Chapter 6 – casting my mind back and thinking about the why’s of travel
by I´ve been musing about a few experiences in the past before I started writing this blog and how they influenced me. I shall try to piece the story and the thoughts together.
Tag: france
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 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 …
“Grey, dear friend, is all theory and green the golden tree of life” (Goethe)
And he had a good point. T’is the day before leaving, I made a pile of stuff to pack, started packing and was overawed by …
Chapter 1 - In the beginning / Chapter 2 - thoughts and impressions on the road / Motorcycle/Motorrad
Why I love travelling by motorcycle
Feel the air flowing past, feel the machine running below you, become part of it and it becomes part of you, the intensity of the …