Unplanned Alps sept 09

Ash · Sep 16, 2009

Friday 11/09/09 cont

as i head towards Liechtenstein i come into a tiny little hamlet called Maienfeld
a stunning place and home of Heidi :angel

http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A1f4cf...53217899/**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi
i have been through before but never believed i would find it again.
as you approach l/stien and leave swiss you come across a walled barracks
and then an open space which would of been heavily fortified during ww2 as hidden in the high rock are gun placements.

Ash · Sep 16, 2009

Friday 11/09/09 cont

Liechtenstein is a very clean place and has nice,smart,groomed people around it's center.
as i head out towards Austria i nearly spit my fag out :eek

[not that i smoke]
when i saw the tiny children sat in there chairs on the tractor mudguards
Bless!!!!!!!!!!!!! kinell.

Ash · Sep 16, 2009

Friday 11/09/09 cont

After a short trip through a highly commercial part of Austria.
[nothing worth seeing]
other than the Schiflle hotel , used it twice and highly recommended
http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A03uv8...XP=1253221441/**http://www.hotel-schiffle.at/
owner is a biker [harley type but a nice guy]
i re enter the Father land

and follow Lake Constance-
http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A03uv8...**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Constance
more beautiful people but sadly i just could not walk far enough to get some good pictures [sorry]
nearly shat myslelf when the train went whizzing past [never saw it coming].
then i enter a no speed limit Autobahn which quickly opened into 3 fast lanes

Ash · Sep 16, 2009

Friday 11/09/09 cont

After another long day in the sadlle.
i end up at f1 Hotel in Strasbourg-
http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A1f4cf...XP=1253222882/**http://www.hotelformule1.com/
where i have reserved parking

the people you see had arrived late unloaded all there luggage only to find out !!!!
Wrong hotel in the wrong town/city. 11.00pm

kinell.

NA1959 · Sep 16, 2009

Great report and pic's :aidan

Keep e,m coming

Ash · Sep 16, 2009

NA1959 said:
Great report and pic's Keep e,m coming

Nearing the end now

Ash · Sep 16, 2009

Sat 12/09/09

I leave Strasbourg in stunning sunshine.
and head out on the small roads but progress is very painful and after an hour i and allow motorway in the Garmin 660 [but no toll roads]as i need to get as near as i can to the French / English coast.
because riding with the Disability's i have, i never know when my body will say enough is enough and i like to have time in hand.

i re enter the Father land for the last time and drive past a "MASSIVE" ford factory :eek

"BIG" at Saarlouis-
http://uk.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A1f4cf...3967/**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saarlouis
i need fuel so enter the city and come across a rally " such nice sounds"

Ash · Sep 16, 2009

Sat 12/09/09 cont.

heading towards Luxembourg.through a tunnel and you are in.
vast fields of grapevines and a nice empty road.
then onto European Space Center, Luxembourg City, but i just could not walk the distance required to look around even though it was free entry for me

Ash · Sep 16, 2009

Sat 12/09/09 cont.

for all you Naughty smokers and drinkers !!!!!!!!
Luxembourg has a fag and booze town like Belgium-
5751 Frisange
Luxembourg
on the N13
[fill your boots]

i then enter Belgium Again nothing much to see as i travel through Belgium and France.
Other than it's bloody warm in all my gear :blast

I stop for the night at the F1 ready for my short drive to Le Havre Sunday 150 miles

Ash · Sep 17, 2009

SUN 13/09/09

a warm if cloudy day.
:eek

surely no rain on my last day ! please

.
i knock of motorways again off my Garmin as i want to do the last bit as i dis the first through rural France.
a couple of left overs from some tunneling :augie

the open plains of the Somme
and a couple of lazy cows

[ you have to larf ] :pullface

Ash · Sep 17, 2009

SUN 13/09/09

Riding through the Somme it is all to easy to see why we took such heavy losses as it's as open as you could ever imagine

and our poor lads never stood a chance. :tears

so much sadness to see :rose

Ash · Sep 17, 2009

SUN 13/09/09

As my trip draws to a close the ferry port is an easy one to find.
a fairly new dredger working in Le Havre harbour.
and a pleasure cruiser tied up.
then it's time to head home and the darkness approaches so does the UK :tears

.
seven days and not one drop of rain :bow

.

Ash · Sep 17, 2009

A few thank you's
Firstly my beautiful assistant [ picture one ]

Thank you to Whatton [kevin] -
As i read his trip report and remember his stating about using the smallest roads in France.
I have always used / viewed France as a pain or route to get to somewhere else, but in fact it's a beautiful country and as you travel through it has many things to see along the way.
Thank you Steptoe [Niel]-
at Baskerville i noticed he had an i pod on his bike and read somewhere his stating that sometimes the right tune came on at the right time.[ i scoffed at the time] but i now travel with my i pod always and sometimes a certain tune plays and away i go

[nuts i may be but harmless]

I know i have said before but for someone like me to ride a bike is an achievement and hard on my busted body and i amazed myself at where i got and get too.
Thanks for reading my report.
I really did have a blast. :kissy2

Ash · Sep 17, 2009

PS,
sorry some of the pictures and words are on another thread.
but i never intended to do a ride report.
PPS
i am not really sorry :pullface

Aidan1150 · Sep 17, 2009

Well done Ash. :clap

Ash · Sep 17, 2009

Aidan1150 said:
Well done Ash.

that was hard work :eek

I need a holiday now.

deaninkl · Sep 17, 2009

Great report Ash, glad you had fun. Now get and pollish the new parquet there a good chapie. PS. Show Joe where he can find this report.

yamonda1 · Sep 17, 2009

Great reading Ash .. started my day off well :clap

I went to a few of the same places last June and you've brought it all back especially the Pass vids :thumb2

tunnie · Sep 17, 2009

fantastic ride report :thumb2

For the photos on the move, how did you take those? Take a camera out if your pocket? Or have something mounted on the bike?

Ash · Sep 17, 2009

tunnie said:
fantastic ride report

For the photos on the move, how did you take those? Take a camera out if your pocket? Or have something mounted on the bike?

i will pop to garage later and take a piccie of camera mounted on GS.

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