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[catsbum]

TD here - just had a curry with furrycomfybum and we been nattering about routes
can do the usual route planning in the evening, but dont fink we'll have time on the ferry as its an 11pm sailing

our ferry gets into Le Harve at 0800, so we will already be fueled up with breaky and ready to rock the moment we hit French soil
so should get a decent full days riding in, i doubt we'll get much past Dijon but this looks like a decent route

what say ye folk?

Although a verynice curry, cumfybotom fluff was sick in his sleep at 5am. not well at all

[TonyDevil]

374 miles in day looks like a hell of a long way to me if the roads are at all interesting.

yep i agree, but the first part (50miles ish) just gets us away from the coast, next 100miles is reasonably following from what i can see
there are 2 foresty areas prior to the end of the route, one approx 50miles before and another about 120 so should be plenty of places to stay
are we camping the first night?
at this point i think its just the 4 of us (TD, cats, chrisg and saga)

Although a verynice curry, cumfybotom fluff was sick in his sleep at 5am. not well at all

fine here, theres a nice aroma of curry in the office tho
every time a certain colleague walks past i let one go, and now people are giving him weird looks

i hope he walks past again soon

[sidestand]

Just had a close look at that route - Yer on goat tracks most of the way ! - not even D roads
You'll be lucky to average 45mph on those

[Matt101]

Thats alright as long as they don't stop for 8 hrs

[TonyDevil]

Just had a close look at that route - Yer on goat tracks most of the way ! - not even D roads
You'll be lucky to average 45mph on those

poof
you've never been out with the GoatTracKrew have ya?

some of that is pretty twisty but it wont be that bad, the pace of the 4 riders is all pretty high
i'd expect even with cake/coffee/fuel stops to do atleast 300 that day
plus its a pretty early start for carpe

it dont matter if we dont get it all done, theres no place we have to be that night
normally i take stock of where i am at around 5pm ish and then head for somewhere to stay

[catsbum]

poof
you've never been out with the GoatTracKrew have ya?

some of that is pretty twisty but it wont be that bad, the pace of the 4 riders is all pretty high
i'd expect even with cake/coffee/fuel stops to do atleast 300 that day
plus its a pretty early start for carpe

it dont matter if we dont get it all done, theres no place we have to be that night
normally i take stock of where i am at around 5pm ish and then head for somewhere to stay

It's what he does. Scary at first but then you remember that it doesn't really matter where you pitch it's ok.

[TonyDevil]

i find it amusing that people are so used to package holidays that the idea of no knowing where you're gonna sleep that night is daunting

at least i'm not as bad as markymark and his ditch diving antics

[sidestand]

Not jealous !

To prove it - here's some recommended routes through Italian Alps

http://www.motoroute...o...=1&lang=eng

Enjoy

[ChrisG]

the GoatTracKrew have ya

Not done much goat tracking on the 900 yet though.


Tony, are you taking your laptop and a copy of autoroute with you or do we want to buy a batch of maps between us? I'd still love to find a set of those lidl/aldi maps of France and Germany.

[TonyDevil]

buying detailed maps of most of southern europe could be a pain
suggest we do like last time, 1 decent scale map covering europe which gives us a vague idea of direction to travel and then play 'join the squiggles' on autoroute or google maps/earth

was discussing the lappy thing with cats, one or t'other of us will have one with us
coz u and i have tomtom rider2s, cats has garmin and dunno bout steve
so we are likely to need tyre etc and somewhere to upload the video from miniDV cameras

i not done the goattrac thing on the 9er either, its only really been used for my commute
the most i've done was that trip back from jockland after we posted Tiff home

[ChrisG]

In that case I'll bring a selection of USB leads so I can copy stuff between drives

Think I might have to get a bigger espresso machine too

Edited by ChrisG, 30 March 2011 - 08:13 pm.

[catsbum]

I'll be bringing my netbook with me, powerful little thing with 6 hour battery, large drive. Up for the job

I've just realized what were taking on here. It's going to be a gigantic tour

[ChrisG]

Do you want a copy of Autoroute? I usually plan on autoroute and then use ITNconverter to convert the file to an itinary file for my satnag. Means no internet connection needed unlike using ITNconverter or Tyre on their own.


If we're sticking together as a group are we going to cut down on duplicate kit a bit (eg cookers and pans) or is it worth all carrying or own if we split up for the return trip?

Edited by ChrisG, 30 March 2011 - 08:36 pm.

[catsbum]

Well I have the Beer Tent.

I will be taking my own kit in case we split. I've already done a test loading of the cases with them in. I do like the Tony Tesco Grill idea. Breakfast would be good on that.

Is there a way we can load mapping onto the Garmin?

[ChrisG]

Is there a way we can load mapping onto the Garmin?

http://www.benichou-...p...d=5&lang=en

[TonyDevil]

Do you want a copy of Autoroute? I usually plan on autoroute and then use ITNconverter to convert the file to an itinary file for my satnag. Means no internet connection needed unlike using ITNconverter or Tyre on their own.
If we're sticking together as a group are we going to cut down on duplicate kit a bit (eg cookers and pans) or is it worth all carrying or own if we split up for the return trip?

i think its worth doing where possible, only thing is i'm not 100% if i'll be coming back with you guys, i'm not back at work until july4th
for instance 2 stoves between 3 is fine, but for 4 people 3stoves is better unless doing 1 pot cooking. I have my omnifuel, you have your whisperlite and i cats has one too
i've got a huge selection of that kind of kit and have been tasked with clearing out the loft now my sisters stuff is gone, so i'll probably find stuff i've forgotten

i'll have the usual spare levers and clutch cable etc under the seat (they are always tehre anyway), plus my usual tool roll and gaffa tape & cable ties
i have proper tyre mushroom kit and compressor (again thats also always with me), cats also has a compressor
at this rate saga is only gonna need a spare change of underwear

ps. dont think i have a current copy of autoroute, so yeh that'd be helpful

[sidestand]

Just ordered meself one of these to carry tools in

http://www.adventure...e/prod_114.html

Get your credit card out Cats

[catsbum]

Just ordered meself one of these to carry tools in

http://www.adventure...e/prod_114.html

Get your credit card out Cats

Shurrup

Thats huge! Where are you going to put that?

Edited by CatsBum, 30 March 2011 - 10:12 pm.

[Saga Lout]

i think its worth doing where possible, only thing is i'm not 100% if i'll be coming back with you guys, i'm not back at work until july4th
for instance 2 stoves between 3 is fine, but for 4 people 3stoves is better unless doing 1 pot cooking. I have my omnifuel, you have your whisperlite and i cats has one too
i've got a huge selection of that kind of kit and have been tasked with clearing out the loft now my sisters stuff is gone, so i'll probably find stuff i've forgotten

i'll have the usual spare levers and clutch cable etc under the seat (they are always tehre anyway), plus my usual tool roll and gaffa tape & cable ties
i have proper tyre mushroom kit and compressor (again thats also always with me), cats also has a compressor
at this rate saga is only gonna need a spare change of underwear

ps. dont think i have a current copy of autoroute, so yeh that'd be helpful

Won't even need that if I go commando

[catsbum]

I would like to get into my head a little bit more detail on which country will be be in on what day.

IE; How many days in France before we hit Italy, I am going to be doing the Stelvio Pass, but then which country after that. How long in Italy. With the understanding that Tony will be Fleeced if he goes near the Swiss borders, are some of us going in or avoiding?
Are we going to be having a 'chill day' where we do no riding and relax or keep touring.

I'm not in panic mode here but want to start looking at google maps for places to see while were passing through

Also:
Tony
Chris
Steve
Myself

Who have I forgotton