Date: Weekend of 22 / 23 October.
Train times: To be sorted out, maybe go over on Friday late afternoon or earlyish doors on Saturday???? But, either way, aim to be back on a train on Sunday at around 18:30ish.
Going to: Somewhere in the rough triangle, Amiens, Peronne, Arras
Suitable for: Anyone who can ride a motorcycle. There will be no off-road sections but the odd excursion down some 'interesting' roads is not unknown, often with an accompanying whiff of 'farm yard' or (more likely) 'He's lost' about them. In short, I would be happy to ride them on an R1, a GS or a pushbike.
Hotels: I will book the rooms, somewhere. I have made initial contact with: http://ldf-80.reservit.com/jreservi...f0a3c9c3df0&custid=12&hotelid=6714&partid=514 just waiting for a reply.
Numbers: Six to eight bikes is a good number to have, I think. Pillions are welcome. The main restriction is the number of rooms if we do not go to an Ibis or similar chain hotel.
Navigation: I will produce Garmin GPS files and we can use the drop-off system, not least as it keeps everyone involved.
What to do: The area is in the centre of the Picardy, Circuit of Remembrance, Great War memorials etc. so I will cobble something together around that, I guess.
Richard
http://www.visit-somme.com/somme_tourisme/decouvrez/grande_guerre
Train times: To be sorted out, maybe go over on Friday late afternoon or earlyish doors on Saturday???? But, either way, aim to be back on a train on Sunday at around 18:30ish.
Going to: Somewhere in the rough triangle, Amiens, Peronne, Arras
Suitable for: Anyone who can ride a motorcycle. There will be no off-road sections but the odd excursion down some 'interesting' roads is not unknown, often with an accompanying whiff of 'farm yard' or (more likely) 'He's lost' about them. In short, I would be happy to ride them on an R1, a GS or a pushbike.
Hotels: I will book the rooms, somewhere. I have made initial contact with: http://ldf-80.reservit.com/jreservi...f0a3c9c3df0&custid=12&hotelid=6714&partid=514 just waiting for a reply.
Numbers: Six to eight bikes is a good number to have, I think. Pillions are welcome. The main restriction is the number of rooms if we do not go to an Ibis or similar chain hotel.
Navigation: I will produce Garmin GPS files and we can use the drop-off system, not least as it keeps everyone involved.
What to do: The area is in the centre of the Picardy, Circuit of Remembrance, Great War memorials etc. so I will cobble something together around that, I guess.
Richard
http://www.visit-somme.com/somme_tourisme/decouvrez/grande_guerre