Tomorrow four of us are getting a tea time train to Europe and will head in a roughly east then south easterly direction over this week down in to the bottom right hand corner of Germany, loop round Czech Rep cos I want to say I rode there, Austria back into Germany, Konstanz and up through the Black Forest and home.
A smaller group than normal but the punctual and relatively sober (damn) members of our potential selection. We are converts to the Wapping method, we used to stay around Kent and get up at stupid o’clock, we now ride a little further and stay at St Omer and get up at a normal time on day one, it so makes sense. To be fair I worked it out myself one Friday night in Ashford and took comfort from our stalwart’s opinion. I did book the budget Ibis but I’ve changed it to the full strength Ibis, I’ve stayed there before, enjoyed the food and the beers so I’ve swapped it cos I’m windy about arrival time and food etc.
Bikes wise I’m on a K1600 bagger, got it last July and am enjoying it, this will be the longest jaunt on it. We’ve got an R1250GS, a new 2025 Honda NT1100, apparently it’s worth the upgrade from last years version, and a new Tracer GT, the one with the panniers and that. Age wise we range from 56 to 74, a few health issues over the last year, I’m the young ‘un but we’re stoked to get going.
I’m planning to post from the road and in the evening on my phone, that very south east corner of Germany seems like an area that’s not been reported in detail on here as well as Volary, Czech and the lake, might be shit I don’t know, but I will tell you here. I feel like an Essex pioneer innit. I’ve booked all the hotels as that was the majority preference rather than wing it and I paid for my train on Tesco vouchers before the Mrs managed to subscribe to Good Housekeeping for five years, yessssss get in.
Stay tuned, beats a week of work. There won’t be much museum/ culture stuff, just riding, views and chilling, but we’ll be happy with that.
A smaller group than normal but the punctual and relatively sober (damn) members of our potential selection. We are converts to the Wapping method, we used to stay around Kent and get up at stupid o’clock, we now ride a little further and stay at St Omer and get up at a normal time on day one, it so makes sense. To be fair I worked it out myself one Friday night in Ashford and took comfort from our stalwart’s opinion. I did book the budget Ibis but I’ve changed it to the full strength Ibis, I’ve stayed there before, enjoyed the food and the beers so I’ve swapped it cos I’m windy about arrival time and food etc.
Bikes wise I’m on a K1600 bagger, got it last July and am enjoying it, this will be the longest jaunt on it. We’ve got an R1250GS, a new 2025 Honda NT1100, apparently it’s worth the upgrade from last years version, and a new Tracer GT, the one with the panniers and that. Age wise we range from 56 to 74, a few health issues over the last year, I’m the young ‘un but we’re stoked to get going.
I’m planning to post from the road and in the evening on my phone, that very south east corner of Germany seems like an area that’s not been reported in detail on here as well as Volary, Czech and the lake, might be shit I don’t know, but I will tell you here. I feel like an Essex pioneer innit. I’ve booked all the hotels as that was the majority preference rather than wing it and I paid for my train on Tesco vouchers before the Mrs managed to subscribe to Good Housekeeping for five years, yessssss get in.
Stay tuned, beats a week of work. There won’t be much museum/ culture stuff, just riding, views and chilling, but we’ll be happy with that.
they're now milling about outside. They all look pretty cool. Some have de armed in their rooms might get a side arm for the week 
