You can avoid that by selecting where to join your bespoke route. That is made easier still if you follow MyRoute’s ‘Best practice’ of having a shaping point every 5 km / 3 miles.
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You can avoid that by selecting where to join your bespoke route. That is made easier still if you follow MyRoute’s ‘Best practice’ of having a shaping point every 5 km / 3 miles.
There are those that claim that ‘Winging it, mate” is the only way to go…. Right up until the point that it ain’t.
A bit of time taken to plot things out and (not least) finding something to see along the way, rather than just riding from A to B to C, often pays dividends.
But hey, it’s fun (in a way) finding out what works and - more importantly - what doesn’t work for you.
Mrs Berin and I found the same. We were finding accommodation on the fly, worked ok but in all honesty was an almighty faff on the road. Worked more or less Ok till we got to Epernay.
It was hot, it was late, we’d ridden a long way. There was one room left in the region, at a hotel just outside Epernay. It was called, I think, the Royal Champagne.
Now it was good, the evening meal was fabulous, the view was magnificent and they graciously gave us a glass of champagne each as we waited, hot, sweaty and grubby in the lovely foyer amongst folk getting their Ferrari’s and Bentley’s parked.
That night cost pretty much the same as the rest of the holiday.
Since then I do more planning. If there’s a particular place we want to stay I book in advance, which also has the advantage that when we get up in the morning we know where we’re going and how to get there.
Unsurprisingly, nice places that are reasonably priced are booked up, but you can usually get in at a Campanile by the motorway somewhere, I suppose.
I like to wing it for one-nighters between longer stops, but shorten days so we can start keeping an eye out after ~3:30pm for a "zimmer frei" sign, overall have had great rooms at great prices, in Bormio I walked into a gaff and it seemed a bit pricey, and then they wanted to "upsell" me a suite, I declined and ended up in a huge room with bed, sofa, large bathroom and balcony, I think it was all they had, hence the keen upsell.
Another time we got a 2 bedroom family unit in Austria for a song, the one time it went wrong was when we hoped to get a place on a pass on our way into Switzerland and failed to find a space, ended up paying a lot for a very average room in a town centre Hotel above a multi-storey car park in Thun, but it was clean and comfy, the town was nice and we knew the risks of winging it.
With the amount of Hotels on websites now it is much easier to just book a day ahead, or even stop at lunch time and find a room, the amount of smaller gaffs on booking / hotel sites has exploded, and internet access is much easier to get than 10-15 years ago, sadly I think there are less hotels and B&B's now though.
Another time we got a 2 bedroom family unit in Austria for a song, the one time it went wrong was when we hoped to get a place on a pass on our way into Switzerland and failed to find a space, ended up paying a lot for a very average room in a town centre Hotel above a multi-storey car park in Thun, but it was clean and comfy, the town was nice and we knew the risks of winging it.
With the amount of Hotels on websites now it is much easier to just book a day ahead, or even stop at lunch time and find a room, the amount of smaller gaffs on booking / hotel sites has exploded, and internet access is much easier to get than 10-15 years ago, sadly I think there are less hotels and B&B's now though.
A friend of mine forgot that cardinal rule on a France trip. He missed a turning, went into autopilot on the road while he was considering his alternatives rode head on into a car that was coming the other way and died instantly.
If you do fk up don't panic and trust your Sat. Nav. to put you right.
I, on the other hand, having stopped to enjoy the view over Lough Melvin in County Fermanagh merrily set off at pace on the RHS of the road when I almost met the same fate as my pal when a poor unsuspecting driver came round a blind bend and only missed me by a inches. Entirely my fault and I still feel bad for the poor driver even now.
Great write up, thanks for taking the time. Enjoy the rest of your holiday.
Thanks for the comments all, definitely food for thought for the next trip.
An update on Hotel Rietzer Hof, they advertise a restaurant attached, show lovely pics of it but they don't mention it didn't reopen after the pandemic, there's nothing else around either so a quick trip on the bikes to get snack was the answer.
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An update on Hotel Rietzer Hof, they advertise a restaurant attached, show lovely pics of it but they don't mention it didn't reopen after the pandemic, there's nothing else around either so a quick trip on the bikes to get snack was the answer.
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Thanks for this Wapping, I committed the cardinal sin of changing tech a few weeks before a trip and not getting used to it in time.You can avoid that by selecting where to join your bespoke route. That is made easier still if you follow MyRoute’s ‘Best practice’ of having a shaping point every 5 km / 3 miles.
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No problem.
There is one fairly tarnished golden rule: Never carry out a software update, 10 minutes before going on a jaunt. I guess the same could apply to switching to a new app.
The forum’s dedicated GPS section is pretty helpful, if you get stuck.
Tiger woods wrote a book years ago called ,
“How I play Golf”
He was at pains to explain why it wasn’t called,
“How to play Golf”
There’s no right or wrong.
Take advice, process, decide, execute.
After 2 days, repeat above.
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“How I play Golf”
He was at pains to explain why it wasn’t called,
“How to play Golf”
There’s no right or wrong.
Take advice, process, decide, execute.
After 2 days, repeat above.
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bob harris a little but billy bob fo sho
Welcome.
