Alpine Passes, Lakes and Good Friends

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Sat, 03 Sep 2016 19:00:00 +0100

Journey's end :-(

Troyes, France

Fri, 02 Sep 2016 19:00:00 +0200

A long, hot day riding from Germany across into France, the Alsace and now into the Ardenne. Just outside Troyes is a golfing resort/hotel. Think I forgot to pack my golf bats, so a round might be difficult :-)

A little coffee shop with views of several fast, sweeping bends... Somewhere to chill and watch the other bikes having fun

Lovely wooded valleys, swoopy roads and some respite from the heat

Golf bats not packed :-(

Chilling under the aircon...

Titisee-Neustadt, Germany

Wed, 31 Aug 2016 16:00:00 +0200

No tittering, it's really called Lake Titisee

Lake Titisee and a cold beer

Reflecting over a cold beer

Lovely place for a coffee and people watching

A hitch-hiker!!

Feldkirchen, Austria

Tue, 30 Aug 2016 16:00:00 +0200

Now into Austria... The hotel is up a winding, 1-track road, off a winding road, off a small road, off an obscure turning on a country lane. And the drive-way is very steep - getting the bikes back down is going to be fun

Stelvio Pass, part way up the 'long side'

The remnant of a valley village after flooding as a reservoir

The KTM facing towards Mattighofen, where it was born. Oh, and a reservoir.

Quite a view, and quite a hotel to match... if Yoga is your thing ;-)

Feldkirch in the evening

Deep fried puffer fish for dinner :-)

The curious, but charming and relaxing Yoga Hotel

Stelvio, Italy

Mon, 29 Aug 2016 12:00:00 +0200

Bormio, Italy

Sun, 28 Aug 2016 19:30:00 +0200

Bormeo church in the morning sunshine

Basel, Switzerland

Sun, 28 Aug 2016 12:20:00 +0200

Coffee break

Turkish? restaurant in German speaking Switzerland

Épinal, France

Sat, 27 Aug 2016 17:20:00 +0200

Glorious sunshine, 38c temperatures and a bit hot riding. Lovely :-)

Calais

Fri, 26 Aug 2016 10:00:00 +0200

Here we go!! France ahead

Dover behind us

Calais ahead of us