sunstone121266
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Our first tour abroard on our bike started on 16th June. I had to work until midday. Got home and loaded the panniers and topbox onto the bike and set off from mid Devon in rain! Weather did gradually get better the further east we headed towards Folkestone. We find our guest house that we had booked called Chandos which was pretty good has off road parking for bikes. Wake up bright and early the next morning full of excitement to a rainy day again. The channel tunnel is great and before we knew it we were in France. The A26 is right next to where you get off the train so was easy to find. Drizzly rain accompanied us for most of the time untill about a 100 miles down when we hit a big thunder storm. The high winds and heavy rain meant 40mph tops. The storm stayed with us for 20 minutes or so then we popped out the other side and were greeted by blue skys and hot as you like. This weather stayed with us for the rest of our trip.
Kept heading south until we reached Dijon which is about half way down and where we had booked an ibis hotel for the night. Great valiue for money.
The next morning we made an early start and kept heading south. We managed to eat up hundreds of miles on the first half and thought we would be at our eurocamp site in Castellane about mid afternoon. I didn't take into account that the motorway stops around a place called Grenoble then you are in the Alps and the roads are very twisty. Took alot longer that we were expecting. Got to Castellane at about 2000hrs just before it got dark. What a journey though from Grenoble to Castellane. These roads have to be some of the best bike roads in the world. It dd take us longer as we had to keep stopping to take photos! The scenery is out of this world, snow topped mountains and great weather, what more can you ask for!
Reached the camp site and not really knowing what to expect from a eurocamp site we were very pleased with what we found. Proper beds with thick mattresses, fridge/freezer, gas cooker, pots and pans, cups plates, everything you need. Best of all electric sockets! Glamping at its best.
Spent the first day enjoying lying in the sun and exploring the camp site. Found out the first night that French frogs are noisy. Wondered what it was to start with.
Visited St Tropez and Cannes. Parked up in a place called Ste-maxime and caught a ferry into St Tropez. Alot smaller town that i was expecting but it was nice to visit. Headed along the coast towards Cannes and found a nice beach for a spot of sunbathing. Was hoping to go on to Monaco but we spent too long on the beach and ran out of time. From Cannes we headed up to a place called Grasse. This place is mentally busy with traffic. From Grasse to Castellane the roads are fantastic. You can see why there are so many bikes there. Castellane is like a bike mecca and the square is always full of bikes especially on a Sunday.
Part 2 to follow soon. Click on the link below to see some of our photos. Thats if i can get the link copied across!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/98242135@N06/
Kept heading south until we reached Dijon which is about half way down and where we had booked an ibis hotel for the night. Great valiue for money.
The next morning we made an early start and kept heading south. We managed to eat up hundreds of miles on the first half and thought we would be at our eurocamp site in Castellane about mid afternoon. I didn't take into account that the motorway stops around a place called Grenoble then you are in the Alps and the roads are very twisty. Took alot longer that we were expecting. Got to Castellane at about 2000hrs just before it got dark. What a journey though from Grenoble to Castellane. These roads have to be some of the best bike roads in the world. It dd take us longer as we had to keep stopping to take photos! The scenery is out of this world, snow topped mountains and great weather, what more can you ask for!
Reached the camp site and not really knowing what to expect from a eurocamp site we were very pleased with what we found. Proper beds with thick mattresses, fridge/freezer, gas cooker, pots and pans, cups plates, everything you need. Best of all electric sockets! Glamping at its best.
Spent the first day enjoying lying in the sun and exploring the camp site. Found out the first night that French frogs are noisy. Wondered what it was to start with.
Visited St Tropez and Cannes. Parked up in a place called Ste-maxime and caught a ferry into St Tropez. Alot smaller town that i was expecting but it was nice to visit. Headed along the coast towards Cannes and found a nice beach for a spot of sunbathing. Was hoping to go on to Monaco but we spent too long on the beach and ran out of time. From Cannes we headed up to a place called Grasse. This place is mentally busy with traffic. From Grasse to Castellane the roads are fantastic. You can see why there are so many bikes there. Castellane is like a bike mecca and the square is always full of bikes especially on a Sunday.
Part 2 to follow soon. Click on the link below to see some of our photos. Thats if i can get the link copied across!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/98242135@N06/
