alesupper
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Good to hear from you and thanks for the update.
What I think you might have done is made the classic two errors:
A. Not realised how big an area / mileage the route covers, ‘the Alps’ (to use the oft banded about generic term) alone are huge.
B. Listed out the ‘Must do’ places and just lobbed them in, along with the hope of doing the lot (along with nice roads to get there and back) without any clear idea if it is even possible to do it in the time available.
One thing is for certain, you can still have a bloody good time away in nine days, even starting from and returning to Kendal. The other certainty is that the places you have listed won’t vanish in our lifetimes or those of our children’s children’s children.
Me, I’d look at maybe:
Belgium / Luxembourg Ardennes and maybe up into the Harz, not least as they suit an arrival / departure from Holland, which might suit your Kendal location.
Belgium / Luxembourg Ardennes, then the Morvan and then down to the Vosges / Black Forest.
A blat to the Alps to say, Andermatt or into the French alps at Annecy.
The Ride magazine webpage has lots of ideas, which you can mix’n’match with, too: https://www.ride.co.uk/routes
PS Don’t forget to get your three mates to do some of the work, too!
Haha, yes i totally agree that I have made the classic A & B rooky mistakes. Thanks for your suggested routes, I will take a look at them. Whilst doing some 'Googling' this morning I did stumble across the www.ride.co.uk website which is very useful, especially the GPX files.