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Originally posted by John Roberts:
Can you also tell me anything about the Ardeche region in the South of France, I read about it in a road test of the BMW R100RS in Bike magazine over 20 years ago, it said that it was one of the worlds best biking regions.
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What more can I say? I agree.
The Ardeche is just one river. Alas, it has been well and truly discovered by tourists and operators. The locals like to scrape their kneepads there on weekends. Best to take your time there, it's too pretty to hoon.
While there, go West, young man! Les gorges de Tarn are awesome.
Further North, the Massif Central continues with mainly empty roads and great scenery. Even the (free) Motorway is great, climbing over 1000 m altitude. Near St Flour you find France's highest railway bridge, quite impressive high up over the gorge. Maintained for one train per day each direction...
Just stack up on maps and go there, you can't go wrong, especially on the minor roads. Watch out for chips, diesel and dung on the country roads, though.
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Salut from Southern France, the bikers' paradise,
Peter.
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