Category: Eastern Europe Bike Trip 2017

1 August 2017. After a restful and comfortable night in a hotel at St Omer I set off to catch the 9.50 ferry from Calais. It was not a good journey and I arrived at Calais with less than an hour to departure time. There were only 2 booths open to let me out of […]

It was a warm dry night for a change. Just as I got out of the tent a heavy rain shower passed over, if only it could have held off for 30 more minutes. I set the Sat Nav to avoid toll roads and was treated to some fantastic country roads with virtually no traffic, […]

I crossed over the Rhine from Germany to France at Colmar. A group of 15 UK motorcycles stopped at the café as I was leaving, they were part of a group of 25 with White Rose Motorcycle Tours. That large a group must be challenging for the organiser. It was a great days riding in […]

It rained most of the night, its warm and dry in the tent so that’s not the problem, its packing it up in the rain I don’t like. There is a McDonalds a mile from the campsite, free Wifi and hot coffee. It rained until after lunch, I am pleased to say all my wet […]

I set off from last nights campsite early and headed towards Innsbruck and then on towards Lake Constance. I am not a fan of motorways, although the one that goes to Innsbruck from the South has some pretty impressive mountains to ride through. Austria has some fantastic scenery, although the traffic is busy and around […]

Last night was cold, the temperature must have been close to zero. There is no map for yesterday, I decided to stay at the campsite and walk into the mountains. It was a 1200m climb from the campsite taking me above Lagazoui Refuge to an altitude of 2800m. For the second time on this trip […]

I left the hotel yesterday morning and headed to the Giau Pass in the Dolomites, Italy, the pass rises to 2236 m which saw the temperature fall to 12°C, this means I have seen a 26°C fall in the temperature since I left Greece. The roads were fantastic with sweeping hairpin bends, a great ride […]

The ferry arrive at Ancona, Italy on time, so we were soon on the road North. If you are in this area of Italy a visit to Tavullia the home town of the legendary nine-time world motorcycle champion Valentino Rossi is a must do. I had lunch in his restaurant with Alastair and Ian, the […]

Yesterday I headed to Igoumenitsa to catch the overnight ferry from Greece to Italy. Checkout time at Hotel Kastoria was 12 noon, I delayed my departure until the very last minute. Sitting around at the Port of Igoumenitsa waiting for the 8.15pm ferry to Ancona in temperatures that would be in the high thirties was […]

Dave Frankish asked for a map of the days route, this prompted me to take a screen shot from my Satnav, I have also amended yesterdays post with a map. Today I headed to Kastoria. The last time I travelled this way was on a trip to Eastern Turkey in 2012, back then Greece was […]