Ready then
May 25 in England ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Tunnel time
May 25 in England ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
First stop
May 25 in France ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Long ride today, 390 miles and heavy rain midway. Drying out now with a beer 🍺
Pit stop
May 26 in France ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Great road from Troyes in the dry!
Pontarlier stop
May 26 in France ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
A dry day, whoop. Just got to Pontarlier on the Swiss border after 590 miles in two days. Great roads from Troyes to Besancon, D619 and D67 if you go that way.
Lac Leman
May 27 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
On route to Italy.
Liddes
May 27 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Coffee break 😎
First Italian stop
May 27 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Into Switzerland from Pontarlier on the A roads, scenic but a little slow through the villages. Now in northan Italy near Vercelli, time for spaghetti.
On route to Livorno
May 28 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Livorno
May 28 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Good ride down to the coast, motorway and some twisty roads in between. Delightful, quirky apartment in the town centre. Found a restaurant recommended by our host that was excellent 👌 Heading forRead more
Route to Rome
May 29 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Hot Coffee! No thanks
Rome
May 30 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Glad to get into Rome after 210 miles in the heat, had to dodge the crazy scooter riders in the city though 😳. Fabulous day today exploring the Colosseum Palatine Hill and the Roman Forum. TheRead more
The Vatican
May 31 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Another cultural day viewing the Vatican museums, again so much to see. The audio guide is well worth it in both the Colosseum and Vatican (finding the Vatican audio play number is a little trickyRead more
On route to Pompeii
June 1 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Easy ride south to Pompeii, only 170 miles. Some stunning coastline on the way and glimpse of Mount Vesuvius.
Pompeii
June 2 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
The city is quite compact with plenty of bars and restaurants. Short walk from our apartment to the east side of the archaeological Pompeii site. It's unbelievable that the entire Roman city wasRead more
Amalfi coast
June 3 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
Late afternoon and evening ride around the famous Amalfi coust, about 40 miles of the twistiest road I've been on. Fabulous views that the camara just doesn't capture. Heading north tomorrow.
Heading north
June 4 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Doing some distance today, 240 miles north to Civitanova Marche. Fabulous roads across Parco Nazionale della Maiella ( if you're interested the SS17, SS84 and SS81)
Civitanova Marche
June 4 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Moving on to Civitanova Marche, for an overnight. Cooling of a little from +30°c to a comfortable 26°c. Lovely beach front town but an annoying main line tain track right in the middle of it 🙄.Read more
VR46
June 5 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Popped in to see if Valentino Rossi was home, sadly he was out racing somewhere.
Chioggia
June 6 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Arrived here yesterday after our VR46 visit, mostly motorway and the landscape is pretty flat so not that interesting but caught glimpses of the Adriatic Sea and the coast line. Chioggia is a littleRead more
Prato Allo Stelvio
June 7 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
We've arrived in Prato Allo Stelvio, about 10 miles from the Swiss / Italian boarder. Flat landscape to start but got a lot more interesting from Trento and found a few twisty bits after Bolzan Bozen.Read more
Swiss passes
June 8 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
We managed to dodge the rain this morning. Started in Italy taking the SS41 road to the Swiss border then on the 28 over the Ofenpass at 7050 ft (2149m), great scenery. Along the same road toRead more
Meersburg
June 8 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Arrived in Meersburg for the night on the side of Lake Constance (known as Bodensee in German). We been in four countries today; Italy, Switzerland, Austria and now Germany. Overcast and windy at theRead more
Germany to France
Jun 9–13 in France ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Long spells on the German Auotbahn and French motorway so not that interesting but we did find a couple of twisty roads cutting across the Black Forest heading for Metz. Dry day and a little coolerRead more
