Ready then
25 maja 2025, Anglia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Tunnel time
25 maja 2025, Anglia ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
First stop
25 maja 2025, Francja ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Long ride today, 390 miles and heavy rain midway. Drying out now with a beer 🍺
Pit stop
26 maja 2025, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Great road from Troyes in the dry!
Pontarlier stop
26 maja 2025, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 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
27 maja 2025, Szwajcaria ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
On route to Italy.
Liddes
27 maja 2025, Szwajcaria ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Coffee break 😎
First Italian stop
27 maja 2025, Włochy ⋅ ⛅ 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
28 maja 2025, Włochy ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Livorno
28 maja 2025, Włochy ⋅ ☁️ 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 for Czytaj więcej
Route to Rome
29 maja 2025, Włochy ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Hot Coffee! No thanks
Rome
30 maja 2025, Włochy ⋅ ☀️ 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. The Czytaj więcej
The Vatican
31 maja 2025, Włochy ⋅ ☀️ 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 tricky Czytaj więcej
On route to Pompeii
1 czerwca 2025, Włochy ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Easy ride south to Pompeii, only 170 miles. Some stunning coastline on the way and glimpse of Mount Vesuvius.
Pompeii
2 czerwca 2025, Włochy ⋅ ☀️ 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 was Czytaj więcej
Amalfi coast
3 czerwca 2025, Włochy ⋅ 🌙 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
4 czerwca 2025, Włochy ⋅ ⛅ 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
4 czerwca 2025, Włochy ⋅ ☀️ 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 🙄. Czytaj więcej
VR46
5 czerwca 2025, Włochy ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Popped in to see if Valentino Rossi was home, sadly he was out racing somewhere.
Chioggia
6 czerwca 2025, Włochy ⋅ ☀️ 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 little Czytaj więcej
Prato Allo Stelvio
7 czerwca 2025, Włochy ⋅ ⛅ 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. Czytaj więcej
Swiss passes
8 czerwca 2025, Szwajcaria ⋅ ⛅ 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 to Czytaj więcej
Meersburg
8 czerwca 2025, Niemcy ⋅ ☀️ 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 the Czytaj więcej
Germany to France
9–13 cze 2025, Francja ⋅ ☀️ 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 cooler Czytaj więcej
Metz
9 czerwca 2025, Francja ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Now in the old town of Metz, France. We've been here a few times on route to various parts of Europe, hopefully we can find a restaurant open on bank holiday Monday 😬
p.s. the Mexican is always Czytaj więcej