Chapter 8 – trying to get away for a day
by I had a plan to get away for a few days with the bike and my (new) tent.
Tag: bike
Chapter 7 – the new Tiger is on its way…
After my last post about the end of my old Tiger and thoughts about what could replace it, I spent some time in February looking and test driving various bikes.
Chapter 7 – Idea for an interesting route from Kempten (Allgäu GER) to Glurns/Glorenza (Italy)
This is a page in progress to collect a few ideas for routes and places between Kempten and South Tirol in Italy.
Chapter 7 – looking for a new “Tiger”
The last time I posted about motorcycles was around about May 2021 after I was hit by a car reversing rather too rapidly for the situation.
Chapter 5 – batting down memory lane (with music)
Here’s an old motorcycle video from a tour from 2016 in France with a bit of music thrown in for you to enjoy
Day 14 – Cucuron to Mâcon
Another glorious start to the day in Provence. Did this and that in the morning and got my stuff together and packed most of it on the bike.
Day 1 1 – Lourdes to Saint-Lary, Tarascon then to Béziers
A first cautious glimpse out of the tent saw blue sky, lots of it. It was still pretty chilly but at least no clouds and …
Day 8 – Escalona to Lourdes via Biescas, Laruns and the cols also Strike4Climate day
Oddly I woke up about half an hour before the alarm and mused about the next few days. I´d phoned yesterday evening with the friend …
Day 7 – Beaudéan to Escalona (Spain)
Breaking camp was a a bit challenging because the sunshadow and the tent layers were very wet so I needed to modify my packing system …
Day 5 – Conques to Beaudéan
Again, I woke up slightly before dawn (I´m actually a long-sleeper but years of traumatology seem to surgically removed that part of me), I was …