Nico-D wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 17, 2019 11:07 am

Dave I may see you down there. I'm aiming to head off tomorrow on DRZ doing the TET on french side of Pyrenees starting at western end. depending on how it goes I may pop over the top and down to Sort, on verra !

Cool. Have a good ride, Nick. See you at the bar.

Dave

OK, I'm going to be the odd one out by the sound of it. I've had a long biking career on sports bikes, almost always featuring full systems. I love the sound of a sports bike at full chat roaring along on the pipe. I love the rumble of a Ducati with a Termi. I love the howl of a 675 triple at 12,000...

Thanks for the info on that. Decision kind of made to go via Angouleme. I do it in one hop and just plan out my stops in my head as I have done it quite a few times.... 28/29 September is Rocamadour hot air balloon festival ......les montgolfieres....kind of spectacular. Seems its warmer than expec...

For anyone driving/riding south, planning to use the N147 between Poitiers and Limoges: it's being dug up and re-surfaced near Bussiere Poitevine - Saint Bonnet De Bellac (close to Motobreaks, if you know it). The official diversion is quite lengthy so you might want to take a different route south...

Have a fantastic time, you chaps. I have great memories of Maroc and really must visit again some day. I was adding some boswellia additive (frankinsence) to our horses' feed yesterday and the smell took me right back to the amazing Fez spice market. I still have a prayer mat and a clay pipe from Ke...

For anyone driving/riding south, planning to use the N147 between Poitiers and Limoges: it's being dug up and re-surfaced near Bussiere Poitevine - Saint Bonnet De Bellac (close to Motobreaks, if you know it). The official diversion is quite lengthy so you might want to take a different route south ...

Not tame at all, David. I used to love touring like this. I was always on sports bikes, but it's the same principle. Link together all the green-bordered twisty mountain passes on the map and have a hoot. Don't carry too much, stay in 2-3 star hotels, ride all day, eat and drink all evening. Lovely....

A week today I should be on the ferry, getting slightly excited now, I'm aiming to get to the campsite Sunday afternoon/evening and leaving Friday or Saturday depending on weather excuses etc ;) I've also emailed you Dave. Are we still meeting at Phils? (edit: just seen Phil might not be able to ma...

OK, so it looks like: Me Matt Slowly Steve (Chunkybutt) Steve (Bowber) Roastbeef82 Wills x2 +1 more later Sideleaner x2 Cgm ? Spanish Johnny ? DiggermanBob ? AlanHolt and his group at some point. See you there chaps... https://www.google.com/maps/place/Camping+Noguera+Pallaresa/@42.4186186,1.131041...

OK, so it looks like: Me Matt Slowly Steve (Chunkybutt) Steve (Bowber) Roastbeef82 Wills x2 +1 more later Sideleaner x2 Cgm ? Spanish Johnny ? DiggermanBob ? AlanHolt and his group at some point. See you there chaps... https://www.google.com/maps/place/Camping+Noguera+Pallaresa/@42.4186186,1.1310419...