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Narrow road through a forest by the coast, it’s only a few kms and you do have to watch out for oncoming traffic even though it is scarce, but I love it

been planning this trip for a while but with no definite parameters for a number of reasons. The idea was that, I've wanted to do the "gorges du Tarn" for a long time and that ties in nicely with Millau and the suspenders bridge. Once I'm that far south I'm only a mornings ride from our Base at Capestang on the Canal du Midi. That could tie in with invading @Tango's personnal space and drinking his coffee ( well it'd be rude not to...) as he's not far from there. Once that far south I'm too far for me to ride home in a single stage so back home via the Gevaudan and the Auvergne with an overnight stop somewhere in the Puy de Dome. I still don't know wether I am physically capable of the distance (using very little autoroute) and I haven't done 8 or 10 hour days for a loooooong time, That and the weather forcast is mainly why i'm keeping theplans fluid cos if I find it's just fucking miserable and / or painful then I shall stop and re adjust the plans accordingly ( the Joys of riding alone) Plan A is this ( ish). wednesday morning to Clermont Ferrand ( I know I can do this, cos I'e done it before in a small group. about 4 hours afternoon: millau via les Gorges du Tarn. spend the night in Millau and then an easy ride down to Capestang where I'll stay on one of our boats and, if they've let him back in the country, say hello to @Tango ( can you PM me a phone number mate? that way I can let you know if i've copped out, or call you on thursday afternoon to meet up.) Friday, still a bit vague and will depend on motivation and weather but something basically hesding north with with the autoroute as the escape route if needed overnight stop around Ambert or Thiers. Then more North and home on the saturday which will just be a slog cos from Vichy North I know the roads having ridden them many times already. Unfortunately no real escape route here as returning into Burgundy and the land that time forgot and the world passes by. I'll try and take some pics if the weather's not too bad. about 1500km in all.

So right now I have a claw hammer, spare set of gloves, can of coke, my tabs, wallet, phone, hi vis vest, wispa bites....... You asked i told

There is a fly in the ointment , I've just gone in the loft and realised that I sold the tank a couple of years ago On the bright side, the o/e plastics are still like new.

Nice fields, buying booze is a nice theme for a ride, I do it often

I stayed there in 2012 , it was run by some Dutch people when we went there. We pulled into the coutryard on our bikes and as soon as we got off we were handed a beer They had a good band on as well on one evening .

I wouldn’t trust him in a pig trough.

I think billy's waiting for his turn.

That's me out of the picture! Thank fuck!

This is most of you Twats....

The underslung exhaust is hideous, the tail light is a thing of beauty.

Stock DR650s with new plastics look great, if the plastics are nice it might help it sell better?

yeah I'll only be stopping for lunch at Clermont, pshing on to millau for the night if I can make it.

well according to meteo France, it looks like I'll be riding into rain tomorrow and will be playing dodge the thunderstorm by the evening. Thursday doesn't look too bad, showers but nowt worse. Friday I'll be running north trying to keep in front of a storm front coming in from the south west, which I hope will go through during the night otherwise I'm going to have a really shitty day on saturday. Still, it's better than they were forcasting a week ago so maybe it'll not happen... OH, @XTreme,

Its alot better than being stuck indoors all day

I heard it’s summink about Stu n Six covering themselves in marmite, wrapping each other in clinglfilm and being paddle boarded by a dwarf.

Hey at least I've found my calling in life instead of wandering through the mortal coil wondering why I'm here

I like to see our granddaughters ( nice when they bugger off home too ) on regular basis, the elder ones (16 & 18 years) are a joy, the 7 & 11 year are a bit of a handful, but could not imagine not seeing them...........so @XTreme do what you have to do.

He still won't say why his ban was rescinded and the other guy's wasn't! I reckon he threw some cash at Stu to get out the sin bin! What you say @Slowlycatchymonkey?

all your good at is hitting a prostitute on the head.

Is that all you got.....think I've hit the nail on the head What you think @XTreme

twat

I'd say we should make a subscription here that way he can feel at home with paying for this shit and he may flounce from here too

there's another place?! why wasn't I told?

you mean its two years since you spat your dummy out and flounced from the other place .

Because you are a ginger twat.

That Triumph is a real minter!

behold we are the unwanted rejects

Just the run of the mill view for me

30 minutes ago

I rolled down a window today to take this, the effort was underwhelming as for i have power windows.

Going to Lisbon’s busiest biker meeting point today, to check it out as I’m not a local. But taking less busy, and more challenging roads:

Boxing day 2021