Chapter 8 – trying to get away for a day
I had a plan to get away for a few days with the bike and my (new) tent.
time for change
I had a plan to get away for a few days with the bike and my (new) tent.
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.
This is a page in progress to collect a few ideas for routes and places between Kempten and South Tirol in Italy.
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.
Here’s an old motorcycle video from a tour from 2016 in France with a bit of music thrown in for you to enjoy
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …