Southern Europe Offroad trip

[chris]

Between early July and End August, I’m doing a loop of the Mediterranean from 3 to 9 o’clock.

I’m riding my BMW X Challenge with soft luggage to northern Greece via the slab and then heading north through the Balkan region via Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Croatia, then slab across northern Italy/ southern France (probably fitting in some of the tracks on the Italy/France border, possibly Corsica, but less likely), then the length of the Pyrenees, northern Spain and the length of Portugal.

I’ll leave the bike in S Spain in preparation for a Christmas Morocco visit.

I’m looking for as much dirt as possible.

The very approximate timeline is

• Early/mid/late July: Balkans
• Late July/early Aug: Alps
• Early/Mid Aug: Pyrenees
• Mid/Late August: N Spain and Portugal

Mainly camping or cheap hotels/pensions.

Anyone doing anything similar or live in the area and want to drink a ?

Hope no offence is taken if I say I’m teaming up with a mate for the Pyrenees already, but always like riding with one or two people in interesting/ off-pavement areas. I’ll drink a in the evening with anyone, but wasn’t intending on helping to man-handle a novice’s big rig or lead somebody around who can’t be bothered to navigate themselves = Let’s call it a partnership of equals.

Are you in the same place at the same time as me?

Drop me a line via PM or an email via my website.

Have a great summer.