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Sun Jan 26, 2020 1:08 pm (Last edited: Sun Jan 26, 2020 1:10 pm)
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A shorter trip. |
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the other Panoramastrasse via Fluhli to Giswil is a really nice road too - you could make a nice circuit from a base in Meiringen over the Glaubenbergstrasse and return via the Fluhli road |
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I dont know if you been before, but watch your speed, especially in built up areas. They set up hidden speed traps - I got a 250 Franc on the spot fine for 48 in a 30 out of town. |
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Zitat von Gunns10 im Beitrag #4 You won't be able to go over the passes listed in the first post in May. The passes over 2000m like the Susten etc are not cleared until mid June most years. The snow can be 40 feet deep and has to be moved is it would not melt until July or later. In May, stick to lower altitudes such as the Vosges mountains in Alsace |
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Zitat von Gunns10 im Beitrag #7 as you are in Essex and only have 6 days, consider getting a late afternoon tunnel and stay a few miles from the coast in somewhere like the Ibis Budget in St Omer - you wake up the following morning already in France and you can be in Kaysersberg or Colmar by late afternoon. 4 or 5 days riding in the Vosges or across the Rhine in the Black Forest. An overnight stop on the way back, say Reims via non motorway, and you are back home the following afternoon. |
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Zitat von Hubert im Beitrag #10 Mid to late June is pretty reliable - probably 5 wet or cold days for my touring group going away the last 10 days of June for the last 6 years. Last year it was too bloody hot. 43C alongside the Mosel in Luxembourg! For me, June or September are the best months as it is too warm in July & August. |
Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #8 Well what an (annoying) coincident, I figured out that exact same 'trick' last weekend whilst planning riding to Croatia, if I'd only waited 72 hours I could have saved 2 hours of planning  So Wessie have you stayed at the Ibis in St Omar? Jason |
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Zitat von JasonQ im Beitrag #12Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #8 I've stayed in both the red & blue (cheaper) Ibis hotels in St Omer. Both are okay but I would stay in the blue Budget if I go again. It has a gated car park and is a 10 minute walk past the cathedral into a street with a load of bars & restaurants. Walk a little further and you are in the main square. If you are a meat eater, try to dine at the Flemish restaurant https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant..._de_France.html - the meat is cooked over hot coals as you watch on. If you stay at the dearer red Ibis this restaurant is just 2 minutes away. Parking at this restaurant is less secure and the car park is much smaller. |
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Zitat von Hubert im Beitrag #14 You are certainly right in your meteorological obeservation? A bit like "I have been accouple of times in London over the past years and allways had rather nice weather. So it never rains in the UK". Apparently your perception is divergent from the reality on the continent.... [/quote] are you one of these climate change deniers? The leafy Ardennes will be a desert soon... |
