And there I think we see the problem. Rasher, I believe starts in Oxford’ish. Whilst it’s not Folkestone, it’s a lot closer to Calais than north Wales. He arrived at the Black Forest ‘late’ on day two, but with admittedly a ‘late’ start on day one. Then a day riding riding around, gives three days and two days back is five days. The fellows from north Wales have just run out of days to get back, let alone get to the Black Forest. They are sort of day to a day and half short, unless they blitz chunks on the motorway.
As above, I’d lean towards the Morvan. We have done it in day from Avalllon (right at the top of the Morvan) to Calais, the train and then into London in a day, avoiding motorways (except the M20) taking only N and D roads. That was three or four bikes, me and some others from the forum. But, we started early and didn’t slouch about. Lunch was definitely on the hoof somewhere. I’ll have the exact tings somewhere in my little black book.
Likewise, the Ardennes is a great destination, closer still.
Or go back to part one of their idea. There is plenty of good riding around the area of the ‘ring. Germany is cheaper, too.
