This trip was supposed to happen in June, with my girlfriend’s lovely arse on the pillion seat of my Road King Special.
Then covid hit.
She was supposed to be coming this week, then the French quarantine was imminent.
She could have come but, as a paramedic, there were issues with her going back to work,despite being an essential worker.So I’m solo.
I needed to get to Brittany to pay a builder and sort some stuff out and staying out of the UK as much as possible is a good thing for me.
So here I am.
Spent the weekend in Brittany,having come over late last week.
The plan is to spend about four nights in the Vercors, with a stop enroute each way.Once I’m there I’m going to have a couple of days exploring the various balcony roads,having only really done the Combe Laval in the past and then head south and over Mont Ventoux,following something like the shaded area of the route below,which Wapping flagged up recently :
I’m not planning any food pics and no ketchup will be consumed !!
Today was an 8am start and head down to Bourges,where I stopped last year, on the way to meet Evskij.
Roughly 300 miles,all back roads and routing via Angers then down the Loire Valley through Saumur and Chinon.
Typical early morning mist in Brittany soon gave way to better weather in the Loire :
Quick pic in Saumur then leg it before the shower caught up
Just fabulous, pottering along at around 60mph, on the perfect bike for these roads and views, with Roger Hodgson playing live in the helmet speakers :
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More back roads :
Then arrived at my campsite for the night :
Restaurant/breakfast room not too shabby :
Beer and probably a pizza tonight at a cracking little Italian I went to last year.
Then tomorrow it’s 280 miles of back roads to Rencurel in the Vercors,to stay a few nights at Engineer’s favourite hotel.Just hope the fucker’s not there
So far the RKS has exceeded all expectations .Less is more !!!
I left the sissy bar in the UK and the rear rack in Brittany.
The forecast for the Vercors is cracking :
So I’ll probably remove the screen as well,done in about 30 seconds.
More to come another day.....
Then covid hit.
She was supposed to be coming this week, then the French quarantine was imminent.
She could have come but, as a paramedic, there were issues with her going back to work,despite being an essential worker.So I’m solo.
I needed to get to Brittany to pay a builder and sort some stuff out and staying out of the UK as much as possible is a good thing for me.
So here I am.
Spent the weekend in Brittany,having come over late last week.
The plan is to spend about four nights in the Vercors, with a stop enroute each way.Once I’m there I’m going to have a couple of days exploring the various balcony roads,having only really done the Combe Laval in the past and then head south and over Mont Ventoux,following something like the shaded area of the route below,which Wapping flagged up recently :
I’m not planning any food pics and no ketchup will be consumed !!
Today was an 8am start and head down to Bourges,where I stopped last year, on the way to meet Evskij.
Roughly 300 miles,all back roads and routing via Angers then down the Loire Valley through Saumur and Chinon.
Typical early morning mist in Brittany soon gave way to better weather in the Loire :
Quick pic in Saumur then leg it before the shower caught up
Just fabulous, pottering along at around 60mph, on the perfect bike for these roads and views, with Roger Hodgson playing live in the helmet speakers :
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More back roads :
Then arrived at my campsite for the night :
Restaurant/breakfast room not too shabby :
Beer and probably a pizza tonight at a cracking little Italian I went to last year.
Then tomorrow it’s 280 miles of back roads to Rencurel in the Vercors,to stay a few nights at Engineer’s favourite hotel.Just hope the fucker’s not there
So far the RKS has exceeded all expectations .Less is more !!!
I left the sissy bar in the UK and the rear rack in Brittany.
The forecast for the Vercors is cracking :
So I’ll probably remove the screen as well,done in about 30 seconds.
More to come another day.....
