Off-road & Accommodation on Corsica Oct 2008

[chris]

Hi there
I’ll be on Corsica from 19th to 25th October with a van and 2 bikes (1x road bike and 1x light weight enduro bike) as well as camping gear.

I have 3 queries:

1. Are you there then too? Do you want to ride together, particularly off road/on dirt roads/tracks?

2. Can you recommend any dirt road routes? I’ve got a 1:180.000 “AA Touring Map France series” map of Corsica in front of me and not many are marked. Just start/finish points would be good. I can work out the bits in between. Is there a better map I can buy? Might you even have any GPS data to share with me?

Road riding is easy. Just look for the least-straight lines on the map, so I’m sorted on that. I’ve also downloaded some GPS routes/tracks/waypoints from www.naviboard.de .

3. Accommodation: Every campsite I’ve researched on Corsica seems to be closed either end-September or mid-October. Can I camp in your garden? Do you know any Gite d’Etapes that are open (and pleasant)?

Where I base myself depends on the weather, but if it’s ok inland I read that Corte is a good base for dirt road riding. What do you think?

Thanks for any input you can give.

Ride safely,
Chris

[Charlie_Chalk]

How did your trip go? I've only ridden on the roads of Corsica, never off-road, but what roads they were!!! Phenomenal twisties (Col de Verghio springs to mind), great surfaces (at least usually) and fantastic weather. Somewhere I'd love to return to soon...