Suggested routes etc.
As promised, here are the suggested routes.
As the files are quite large I have broken them up.
There is fuel on all of the routes. So no great problem with any of the daily distances, unless anyone is gunning it on an SP1.
(A) There and back
(i) Chunnel to the hotel, 224 miles. A chunk of motorway down to Cambrai, followed by N and D roads. We can stop for a sandwich etc. in Montcornet.
(ii) The return journey home. 200 miles, Across country, followed by another chunk of motorway, for the final run across the dull and congested flat lands of Belgium. We can stop on the motorway for a sandwich.
(B) Ride outs
I have done three sets, even though we only have two days spare.
Ride out 1 Hotel out to Clervaux in Luxembourg, in two legs each of 98 miles. This is pretty much the same as the ad-hoc ride I cobbled together on the first UKGSer's Ardennes ride I did last year. I rode it earlier in the year in the wet and it's OK.
Ride out 2 Hotel out to Givet, in two legs, each of 80 miles. Again, it is near enough the same as the route I did for the ride last year. I rode it again earlier this year in the rain and have tidied up some parts, leaving the bit in where I got lost in a small village
Ride out 3 This is an extended version of ride out 2. I cobbled it together from routes I had done in the past, along with a chunk lifted from Michelin's excellent '80 Virees a moto' book. As you will see it takes in many of the roads used in ride out 2. Again, it's in two legs. The first 75 miles, then a longer 184 miles, totalling 259 miles.
If I get a moment I will do the routes up in Excel, too.
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As usual:
(i) Can we all start with full tanks of fuel when getting onto the train, please.
(ii) If possible, let's meet up at the passenger centre before getting on the train. I will be there about 30 minutes or so before departure. 1200GSA (not too clean). I will PM everyone my mobile number in case of problems.
(iii) In case someone has a problem getting off the train (delays are not unknown) let's rendez-vous at the first petrol station on the left when leaving the train.
(iv) It's a small group but at some point over 200 miles we will all get split up, inevitably. I think it would be a good idea to run the drop-off 'marker' system. Not least it allows everyone to ride at their own speed and still keep the whole group reasonably in touch with one another.
(v) If anyone does not have a GPS, please let me know. It is not a problem.
Richard
) you can tax the bike at a Post Office.
