New Year, means new beginnings, new plans and more new jaunts to fulfill a travellers wondering eye. Mid May can’t come sooner…
Diggs have been booked for 6 nights in Cochem of all places, certain Yorkshireman been singing praise on here and beyond, plus wife’s wondering eye, kept seeing some cracking images online, so she said let’s do it.
Having lived in Germany in the early 2000 to 2003, I have been to the area a handful of times, but never in anger, more of a transit whilst staring out the window of a train. Our last visit together was in 2014 when we drove to Italy. So looking forward to this trip.
We (very likely) will be taking overnight StenaLine crossing from Harwich to Hoek van Holland, and utilising some of the routes traveled by @grantmac and @Wapping last year, before the unfortunate event, that caused Wapping to sit out the summer and most of the autumn out the saddle of his awesome steeds. Here is hoping no such event would ruin our jaunt, seeing as I’ll be back on the continent some three weeks later with the lads.
The return jaunt might be via motorways, halfway through the day, in order to catch a channel train, that would see us arrive at Folkestone around 7pm. Meaning we would be back home at around 9pm.
Haven’t made up my mind yet, if I will do back roads out of Cochem toward Luxembourg and into Belgium, then hack it towards Calais on motorways. Or, would I ride towards Bouillon and Ardennes and then ride via motorways, across northern France. Might even do motorways all the way from Cochem, seeing as three weeks later, I’ll be back in Bouillon with the boys.
I’ve recently taken up the lifetime offer that MyRoute App have been running throughout December at a knockdown cost.
Having been poking about the app on my iPad over the past couple of days, I have discovered a tab called Library. Tapping it, it showed thousands or routes across the world, created by MRA members and open to all members. Zooming over the Benelux and Eifel area, showed me some very interesting route options. Centering over Cochem, showed routes that either originate, traverse or blow by this town a short distance away. A tap of a “Download” tab, saved them for my use. No sweat was broken as far as planing is concerned, just minor tweaking is required to Start and Finish waypoints.
With access to other users from this forum, I have even greater options for day jaunts in every direction from the “hub of the wheel” that is Cochem.
Next thing on the list, is to ask Google for “10 things to do/see in Eifel” some ideas are already available on this forum and build a some sort of itinerary. Wife has zero interest in anything to do with WWII. So no concentration camps or such thing would be visited, unless it involves pulling up at the side of the road having a good look at it and snapping a photo, for the purposes of a ride report and to say that “we’ve seen it”
Some time soon I need to book a major bike (valve) service, new drivetrain set, and a pair of boots in the coming months.
Then there is a need for swapping over the decat headers for OEM ones ( I will do this myself), as I dare not venture into Germany with a full decat screamer that is a KTM 1290 SAS.if I do not do this, I will likely to be asking for it to be impounded, and be slapped with a hefty fine, not least that it might make it for a more relaxing riding holiday.
Even though I did ask Google for average weather in Eifel throughout month of May, nothing gives a better answer than those who have been there a number of times in the second half of May.
What temps, and type of weather can one expect?
I would be checking the forecast, starting with two weeks ahead of time, to see how and what we would need to pack.
Roll on May… as months do go by, I will add to this thread its any relevant information or updates.
Diggs have been booked for 6 nights in Cochem of all places, certain Yorkshireman been singing praise on here and beyond, plus wife’s wondering eye, kept seeing some cracking images online, so she said let’s do it.
Having lived in Germany in the early 2000 to 2003, I have been to the area a handful of times, but never in anger, more of a transit whilst staring out the window of a train. Our last visit together was in 2014 when we drove to Italy. So looking forward to this trip.
We (very likely) will be taking overnight StenaLine crossing from Harwich to Hoek van Holland, and utilising some of the routes traveled by @grantmac and @Wapping last year, before the unfortunate event, that caused Wapping to sit out the summer and most of the autumn out the saddle of his awesome steeds. Here is hoping no such event would ruin our jaunt, seeing as I’ll be back on the continent some three weeks later with the lads.
The return jaunt might be via motorways, halfway through the day, in order to catch a channel train, that would see us arrive at Folkestone around 7pm. Meaning we would be back home at around 9pm.
Haven’t made up my mind yet, if I will do back roads out of Cochem toward Luxembourg and into Belgium, then hack it towards Calais on motorways. Or, would I ride towards Bouillon and Ardennes and then ride via motorways, across northern France. Might even do motorways all the way from Cochem, seeing as three weeks later, I’ll be back in Bouillon with the boys.
I’ve recently taken up the lifetime offer that MyRoute App have been running throughout December at a knockdown cost.
Having been poking about the app on my iPad over the past couple of days, I have discovered a tab called Library. Tapping it, it showed thousands or routes across the world, created by MRA members and open to all members. Zooming over the Benelux and Eifel area, showed me some very interesting route options. Centering over Cochem, showed routes that either originate, traverse or blow by this town a short distance away. A tap of a “Download” tab, saved them for my use. No sweat was broken as far as planing is concerned, just minor tweaking is required to Start and Finish waypoints.
With access to other users from this forum, I have even greater options for day jaunts in every direction from the “hub of the wheel” that is Cochem.
Next thing on the list, is to ask Google for “10 things to do/see in Eifel” some ideas are already available on this forum and build a some sort of itinerary. Wife has zero interest in anything to do with WWII. So no concentration camps or such thing would be visited, unless it involves pulling up at the side of the road having a good look at it and snapping a photo, for the purposes of a ride report and to say that “we’ve seen it”
Some time soon I need to book a major bike (valve) service, new drivetrain set, and a pair of boots in the coming months.
Then there is a need for swapping over the decat headers for OEM ones ( I will do this myself), as I dare not venture into Germany with a full decat screamer that is a KTM 1290 SAS.if I do not do this, I will likely to be asking for it to be impounded, and be slapped with a hefty fine, not least that it might make it for a more relaxing riding holiday.
Even though I did ask Google for average weather in Eifel throughout month of May, nothing gives a better answer than those who have been there a number of times in the second half of May.
What temps, and type of weather can one expect?
I would be checking the forecast, starting with two weeks ahead of time, to see how and what we would need to pack.
Roll on May… as months do go by, I will add to this thread its any relevant information or updates.
, via Rostock and Regensburg. Sounds proper jaunt that. 
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And Piesport is very nice.
