Annual GTR Meet Up 2019.

Started by Lonewolf, July 30, 2019, 09:33:40 PM

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nightrider

I downloaded the routes for Luxembourg off ride got there ok using my garment 390 ,but the route started and finished in the same spot and it would not let me get going without bringing me back to the same spot so I hopped across to the Nurburgring great roads to and back across the Belgium Ardennes area ,,will have to try again ,

Lonewolf

Quote from: nightrider on August 19, 2019, 06:45:11 PM
I did the same trip a couple of weeks ago stopped at the same hotel went up on the wed back on the Thursday.


How freaky is that, that you stayed at the same hotel! If you think that area was busy, you want to try Skye. It's getting that ridiculous on Skye now there is consideration being given to a tourist tax. You get camper vans parked in passing places on single track roads, foreign tourists driving on the wrong side of the road, cars just stopping without warning on roads because they want to take photos out of the window. When I was up on Skye and around Lochness in May/June in just two days I personally saw the aftermath of no less than three head on accidents due to foreign tourists just happily tootling along on the wrong side of the road. It's a beautiful country but getting out of control with bloody tourists.  :whistling:

pross

Lovely photos and reports once again Steve 👌.
As you mentioned in your write up it's those dreaded motorway miles from down here to there that puts people off in my opinion I tried a few years back to arrange a trip to Scotland or Essen for the motor GP. But the monotonous motorway riding scared people off  :no:
Pross

Rusty

Indeed Pros ... from the sunny Sussex coast its a lonnnnnnng way so best to make the outbound journey a "bit of a tour in its self" and visit other people or places on the way. The route back ? it doesn't seem to matter so much  :smiley:

nightrider

You could always get the ferry to Ireland ride up the west coast then ferry into Scotland  makes a great trip ,

O.C.

Quote from: nightrider on August 20, 2019, 04:57:11 PM
You could always get the ferry to Ireland ride up the west coast then ferry into Scotland  makes a great trip ,

That journey would be spectacular but considerably  further than riding up the East coast  which is also amazing   :yes:   
BE KIND...


ROG .

Rusty

Like your thinking nightrider  :yes: :yes:

Rusty

PS .... why didn't I think of that ????   :mfr_lol:

pross

Quote from: nightrider on August 20, 2019, 04:57:11 PM
You could always get the ferry to Ireland ride up the west coast then ferry into Scotland  makes a great trip ,
Sounds like an amazing road trip 👌
Pross

Rusty

I,m working on that Pross ... working on it ! :clap:

pross

Quote from: Rusty on August 26, 2019, 08:48:36 PM
I,m working on that Pross ... working on it ! :clap:

Get that route sorted and the manifesto  :banana: :popcorn:
Pross

Taz973

what a shame we didn't know before i was over in August from SPAIN  we did skye  and a good part of the NC500 after doing wales and the lakes  but i would really like to recommend Torguish house in Daviot Inverness  a BandB for bikers only  and unbelievable place the breakfast was FANTASTIC and Ben the gaffer can recommend routes all over  the highlands 
just to say we rode from PERTH and arriving at BENS i hadnt turned the bike engine off and i was asked TEA or COFFE  black or white  etc etc all i can say is WE  WILL BE BACK  I will try to post a part of our 7000km trip when i get chance

Rusty