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It on ! I bit the bullet, and I leave today. I'll be back to report how it goes 
Thanks for all of your advice
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It on, I leave today.
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Nice weather window in France today. Good luck and enjoy yourself.
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Well, I made it, all went well, 2800 miles in 5 days, ended up in Montepulciano in Tuscany, had an awesome trip including a bit of a heavy 940 mile day on the way back to Calais. Had a few 'moments' on the mountain switchbacks in the wet, managed to make it home before the speeding tickets too, awesome !
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Well, I made it, all went well, 2800 miles in 5 days, ended up in Montepulciano in Tuscany, had an awesome trip including a bit of a heavy 940 mile day on the way back to Calais.
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What did you think of Tuscany?
2800 miles in 5 days  Did you ever get off the bike?  Presumably your 940 mile day was mainly motorway?
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What did you see/enjoy/savour/experience/remember even?
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Hi Paul,
Been a while since you did this trip, I'm planning on London to Sorrento in July.
Would love to get your advice on how it went!
That said, I have been reading the forums and there does seem to be a great deal of good advice on here.
Cheers!
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We did this again in 2017, went to Rome via Montepulciano, two up with girlfriend. The weather was awful, insane flooding, torrential rain in and around Rome, and the strongest gales I’ve ever ridden in on the way home, it was absolutely soul destroying, very mentally testing, not something I’d be looking to repeat ! Some day we were up at 05:30, and with delays, arriving at our hotel at 22:00 !
Bad planning, distances too big, and let rather unlucky with the weather
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We drove down last year and stopped in a budget hotel in Basancon. It was a good midway point and the hotel cost the same as camping. It was a long days drive though. The year before we camped at Troyes which makes for a slightly shorter first day but the cost of the municipal campsite was ridiculous!!
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The year before we camped at Troyes which makes for a slightly shorter first day but the cost of the municipal campsite was ridiculous!!
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I have also stayed, over night, at that municipal camp site and I don't recall it being ridiculously priced.
I do recall a basic meal with a few  s in the simple restaurant based on the site; all very welcome and reasonably priced after a long day on the road.
I think the was Grimbergen - always a decent one.
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Well, I made it, all went well, 2800 miles in 5 days, ended up in Montepulciano in Tuscany, had an awesome trip including a bit of a heavy 940 mile day on the way back to Calais. Had a few 'moments' on the mountain switchbacks in the wet, managed to make it home before the speeding tickets too, awesome !
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This is honestly a great story!
I've been looking to do a similar, spontaneous trip myself and can't help but wonder what routes people are taking.
It sounds like you had a ball - often, people are pretty skeptical about this sort of thing.
I think I may do a similar trip later this year, doing a little planning, but then being rather spontaneous too - hopefully planning to avoid bad weather like you experienced last year.
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Hi I did this kind of trip last year , Yorkshire to Misano one stop in France on the way down ( pre booked ) and one in southern Germany on the way back up along the Adriatic coast and coming up through Alps .. I enjoyed it . 
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