Chapter 7 – the new Tiger is on its way…
by 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.
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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.
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 …
Day 4 – Ruoms to Conques
I slept incredibly well on the airbed again and wake up just before dawn. I was lying there for a while and thought about the …
Day 2 – Thoirette to Ruoms
The “Auberge de Thoire” was great (link here). It was a very slightly quirky (in a good way), very friendly with great home-cooked food (breakfast …
Day 1 – home to Thoirette (France)
Well, I´ve been pretty lucky with the weather which is always good. I started with a bit of a mixed bag of cloud, the odd …