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7-10 days will get you a decent tour round the Alps or even as far as Slovenia. As has been said before though, it all depends on what type of place you're looking to visit. People will post here telling you of their favourite week long tour areas. Me I'd head over the Alps and into Slovenia. You get the fun in the Alps and, hopefully, a nice warm beach in Portoroz when you get to Slovenia.
A shorter run would be down to the Vercors in France which is a nice looking place to take your bike. Basically though, get off the ferry at Zeebrugge and head into the Alps and you won't be disappointed.
Alternatively, you could head for the Horizons unlimited meet in Germany in 4 weeks time. see
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any riders got some advice or suggestions for a wee 7-10 day euro tour starting either chunnel or zeebrugge? two up with wife on my r1150gs which i am going to collect this saturday! just started riding last summer after a cancer scare - been thro' a yamaha sr125 & suzi bandit already!
any advice welcome,
greetings fae bonnie scotland,

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When are you planning on going? If it's in the next month or even into June the alps might be a bit hard core. There's still a meter of snow outside our flat and most of the interesting passes will be blocked for a while yet. Have a look at www.alpineroasds.com
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When are you planning on going? If it's in the next month or even into June the alps might be a bit hard core.
. Thinking about it, this is bang-on. Perhaps a run down East France and the Rhone Valley with detours around the Gorges (Tarn/Verdun/Ardeche) and Provence/Cores? Basically low-level but scenic.Hope the current LP area clears by then!
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When are you planning on going? If it's in the next month or even into June the alps might be a bit hard core. There's still a meter of snow outside our flat and most of the interesting passes will be blocked for a while yet. Have a look at www.alpineroasds.com
It's gonna have to be July sometime, deff don't want snow - we've had enough of that up here in Scotland!
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7-10 days will get you a decent tour round the Alps or even as far as Slovenia. As has been said before though, it all depends on what type of place you're looking to visit. People will post here telling you of their favourite week long tour areas. Me I'd head over the Alps and into Slovenia. You get the fun in the Alps and, hopefully, a nice warm beach in Portoroz when you get to Slovenia.
A shorter run would be down to the Vercors in France which is a nice looking place to take your bike. Basically though, get off the ferry at Zeebrugge and head into the Alps and you won't be disappointed.
Alternatively, you could head for the Horizons unlimited meet in Germany in 4 weeks time. see
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/mee...ermany2008.php
Jim
Like the Slovenia idea - can you recommend any good roads thro alps to Slovenia?
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There are hundreds of ways through the Alps to Slovenia. I'm probably heading down that way again in July and was thinking of taking 3 days to get there via Como. On the way back I was thinking of heading into the mountains for a play on some passes like San Boldo (I only want to see the tunnels with the traffic lights ) I'll play with my satnav programme, mapsource, and plan a nice run through a few passes.
The only problem doing this is, I keep getting sidetracked because there are so many places to visit.
If it's your first time and your wife isn't used to bikes you could always try a shorter trip like the Vercors. take 2 days down then a couple of days playing then 2 days back.
Check out Grenoble Cycling Pages - The Vercors and see the Vercors and Grand Goulets
I see you're geting your bike on Saturday, If the strike is called off and you can get petrol, you could try a distance run on Sunday and see how your wife likes a few hundred miles on the back


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