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Posted: 00:45 - 14 Feb 2016 Post subject: Belgium and more - Loads More Piccies! |
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ILLUSTRATED TRIP REPORT STARTS ON PAGE 7
I've been trying to organise with -Matt- a trip to take in the sites of the WW2 campaign known as the Battle of the Bulge. The area of interest to me is bounded roughly by Spa in the north, Bastogne in the south, the Meuse river in the west, and the German border running approx. from Monschau to Echternach. Turns out Matt was thinking more of the French Ardennes, a misunderstanding largely caused by me!
Anyway, the leaving date is to be 27th May, going via the tunnel, and riding direct to the region. Anyone is welcome to join. So far we haven't agreed on the duration of stay in this region, something in the order of 4-6 days I would think. After this, I would be spending a couple of days in Luxembourg, and then heading for the B500 and the Alps, with a friend from the Fazer Owners Club (we had planned to do this trip 2 years ago). A few days exploring various passes and one or two things I want to particularly see, and then, if I'm not fed up, I'm thinking Italy.
So, if you are interested, your thoughts and ideas are welcome so we can thrash out this thing in a bit more detail. I get the impression that some would do just the initial Belgium bit, but others might like to come along for more of the trip?
Matt has kindly been offering to help with sorting bookings, as he has much more experience of this sort of thing than I have, hopefully I'll learn from him ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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I would have been up for the Belgium part but I'm off to Holland that weekend
Sounds like a great trip, enjoy ____________________ stinkwheel: He had an animated .gif of a cat performing fellatio. It's not socially acceptable. It can have real life adverse effects on other people. |
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Posted: 13:01 - 14 Feb 2016 Post subject: Re: Belgium and more |
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Aff wrote: | chickenstrip wrote: | hopefully I'll learn from him
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HA!
I would have been doing this but Matt very selfishly booked dates when I'm away.
I may pop down and meet you on the way back in France somewhere, I will wait and see what your route looks like. |
The dates aren't really Matt's fault. Matt showed an interest in this after I had been talking to another friend about it, and the dates chosen are the best compromise so that both can do it. Sorry you can't make it. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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While you're in Luxembourg, do try the N25 between Wiltz and Kautenbach. Luxembourg is very small - it's hard not to end up in Belgium or Germany by accident just riding around - and I think that's probably the best stretch of road wholly contained in the country. In one direction (heading west iirc), the turns need precision and are a bit technical - they tend to tighten up - but in the other direction the bends open out as you go through. It's quite short though, about 10 minutes long. ____________________ Bikes: S1000R, SH350; Exes: Vity 125, PS125, YBR125, ER6f, VFR800, Brutale 920, CB600F, SH300x4
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Pigeon wrote: | I would like to pop along to France + Belgium if that's ok (Matt gave me the heads-up) if the plan involves the places mentioned in Band of Brothers (Bastogne, Ardennes).
You are of course rolling your eyes at this point. Yes, I know I just said I know some of the most significant historical events of the 20th century and the most incredibly fierce battles and examples of human sacrifice (as they would say, just doing the job and looking out for their mates) not from my knowledge of WW2, but from a television series.
But I would like very much like go if you are. |
You're definitely welcome to come along. Bastogne, with it's new war museum, is definitely on the list, and hoping we have time to see the area the 101st Airborne defended in the Bois Jacques, and maybe a quick look at the towns they assaulted following that defence (Foy, Noville, Rachamps). I am hoping also to follow the route of Kampfgruppe Peiper as the spearhead of the 6 SS Panzer Div. drive for the Meuse - Losheim gap to approx Stoumont. Anything else will be time dependant, but I know Matt is interested in a couple of places over the French border in connection with WW1 too. At the moment, it's looking like accommodation will be the F1 at Charleville-Meziere, but yet to be confirmed - the Belgian Ardennes itself seems a bit pricey on this front! ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Oh, no.
I checked the work's holiday rota yesterday and with two of our team of five moving to JLR and another chap having booked the Friday off, and then the other one booked the week after, looks like I can't have the days. I would have still tried to come but left on the 28th instead and met you somewhere but I'm a bit scared to go to a foreign country on my own when I can't even navigate this one without getting lost or getting on the wrong ferry. ____________________ Current:1991 Honda MT50 (Soon to be a H100/MTX/MT5 hybrid), 1976 Honda Cub C70, 2005 Honda Varadero 125, 1993 Yamaha TTR250 Open Enduro , 2010 Road Legal Stomp YX140, 1994 Honda CRM 250 MK III, 1999 Cagiva Mito 125, 1992 Honda CB400 Super Four, Stomp T4 230, 1984 Honda H100s, 2009 Sym XS125K
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Anyone welcome
Not really considered costs yet, but hopefully we'll keep to the cheaper hotels. The Belgium bit at least shouldn't be too expensive - we're currently looking at an F1 hotel just outside the region of interest to limit that a bit. Dates as they stand for that bit are 27th to 31st May.
Fladdem, should be really easy to get there, I don't think there's anything complex about the route down. They do have signposts on the Continent Just look at maps to get yourself an idea of the general geography on the way, route nos. and major towns to head for en route etc. If we exchange mobile nos. then might be able to meet you nearer the hotel and bring you in. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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arry wrote: | chickenstrip wrote: | Anyone welcome
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Thanks fella. Hopefully by May I'll have overcome my bi-polar split personality disorder and all of this murdering folk will be behind me. If not, should be fine as long as I remember the pills.
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Managed to book time off work but I would absolutely definitely need to be back on Blighty by Tuesday evening - so I have my 4 days but half of one of them will need to be blasting back to Calais
So that's me confirmed! Looking forward to it already. Let me know if you need anything from me, or a hand in booking stuff, researching routes etc - happy to help out
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A friend suggested this place in Belgium as an ideal place to stay.Looks good on the website
https://www.grd.be/bikersloft/eng/default.htm
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Fizzer Thou wrote: | A friend suggested this place in Belgium as an ideal place to stay.Looks good on the website
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Way too far north unfortunately. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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-Matt- wrote: | Fladdem wrote: | I would have still tried to come but left on the 28th instead and met you somewhere but I'm a bit scared to go to a foreign country on my own when I can't even navigate this one without getting lost or getting on the wrong ferry. | Its a fairly straight forward route down there from Calais to be honest, shouldn't be too hard with a map. Can your phone run any of the sat-nav app's? That would make it dead simple to get down there if you could have that running for a couple of hours in a tankbag or something. |
My phone can google maps, but not very well. If I do make it, it would have to be Saturday bomb it there, stop there Saturday and Sunday night and bomb it back on Monday for work on Tuesday. Which means I won't have much getting lost time factored into the journey.
I could maybe split it up a bit if I went on Friday evening, stopped somewhere on the way down or something, then left again first thing Saturday morning, I don't know. Just scared cos only time I've been abroad was to the French alps with the school five years ago and I never had to organise anything. ____________________ Current:1991 Honda MT50 (Soon to be a H100/MTX/MT5 hybrid), 1976 Honda Cub C70, 2005 Honda Varadero 125, 1993 Yamaha TTR250 Open Enduro , 2010 Road Legal Stomp YX140, 1994 Honda CRM 250 MK III, 1999 Cagiva Mito 125, 1992 Honda CB400 Super Four, Stomp T4 230, 1984 Honda H100s, 2009 Sym XS125K
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Silver_Fox wrote: | This trip sounds pretty excitibobs |
Was it the mention of goats? ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 8 years, 105 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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