Having spent a good couple of hours in the garage this evening (no parts left over – huzzah!) I decided to do something I haven’t done in a long time: go out for a ride on a Sunday, in the…
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A weekend on the bike – part 2
Monthly Archives: September 2012
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Garmin Zumo 660 and HID headlights
Nice though it was to spend a day on the K1600GT, by the end of it I was glad to be back on my trusty GS, in fact I’d even go so far as to say I’d missed the old…
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My Travel Gear
The Bike As you’ve probably figured, I ride a BMW R1200GS and make no bones about it, I love this bike. There’s nothing else that will cover distance like it on road and still be up for some fairly hard-core…
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A weekend on the bike – part 1
Another perfect bend snakes through Amalfi olive groves under an impossible August sky, too blue for Monday. Heidi squeezes me with her thighs from the pillion seat and I smile as I recount our cheeky weekend in Paris. The 400…
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LGKS – it’s a wrap
Well, that’s that then, back to normal. The bike’s had its post-trip service, my riding gear has been washed, and … and … what? Happy to be ‘home’ in the UK? Not really. I stopped for a burger at Ryka’s…
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Day 14: Chambly
There’s no sense in prolonging it, all good things must come to an end. I got up early on the morning of the 6th and packed up the wet tent in record time before setting off for the north. The…
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Day 13: Montaigu le Blin
Having passed a most agreeable night I decided that I would stay at Les Voisins for a second day. Central and northern France just don’t have the draw I was expecting after almost two weeks on the road, and I’m…
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Day 12: Vichy
The best part about staying in a 26 Euro hotel is that you can get a racing getaway in the morning, and don’t have to bother messing about with a damp tent. I’ve got it pretty much sussed now, so…
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Day 11: Saint Jean en Royans
Another slow day, mainly making tracks back north after all the fun and games in the south. The weather was getting cooler too as I left my lakeside camp and entered the Auverne, with alpine passes giving way to fast,…
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Day 10: Col de la Bonette
I woke around ten and after packing up camp set about planning the day’s route. By now this process had developed its own pattern; pick a direction and then fill it with a selection of small roads, using a point…