Days 8-9 – Alps and ride home 22/06/2016 This was the route I did that day: Malvaglia – San Bernardino Pass – Bernina Pass – Gavia Pass – Stelvio Pass – Umbrail Pass – Fuorn Pass – Fluela Pass – Amden After I did the Nufenen, Grimsel, Furka and Oberalp passes the previous day, I […]
Pyrenees & Alps 2016 (#5)
Day 7 – Alps 21/06/2016 Once I woke up, got ready, packed the bike and set off. This was the route I did that day: Bourg-Saint-Maurice – Little St Bernard Pass – Mont Blanc – Nufenen Pass – Grimsel Pass – Furka Pass – Oberalp Pass – Malvaglia There was a supermarket two minutes away […]
Pyrenees & Alps 2016 (#4)
Day 6 – French Alps 20/06/2016 I left Cagnes-Sur-Mer around 9am. My plan was to stop at the nearest supermarket to get some breakfast and then find motorbike shop in Nice to buy more chain lube as I was running out of mine. After that I was planning to head to Col de Turini and then […]
Pyrenees & Alps 2016 (#3)
Days 4-5 – Andorra, Spain and France 18/06/2016 Bed in the hotel was very comfy and it was hard to get up in the morning. I only had 9 days for this trip though so finally I managed to convince myself to get up and get ready. The hotel didn’t have a car park – […]
Pyrenees & Alps 2016 (#2)
Day 3 – Pyrenees 17/06/2016 Before I went to sleep last night I looked at a map and decided that in the morning I will go to Gavarnie and do mountain pass Col des Tentes. Then see where road takes me next. This was the route I did that day: Pau – Gavarnie – Col […]
Pyrenees & Alps 2016 (#1)
Days 1-2 – Glasgow (UK) to Pau (France) 15-16/06/2016 Before I start, just to summarise: 9 days (15 – 24 June 2016) 4350 miles 1 girl 1 bike (Suzuki GSX650F restricted as I was still on A2 licence) route: Glasgow – Dover – Calais – Pyrenees – a little bit of Spain – south of France […]