QUOTE(ChrisG @ Sun 5th Jun 2011, 11:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
After some post beer mapage last night we've come up with a possible 950 mile route to Lake Garda, should be reasonably easily doable in 3 days assuming we do a bit more mileage the first day as we're off the ferry pretty early. This is avoiding main roads where possible and after Annecy we're in to proper mountain roads. If we're behind schedule we could easily drop a few waypoints to skirt around some wiggly bits, particularly around Milan but that would mean the best part of 100 miles on motorways rather than interesting stuff.
This would mean a lunch stop in Annecy (point 27) rather than camping there though, I know Steve's keen to visit, would you prefer to camp there?
This would mean
Wednesday night - Ferry
Thursday night - somewhere between points 21 and 22 (330 to 375 miles), somewhere around the town of Luzy.
Friday night - Wester Italy, say somewhere near Aosta (point 37, 660 miles)
Saturday night - Lake Garda.
Thinking ride until late afternoon and then start looking for campsites rather than having fixed locations in mind.
Not done any detail beyond that but how about
Sunday night - Lake Garda again having had a day in the mountains (Stelvio etc) with no luggage
Monday night - Salzburg (250-300ish miles) to look around Eagles nest Tuesday morning
Tuesday night - Dachau (150ish miles) to look around Dachau Wednesday morning
Wednesday night- ?
Thursday night - Masserberg
Dachau to Masserberg is about 250 miles so we've got plenty of slack still if we find other stuff to look at on route and drop everything back by a day, I'm thinking maybe an extra night in the mountains and slip Salzburg and Dachau by a day.
Previous experience shows no plan actually survives contact with reality so don't go thinking this anything we're particularly attached to. What do you reckon?
This would mean a lunch stop in Annecy (point 27) rather than camping there though, I know Steve's keen to visit, would you prefer to camp there?
This would mean
Wednesday night - Ferry
Thursday night - somewhere between points 21 and 22 (330 to 375 miles), somewhere around the town of Luzy.
Friday night - Wester Italy, say somewhere near Aosta (point 37, 660 miles)
Saturday night - Lake Garda.
Thinking ride until late afternoon and then start looking for campsites rather than having fixed locations in mind.
Not done any detail beyond that but how about
Sunday night - Lake Garda again having had a day in the mountains (Stelvio etc) with no luggage
Monday night - Salzburg (250-300ish miles) to look around Eagles nest Tuesday morning
Tuesday night - Dachau (150ish miles) to look around Dachau Wednesday morning
Wednesday night- ?
Thursday night - Masserberg
Dachau to Masserberg is about 250 miles so we've got plenty of slack still if we find other stuff to look at on route and drop everything back by a day, I'm thinking maybe an extra night in the mountains and slip Salzburg and Dachau by a day.
Previous experience shows no plan actually survives contact with reality so don't go thinking this anything we're particularly attached to. What do you reckon?
Yep, thats pretty much what we agreed as I was leaving yours yesterday. What happened to playing in the other Austrian glacia before the eagles nest? However, I don't mind 2 nights at lake Garda. Not too bothered about staying in Annecy, although it is very nice as you will see, and thought we discussed staying near there at some bike friendly place anyhow?
