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Fair enough. I should've made it clearer. I like mountains and twisties. I also like dry warm weather. From what I've been gleaning so far, Denmark seems to be warmer than Ireland in June.
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Denmark has no mountains and very few twisties (with low traffic): it is a small densely populated country with kind of a lot of agriculture. The countryside is usually quite manicured.
If you want it warm, and within a week, consider the ferry to Santander - loads of great riding in north Spain.
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If you want it warm, and within a week, consider the ferry to Santander - loads of great riding in north Spain.
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I did wonder about suggesting northern Spain as the location ticks a lot of the boxes. The ferry ride is quite convenient (if a little pricy), although one downside might be the trip dates not meshing with the ferry schedules. it's the time it takes though - with only a week do you really want to spend three of those days on what's essentially a floating motorway services.
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Well from the UK to Denmark you would spend three days actually riding from one motorway services to the other! ????
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Well from the UK to Denmark you would spend three days actually riding from one motorway services to the other! ????
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Two days e/w, mostly on the autobahn but it’s the difference between visiting the services and being trapped in them.
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Two days e/w, mostly on the autobahn but it’s the difference between visiting the services and being trapped in them.
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If you're heading for Spain or Morocco it's a compelling argument though. Yes you're stuck on a boat and it's not cheap, but you avoid travel costs, hotels, fuel and aggravation that you'd otherwise have from riding down a load of boring roads just to get to where you want to be.
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If you're heading for Spain or Morocco it's a compelling argument though. Yes you're stuck on a boat and it's not cheap, but you avoid travel costs, hotels, fuel and aggravation that you'd otherwise have from riding down a load of boring roads just to get to where you want to be.
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All of that is very true and my thought process every time I’ve taken that ferry. Buckdoesntstophere (the o.p.) only has a week though. He’s looking for twisty roads+ mountains + ‘decent’ weather. The ferry to Ireland is only a few hours - in his position I think I’d take my chances with the weather. Any two out of three might be the best he can do.
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