I’m sitting on the terrace of L’albero Del Cioccolato (The Chocolate Tree), a beautiful B&B in the foothills of the Ligurian Alps, family home of the equally beautiful Giovanna and her charming parents. In true fashion it’s been another long…
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Ligurian Sea Alps / Maritime Alps – the hilly bit inland between Genoa and Marseille, most notable the Ligurische Grenzkamm Strasse (LGKS) and my efforts to ride it in 2012.
Motorcycling
Day 4: Digne
I had a strange dream that I’d gotten up in the middle of the night and ordered a new sat-nav. When I woke at 10:00 I was still tired and a check of the inbox confirmed matters: a hotel had…
Motorcycling
Day 3: Guillestre
Ended up staying in a cheap motel in Bourg en Bresse after the tyre swap last night. There’s pretty much nothing to recommend the Forest Hotel – it was last refurbished in the 60s, the restaurant isn’t open at the…
Motorcycling
Day 2: Bourg en Bresse
Yesterday was a late night with me only crawling into my pit at 01:00, so an early start was never on the cards. Still, consciousness and I became acquainted around 09:00 and by 10:00 I’d packed the bike and was…
Motorcycling
Day 1: Châlons en Champagne
Nothing much to report as yet, so far it’s been a typical Bank Holiday escape mission; horrendous traffic with everybody rubbernecking at a car on its roof in the other carriageway of the M25, followed by madness at the Channel…
Motorcycling
Trial Run with the Kitchen Sink
Never carried spare tyres on a motorcycle before, but this trip calls for sharper rubber than I’ll have after the slog down to the alps, so it makes sense to bring a fresh pair along and finish off the present…