I came over that way so may have a look on MondayI take it you will be stopping in the area until after the Moto GP Khulu; if so; there's a few places you could wonder around that may peak your interest; the campsite was good when we last stayed there; it will be even better now with the pool and the bunk house;
Do you have lat and long for the Barga campsite or is it easy to find?.
It's only 27C and sunny here in Scarperia but I feel like a greasy spot! Yes I had a good shower and hair wash yesterday. 4 days camping and I'll be minging come Monday.We need more pics Iain
I went there with the strange one on the back on a 1200GSA . Great windy roads to get there, but totally scottified 
I mean tins of McEwens export in the front shop windows, I would imagine warm if not tepid 
. Tartan every fekin where, I didn't like it at all. We were staying in an air bnb in Camigliano, just outside Lucca. not a word of English spoken -- just how I like it Anyways, have great time, see and send plenty piccies.
You probably know this already Iain, but Barga has the highest population of Scots in Italy, Mostly from my home town Inverness
. What's not to like.
Hmmmm....when are you not?
Great pix and report Iain....thanks!
Lotschburg tunnel from Kandesteg to Gopplestein. 30 minutes and the bikers have a seating carriage just for them. No queuing and on first - slick. My Nav 5 showed me a picture of a boat but the road signs showed a car on a bogie! I didn't know what was ahead. We must have been about 3000ft high.
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Thanks a lot Mike. I'll check them out.You are taking EU by storm Iain !
I said that I'd give you info on some campsites that might be of interest..Albania and FYROM might not end up being on your route but Romania certainly is, and Camping Ananas is perfectly located to have a round trip of the Transfargarasan, if fact I'd say to ride the highway north / south and drop right down on the south side, then turn around after a food stop and ride back up and down the north side back to Sibiu !
You'll get the best of all the views that way and the road continuing south was ( is still ? ) in pretty bad shape, and very slow thanks to Romania building town linear rather than in clusters...non stop 50kmh speed limits for a long way.
Camping Ananas is really chilled but then again Sibiu is also a really nice city to hang out.
https://www.ananas7b.de/en/home_english.html
Camping Rino ( ran by an Albanian called Marino ) is another nice place to stop, has it's own little restaurant selling local food and when you arrive he gives out free Rakia, when you get up in the morning everyone gets free espresso
https://campingrino.wordpress.com/
Camping Kranea in Albania is German owned but run by a really nice Albanian family, onsite restaurant and in a really quiet spot on the beach just a few kms from Himare.
And if you do make it there make sure that you ride the coastal road between Vlore and Sarande as it's stunning !
https://camping-kranea.com
So much to see and just not enough time !
Enjoy
