germany) with a choice of routes, Timmelsjoch or Brenner passes. Weather looks as though I will get wet. My waterproofs are not. Hey, ho, the joys of motorcycling.
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This thread still lacks something....can't quite put my finger on it....
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I know, pictures. Have patience!
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Brenner, bit of non event. Then on to Fussen, biblical rain for final 25k, and the hotel bar is closed for refurb. Can it get worse?
Watch this space.
Watch this space.
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Hope you found somewhere dry for a wet!!!Cousin Jack wrote: ↑Thu Sep 15, 2022 7:28 pm Brenner, bit of non event. Then on to Fussen, biblical rain for final 25k, and the hotel bar is closed for refurb. Can it get worse?
Watch this space.
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Restaurant served beer, so we took over that.
Today it is raining again, and I am soaked already. It is going to be a long day. Do you think I can return a rainsuit that leaks 10 years after I bought it?
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You maybe bought @formula400 returns.Cousin Jack wrote: ↑Fri Sep 16, 2022 9:36 am Restaurant served beer, so we took over that.
Today it is raining again, and I am soaked already. It is going to be a long day. Do you think I can return a rainsuit that leaks 10 years after I bought it?
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Have you got any pictures?
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Visualise ...
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Sorry for lack of update yesterday, it was a looong, wet, miserable and cold day. Not helped by knowing there was no fuel near last nights hotel, so I planned a fuel stop only to find that place only had deisel. I am now running on fumes, so watch this space.
Currently in La Bresse in the Vosges mountains and heading north for 1 more stop before the Tunnel. Todays forecast is cold and wet too. I can remember now why I like being a FWB.
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Maybe buy a one-piece waterproof oversuit for the next tour?Cousin Jack wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 6:05 am Sorry for lack of update yesterday, it was a looong, wet, miserable and cold day. Not helped by knowing there was no fuel near last nights hotel, so I planned a fuel stop only to find that place only had deisel. I am now running on fumes, so watch this space.
Currently in La Bresse in the Vosges mountains and heading north for 1 more stop before the Tunnel. Todays forecast is cold and wet too. I can remember now why I like being a FWB.
Putting on yesterday's wet gear in a morning is enough to ruin any trip.
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You can bask in the warmth of shared experience when it's all over.Cousin Jack wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 6:05 am Sorry for lack of update yesterday, it was a looong, wet, miserable and cold day. Not helped by knowing there was no fuel near last nights hotel, so I planned a fuel stop only to find that place only had deisel. I am now running on fumes, so watch this space.
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Didnt run out of petrol, have got cold and wet again. 5C on the t op of the col this morning.
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Liking for the not running out of petrol!!Cousin Jack wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 1:09 pm Didnt run out of petrol, have got cold and wet again. 5C on the t op of the col this morning.
I can manage cold on a bike but I do so hate cold and wet
Hope you warm up/dry out soon
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At hotel, old, and weird, but (and this is a big plus) the radiator in the room is working, so no cold soggy trousers for me tomorrow!
Now in Bouillon, Belgium, so tomorrow should be a short trip, although the tunnel is booked for 18:20.
Now in Bouillon, Belgium, so tomorrow should be a short trip, although the tunnel is booked for 18:20.
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