I assume you are using the MyRoute Navigaion app on your phone, mirrored through the Chinese display thing.
If so, this might help you:
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A couple of days behind again.
Another lesson learned, don't park your bike under a tree in the shade overnight, you'll use a significant amount of visor cleaner getting the bird shit off TFT's and sat nav
We took Wessie's advice and headed for Impst and over the Hahntenjoch pass. The river Lech looked very inviting so we got our feet wet and filled the water bottles. Ee carried on west to get us in the right spot to go over the Oberjoch pass and headed towards the overnight stop in Ottobeuren.
It was a great days riding, the passes and views were outstanding.
We stayed in Hotel Hirsch, the room was great, air con works without a card in the slot, there's underground parking for the bikes, it was £90 for the night which was great but the place is staffed by toddlers who are out of their depth, this is called out in the reviews. I'd definitely stay there again but just don't eat there. The hotel is in a square, we ate in the Gastof Zum Mohren, great food and beer, reasonable price too.
We left and headed for Titisee, (still makes me laugh, such a child). We went into Switzerland for a bit, did a couple of nice roads but it went a bit wrong towards the end of the day with village after village and in 35 degrees it was hard work, the dip in the lake was very welcome at the end of it.
We're still in the Nature Titisee hotel, Ali is a bit pissed as she booked a lakeside lodge for 2 nights which wasn't cheap but we're halfway up a hill and far from lakeside but the room is amazing, nice view from the balcony, we're paddle boarding for an hour this morning then back onto the bikes for a couple of hours on local roads before heading back.
It is nice getting up and not having to pack up and move on!
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Another lesson learned, don't park your bike under a tree in the shade overnight, you'll use a significant amount of visor cleaner getting the bird shit off TFT's and sat nav
We took Wessie's advice and headed for Impst and over the Hahntenjoch pass. The river Lech looked very inviting so we got our feet wet and filled the water bottles. Ee carried on west to get us in the right spot to go over the Oberjoch pass and headed towards the overnight stop in Ottobeuren.
It was a great days riding, the passes and views were outstanding.
We stayed in Hotel Hirsch, the room was great, air con works without a card in the slot, there's underground parking for the bikes, it was £90 for the night which was great but the place is staffed by toddlers who are out of their depth, this is called out in the reviews. I'd definitely stay there again but just don't eat there. The hotel is in a square, we ate in the Gastof Zum Mohren, great food and beer, reasonable price too.
We left and headed for Titisee, (still makes me laugh, such a child). We went into Switzerland for a bit, did a couple of nice roads but it went a bit wrong towards the end of the day with village after village and in 35 degrees it was hard work, the dip in the lake was very welcome at the end of it.
We're still in the Nature Titisee hotel, Ali is a bit pissed as she booked a lakeside lodge for 2 nights which wasn't cheap but we're halfway up a hill and far from lakeside but the room is amazing, nice view from the balcony, we're paddle boarding for an hour this morning then back onto the bikes for a couple of hours on local roads before heading back.
It is nice getting up and not having to pack up and move on!
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Excellent, thank you for taking the trouble to write it up.
This is when a paper map often comes in handy. It’s sometimes easier to spot villages strung out closely along a route, inevitably slowing forward progress.
It’s sometimes the hazard of blindly accepting the mantra “Look for the green lined scenic roads on a Michelin map, mate”. Quite often the ‘scenic’ villages are frequent, too. All very nice, fine and dandy if you just want to mooch along. Not least, the green lined scenic routes are sometimes not “Great roads; always are. You can’t go wrong”.
This is when a paper map often comes in handy. It’s sometimes easier to spot villages strung out closely along a route, inevitably slowing forward progress.
It’s sometimes the hazard of blindly accepting the mantra “Look for the green lined scenic roads on a Michelin map, mate”. Quite often the ‘scenic’ villages are frequent, too. All very nice, fine and dandy if you just want to mooch along. Not least, the green lined scenic routes are sometimes not “Great roads; always are. You can’t go wrong”.
Glad you enjoyed the suggestion, although, for some reason I don't think I have done the Oberjoch pass. Odd considering it is a favoured area to stopover for a couple of days en route to other places
Had a great day yesterday, Titisee to Nancy, a bit of motorway then the Route des Cretes which was awesome, had a stop at a lake for a well timed swim to cool off.
Stopped at the Ibis Styles in Nancy, tidy enough hotel with a pool, there are a couple of options around for food including eating at the hotel.
Last night is booked in Calais but I've been suffering with neck which is getting worse, the plan was to ride towards Metz, then Luxembourg and Belgium but we knocked that on the head in favour of a shorter day on the motorway.
We're in the Sure Hotel by Best Western ready to get to the train for 9ish in the morning, then its the 5+ hrs ride back to Swansea.
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Stopped at the Ibis Styles in Nancy, tidy enough hotel with a pool, there are a couple of options around for food including eating at the hotel.
Last night is booked in Calais but I've been suffering with neck which is getting worse, the plan was to ride towards Metz, then Luxembourg and Belgium but we knocked that on the head in favour of a shorter day on the motorway.
We're in the Sure Hotel by Best Western ready to get to the train for 9ish in the morning, then its the 5+ hrs ride back to Swansea.
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