Spain and France September 2017

[Bearded Dew Drop]

Cracking European ride this year. Plymouth to Santander then down through Pamplona to Jaca. Overnight camp. Down to Ainsa and up through the Pyrenees to Montreal near Carcassonne. Bit of luxury here as we stayed at a friends house for a rather nice roast chicken dinner + wine and beer. Up in the morning and off again to Rauzan near Bordeaux. Another overnight camp a little evening walk around Rauzan and rather nice tagliatelli carbonara. Rather soggy start to the day but up and away by 10 for a jaunt up to St Hilaire approx 80 miles above La Rochelle on the Atlantic coast. Final leg now in France from St Hilaire to St Malo and a stay in a Chateau 3 miles out of St Malo. A taxi into St Malo for a few beers and a curry. Up in the morning for the ferry back to Portsmouth. Arrived Portsmouth at 1815. Stopped for fuel at Fareham and then rode home to Kegworth in the rain with another stop at Brackley. Fantastic trip somewhere in the region of 200 miles or so a day. First time I've taken the GTR on a big big trip and what a bike for, it I felt I could do an extra couple of hundred miles a day. I was really happy with it. The wife on her Bonneville Street Twin, not so happy at the end of every day.
The picture is just after the Argnouet Tunnel coming out of Spain into France.

[PaulB]

Sounds like a cracking trip!

Loving the atmospheric b&w photo...

Cheers

Paul B.

[O.C.]

Sounds like a cracking trip!

Loving the atmospheric b&w photo...

Cheers

Paul B.

  thanks for sharing