Well, we are here at our start point near Vulcania, in the Auvergne region and near the Chaine de Puys volcanic mountains.
We left home 3 up in the van with 3 KTM 690’s on Saturday morning, got the Eurotunnel, overnighted in Senlis and arrived here about 5pm today after an easy journey down, helped by the marvellous Peage tags (thanks, Wapping ).
The bikes are pretty much loaded up and safe in the garage at the hotel
We’re navigating a loop made up of some of the TET, plus some other stuff I made up. It’s about 1800km, we’re aiming for about 160km a day and 2 rest days to do some washing and have a bit of a relax. We’re taking a slower pace than normal, which I’m pleased about as it’s hot, still around 30c at the moment. It’s supposed to be cooler tomorrow, though.
Navigation is by Montana 700i’s with Garmin Topo France plus the Talky Toaster Topo maps. All the tracks are pre loaded onto the devices, Wi-Fi is off. I have a Ulefone Android phone as back up, loaded with Locus maps and offline maps downloaded.
I’ll update as and when, and in the meantime if anyone is in Senlis for dinner this place is excellent, and the owner said it was lovely to have the English back as they had missed us. I love travelling!
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We left home 3 up in the van with 3 KTM 690’s on Saturday morning, got the Eurotunnel, overnighted in Senlis and arrived here about 5pm today after an easy journey down, helped by the marvellous Peage tags (thanks, Wapping ).
The bikes are pretty much loaded up and safe in the garage at the hotel
We’re navigating a loop made up of some of the TET, plus some other stuff I made up. It’s about 1800km, we’re aiming for about 160km a day and 2 rest days to do some washing and have a bit of a relax. We’re taking a slower pace than normal, which I’m pleased about as it’s hot, still around 30c at the moment. It’s supposed to be cooler tomorrow, though.
Navigation is by Montana 700i’s with Garmin Topo France plus the Talky Toaster Topo maps. All the tracks are pre loaded onto the devices, Wi-Fi is off. I have a Ulefone Android phone as back up, loaded with Locus maps and offline maps downloaded.
I’ll update as and when, and in the meantime if anyone is in Senlis for dinner this place is excellent, and the owner said it was lovely to have the English back as they had missed us. I love travelling!
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