Planning Paused!

So we are at that stage where planning has got about as far as it goes. It's now a case of wait and see what happens with Covid and the new variants that pop up every few weeks.

Currently travel and return to the UK results in a whole raft of testing and possibly being stuck in a quarantine hotel for two weeks on return.

So who actually knows that will happen in September 2022?  

Fuel Stops - Outward Route

With all my planning I tend to not add in fuel stops to my routes. Neill does as he usually tours with his friend Patrick. Patrick has a Honda Shadow with a smaller fuel tank range.

I have been through my outward trip and added some fuel stops.  Vera is currently averaging 50mpg dead on the Fuelly app and this is mixed riding in town and on the motorways when I do tend to push the speed limit to it's outer envelope.  

With Covid-19 being rife (and cases on the increase!) across the EU countries and Channel crossing fares being a complete and utter rip-off, I haven't been away to test what sort of mileage I can expect "over there"!

With a 20.5 litre tank I am looking at around 170-180 miles between fill-ups to ensure a margin of error. So far I haven't done more that about 149 miles on a tank. 

With a non-toll route in each direction there will be some fairly low speed limits, but there are sections of non-toll motorways that can be experienced, and speeds might get nearer 70mph on those sections.

This is my outward journey, mostly using the N10. Neill's is a little different.

In the end we may go "out" to Spain using Neill's route which is pretty much the same as this with different hotels, and a change at the bottom of France. I want to keep my return journey as it is the N20 route north instead of the N10 route.

Hotel at 7 covered by Fuel 8

First Post - Aragón MotoGP 2022

A first post has to be the start of what's to come.

This blog is meant to be for a single motorcycle trip that is at the planning stages in November 2021.  There is a 50% chance that it might not happen and maybe another 50% that it will.

The bike to take the trip on will be Vera Strom, my 2018 Suzuki DL1000XT L8 V-Strom.

Circumstances change.

In November 2021 Covid-19 is still about. 

It is still hospitalising people all across the world.

It is still infecting people

People are still dying.

With all that in mind, this trip may just turn out to be a bit of fun working it out, and never take place.

Thank you for joining the circus..............