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« on: September 08, 2011, 10:58:47 AM » |
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Me and my good lady took a trip on the Valk to France,we managed just over 2700 miles. We rode up to the D-Day landing beach at Arromanches,this was the beach that my Father went ashore on D-Day.I was very disappointed in the fact that the whole area was very over commercialised.Everything was very very expensive and it just seemed that there was too many people making huge profits through something that really shouldn't have happened,with very little respect to those that had fallen. In the photo you can still see the old Mullberry Harbour out at sea.  We spent 3 days in the Normandy area before riding south to the Loire Valley,there's some big critters there.I found this little monster sunbathing on my rear tire.  Amazing what you can pack on a Valk.This is my new tent from Germany,Very large and very cozy.  After 3 days in the Loire Valley we rode down to the bottom of the Midi-Pyranese,we had 5 great days there. Our campsite was not far from this village.  This is the Millau Viaduct,it's the highest traffic carrying bridge in the world.If you built the Eiffel Tower next to it and stood on the tip,you would still be looking up at the bridge.  This picture is overlooking the town of Millau,in the top left you can see the bridge in the distance.Amazing.  A picture of the Valk in one of the Gorges,what a stunning place to visit.Some parts of the road had nothing on the edge apart from a 300ft drop to the bottom,scary.  Another place we stumbled across,had to stop for food and drink  The last couple of days we spent travelling back to Calais to catch the ferry back to England.This is one well loaded Valk as we prepared to leave the campsite in the Midi-Pyanese.  Pitbull |
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« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2011, 11:05:14 AM » |
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Wow, what a wonderful trip. I would love to ride all over Europe on a bike. It has been a dream of mine for over 25 years. Thanks for the pictures.
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« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2011, 11:15:31 AM » |
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Nice post and pics, thanks for sharing.
Looks like the bike could go in the tent with you two. LOL
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« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2011, 11:17:16 AM » |
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Beautiful Pictures! Thank you for sharing!  |
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« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2011, 12:42:51 PM » |
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Wonderful report with fantastic pics!
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« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2011, 01:00:24 PM » |
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Spectacular pics and great report. Thanks for sharing. Beautiful country  |
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« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2011, 01:04:49 PM » |
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*Droooooool* I'm so jealous I can't stand it! Thanks for the post!
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« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2011, 02:26:34 PM » |
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Good ride report.  That bridge be way up on the neato scale. Glad ya'll had a good time.  RIDE SAFE. |
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« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2011, 03:12:18 PM » |
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I can appreicate the time and effort you put in this ride report...Well done looks like a very cool place to vist..... Beautiful Valkyrie you have |
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« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2011, 06:42:08 PM » |
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Great photos! Looks like a fun trip
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« Reply #11 on: September 08, 2011, 07:40:12 PM » |
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Looks like you had a ball. Great pictures. Nice bike also.
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« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2011, 04:51:23 AM » |
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Thanks for letting us ride along. Glad you had a nice ride. |
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« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2011, 06:28:14 AM » |
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. .....very cool piczzz. ...and an excellent Ride Report.....one day Chili and I would love to do some riding across Southern France. .....did you happen to cross paths with ...Jean the Black Wolf in your travels ? .....thanks for the Tour de France.. |
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« Reply #14 on: September 09, 2011, 11:49:35 AM » |
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Thanks for the ride report. It looks like your trailer has a tank on the front right corner, is this aux. fuel or for other camping needs? Thanks |
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« Reply #15 on: September 09, 2011, 12:50:36 PM » |
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Thanks for the ride report. It looks like your trailer has a tank on the front right corner, is this aux. fuel or for other camping needs? Thanks I have 2 five litre tanks under the trailer,one is for fresh water,one for waste. The long channel under the trailer is for the tent poles,the tent itself is in the bag on my rack.I done it like it so that if we ever get to a campsite and it's raining,I can put the tent up without opening the trailer.The trailer goes inside the tent,so it can be unpacked and everything is still dry. We had to erect the tent in a thunderstorm in France,that was interesting to say the least.  Many Thanks for all your kind comments. We're already planning next year,maybe going through the Alps. Pitbull |
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« Reply #16 on: September 09, 2011, 03:55:28 PM » |
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Thanks for taking me along on your trip. Very nice.
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« Reply #17 on: September 09, 2011, 04:22:45 PM » |
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i was watching a documentary about the building of this bridge, they actually built the bridge at one end, rolled it out to the "end", then extended the bridge out over the gorge hanging from the suspention cabless. really a cool way of doing it! |
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« Reply #18 on: September 09, 2011, 04:36:37 PM » |
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Beautiful France Thanks for sharing! |
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« Reply #19 on: September 12, 2011, 11:29:06 AM » |
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Beautiful! Do you know steveb from Bristol? He and his lovely wife Glynis did 10 weeks around Europe and had a similar tent and trailer. I met thiem when they were camping at Andy and Bene's "beach" in Berlin. Great folks. Good ride report, thanks. from Werner's memorial - steveB and Glynis (2nd and 4th face from left)  |
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« Reply #20 on: September 12, 2011, 11:48:37 AM » |
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Nice Ride Report. Thanks for sharing.
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