2018 Part 1: As with every tour this one began at the customary starting point, Kyle’s house in the centre of Bewdley. It was the usual straightforward motorway run down to Dover; M40, M25 and M20/A20, enlivened only by the need to filter through the heavy traffic on the mobile car park that is the […]
We’re just a bunch of mates who enjoy motorcycling and in 2006 decided to do some touring in mainland Europe. Back then there were 5 of us and in the ensuing years riders have come and gone, 10 in all to date.
With the exception of 2017, and up until Covid, there had been a tour every year since 2006. And in 2023 touring resumed again, albeit with reduced numbers and we’re now down to a trio.
Over the last 20 years we’ve ridden through 12 different countries over hundreds of mountain passes clocking up 30,000 miles. Purely for our own amusement and reflection this website is a travelogue of those tours.
2024 Annecy-le-Vieux
2023 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
2019 Bavaria & Salzburg
2018 Le Grand-Bornand & Briancon
2016 Valencia & Sierra Nevada
2015 Picos de Europa
2014 Battlefields Tour
2013 The Alps & Massif Central
2012 Innsbruck & The Dolomites
2011 Arreau & The Pyrenees
2010 Nurburgring & Chamonix
2009 Brescia & The Dolomites
2008 The Hautes-Alpes
2007 The Midi-Pyrenees
2006 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc