118 miles When I realized that I would be arriving in Newhaven either late at night, getting a hotel, or early in the morning off the overnight ferry, it seemed a waste just to head back to Woking and drop off the motorcycle first thing. I have an old friend,…
335 km (208 miles) Today was my last day in France. I split off from Martyn and MacBean after breakfast at the hotel. I had all day to make it to Dieppe for the midnight (11.59pm) ferry to Newhaven. There was no reason to rush and have to sit around…
123 km (76 miles) MacBean and Martyn has both been to Mont St Michel before so going there was all about them being nice to me. Given the distance was not very far, there was no rush to get there so we ran some errands and went to find breakfast.…
293 km (182 miles) After our night at the delightful B and B in L’Ile Bouchard, our destination was Granville on the Normandy coast of La Manche. It is actually in the Manche province. We picked the town because it is close to Mont St Michel. I had not really…
237 km (147 miles) After visiting Magny Cours, we wanted to chose a destination that would put me in a good spot to head back to Dieppe and leave MacBean and Martyn in place suitable for them to extend their trip. We landed on heading up to the border of…
89km (55 miles) When looking for things to do, Mark brought up that that the French super bike racing would be happening at Magny Cours. While not a follower of the race series, I was definitely interested in the place and the race course.
227 km (141 miles) Today was another hot day. I saw 38ºC on the motorcycle dash which I think equates to 100ºF. With that in mind, we planned a midpoint stop in a town with a river and a beach. It was also the day that we said goodbye to…
87 km (54) Today was another day of not really doing much riding. We went to Le Mans to see the museum. We were a few days late for the 24-hour race which was last weekend.
About 4 km (2.5 miles) round trip While we all talk about the big, iron butt days we have this was not one of them. We had a trip to the beach and grocery store. Not exactly a big day of riding today. In the morning, we went over to…
320 Kilometers (199 miles) We left Dieppe with a plan to mostly avoid highways and toll roads getting to La Flèche. For the most part it worked, we did not pay any tools and had barely any time on highways. It did come at a price. It was hard to…