I'm sorry to tell you, that I can't be arsed to write war and peace, so there now follows a series of modest photographs of a five day trip. * Some photos are not taken on a Fujifilm EX1, but on a mobile phone so suck it up Photo snobs and don't whinge
*The ubiquitous channel tunnel photo ...
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A journey through North East France B roads that incorporates some of the Paris - Roubaix famous cobbled roads;
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(Wet cambered cobbles were bloody hard work with a pillion and a weeks worth of Rosy's luggage ..
)Rain ...
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...and finally to Givet for our first night;
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Where we had a truly excellent Tunisian meal followed by a flash waiter pouring mint tea 5 feet away from the cup ...
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Day two sees better weather, and we head off to BernKastel on the River Meuse.
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Bernkastel itself is quite charming - a pretty town nestled amongst the miles and miles of mosel vineyards. It's a good stop for a couple of days.
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Day three gave us the chance to nip over for an evening lap of the Nurburgring.
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Wandering around the carpark saw a plethora of nice vehicles from hot hatches to classics to some serious petrol heads.
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(This M1 was probably my favourite - I had a long chat with 'Marcus' the owner, it was his toy. He was a businessman in his 40's I'd guess, the car was kitted out with a roll cage and looked absolutely gorgeous in the flesh .. )
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Not everyones experience at the Nurburgring is a happy one! It can be a deceptive place that can bite back in the blink of an eye ... !
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Day four was a trip back to France where Rapid Training were hosting their annual Track day at Folembray. A great little circuit hidden in the middle on nowhere. It's fair to say that Cato is no track bike. With it's skinny 21/90/90 front it doesn't exactly inspire confidence at big lean angle and I was properly trounced by some very good riders. (Quickest bloke of the day was Bike Journo John Westlake on a ZX10 !!)
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(Gary Baldwin, your boss of Rapid Training..)
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And finally on to Honfleur, another very pretty town that is well worth spending a couple of days in.
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Sunday Morning saw a small market spring up;
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I thought fondly of the Gay harley boys in the Gnarly Bar and bought a bell for the back door at home .. !
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And that ..... is it!!
