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This is a very emotive subject, so please keep to the topic and make posts relevant to the technicalities of travelling in Europe in the context of Brexit and whilst we are at it, Covid.

There are negotiations ongoing in relation to both Brexit and Covid so I implore you to make your own checks in the week before you travel to ensure you have the correct documentation to be compliant with each country you plan to visit.

I will have a look at the magazine article mentioned above via the excellent Libby app provided by my local library. This app gives me access to loads of magazines as a benefit of paying my Council Tax.

I will be visiting France, Germany & Belgium in April & May so I will report back. I'm not convinced the French hate the English, but I'm Welsh, so what do I know? There's a lot of posturing by French politicians at the moment as they have an election in May, and picking a fight with a few English trawlers is an easy win for Macron in the trying to look tough stakes. My touring group will be a mix of English Northerners, Welsh and South Africans so we will confuse them with a range of weird accents.

Just looked at the Bike, March edition and I believe the OP is referring to a rehash of this article from Bike in July last year, written by Andrew Dalton of White Dalton Motorcycle Solicitors.
https://www.whitedalton.co.uk/motorbike-...-to-crash-in-eu

In the current edition of Bike, he does not claim the French hate the English. He uses the French legal system as an example of all EU countries and how making an insurance claim against an EU driver will become more difficult as there is no longer a requirement for the EU insurer to have an office in the UK to process claims.

The advice is to ensure you have full comprehensive insurance (rather than just third party) so you can claim on your own insurer and leave them with the hassle of settling up with the EU underwriter if a foreign motorist is at fault.

Libby does not give me the supplement, but if you buy the paper version of Bike you get this guide to Wallonia in Belgium. A lovely area and the information is in a PDF from this website
https://walloniabelgiumtourism.co.uk/en-...urs-in-wallonia
Click on the tours at the bottom of the page and they even provide a GPX file for the routes.

I will be in Dinant in Wallonia in early May for a couple of nights.

I'll post this as a separate thread.