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Europe Summer 2012
Fellow Bike Nuts!!
Would love to plan a long ish trip around Europe next summer, around school holiday time. Approx 4-6 weeks is what I have in mind, with suggestions for places to visit and so on welcome. Would love to plan a RTW or the like, but self employed and can't be sure to have the funds for that, what with the current work climate, but this is definately doable. Was thinking of keeping it cheap ish, maybe camping during the week, supermarket beers and bbq's, hotel it at the weekends ????????? I'm 40, single,London/Essex based, like a laugh,love a beer, and will take the piss out of most people, but expect the same treatment in return !! Thought I'd throw it out there, see what response comes back. Cheers. |
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Have you done one like this before? Tenting and keep the money for petrol and pop. Not as such a drinking man, but do take of the wine once in a while. If you go in the school holiday's the price's will be high. Travel in May or September and the cost's are half. A mid week crossing with Sea France, Booking a return at the same time will set you back less than £40. I'm in Norfolk. So an eye ball could be on the card's. Not into travelling with a cross dresser, or an axe welding nuttier. John933 |
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Think it's a bit shallow not wanting to put up with my ponchant for a suspender belt though!!! |
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Big Loop
I think that a month or so in europe i enough time to cover a lot of ground, without breaking your balls. Normally when on bike trips, I try to avoid motorways as much as poss, and limit daily mileage to between 200-250, and have at least one day a week off the bike, if not 2. Based on 250 a day for 20 days, 5000 miles is quite an easy, relaxing schedule. That way if you are on the bike at 10 am (ish), the days riding should be done by an easy 5 pm, leaving time to see something of the place you've stopped. All this riding till 8 or 9 pm, rush rush rush, doesnt seem like pleasure to me. There are times when the day doesnt go quite to plan and its necessary, but not on a daily basis.
My thoughts were initially to start off towards the east/ south east, down through Germany, visit Auschwitz, Croatia looks appealling, then who knows what, in between making our way west, italian dolomites, alps, pyrenees, etc.. |
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......to take in a motogp en route would be good ???
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Athens in May
Hi folks,
I'm picking up a bike in Athens around 20th May (give or take a few days). Going to head for the Pyrenees to meet up with my brother. Not sure what route I'll take back, head north or ferry to Italy. If you are around at that time It would be good to travel all or part of the way. Probably make my way back to the Chunnel around 20th June. Rory |
Croatia??
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Places of interest
I think one option is to set a cut off date for people to say they're interested, then have a meet. Get everyone to suggest 2 or three places within the parameters that they would like to visit, then try to build a route from that. That way everyone would get a say and feel involved.
I'll start...1. Auschwitz. 2. Rome. 3. Milau Bridge. |
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