Joined Oct 2010
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Cheshire
Hello to all.
Its not long now till the Riders For Research track day ( 19 / 8 ) down at Snetterton. Seeing as I'm trekking right across the country for this and by the time I get there I'll be closer to Brussels than my own house, I thought it would be a good chance to break my "riding in Europe" duck. As well as breaking my "trackday" duck, although the former relies on the latter going without incident :eek .
So my rough plan is to get the ferry from Harwich to Hoek van Holland, an hour up the road to Amsterdam for a night to sample some culture, and then a week finding my way round to the train at Calais.
This is where I could do with some advice because I've got only a very rough Idea what route to take. I know the Netherlands aren't known for their exiting roads so after the first night I was thinking of cutting across into Germany then down to the Black Forest region then back up through France to Calais. But of course there is also Belgium and Luxembourg close by. And as for the route to and from the black forest goes I ain't got a clue what roads to take for a decent ride. I don't want to be on motorways all day, equally I don't want to be stuck in 30 limits either !
So if anyone could give me the benefit of their experience of riding in this sort of area. Or offer a different slant on a good route to take if you don't think much of the one I've roughed (very rough!) out then please go ahead.
All advice would be greatly appreciated folks. Both with ideas about what roads to take or anything else that's relevant to riding in Europe for the first time.
Thanks chaps, Richie
Its not long now till the Riders For Research track day ( 19 / 8 ) down at Snetterton. Seeing as I'm trekking right across the country for this and by the time I get there I'll be closer to Brussels than my own house, I thought it would be a good chance to break my "riding in Europe" duck. As well as breaking my "trackday" duck, although the former relies on the latter going without incident :eek .
So my rough plan is to get the ferry from Harwich to Hoek van Holland, an hour up the road to Amsterdam for a night to sample some culture, and then a week finding my way round to the train at Calais.
This is where I could do with some advice because I've got only a very rough Idea what route to take. I know the Netherlands aren't known for their exiting roads so after the first night I was thinking of cutting across into Germany then down to the Black Forest region then back up through France to Calais. But of course there is also Belgium and Luxembourg close by. And as for the route to and from the black forest goes I ain't got a clue what roads to take for a decent ride. I don't want to be on motorways all day, equally I don't want to be stuck in 30 limits either !
So if anyone could give me the benefit of their experience of riding in this sort of area. Or offer a different slant on a good route to take if you don't think much of the one I've roughed (very rough!) out then please go ahead.
All advice would be greatly appreciated folks. Both with ideas about what roads to take or anything else that's relevant to riding in Europe for the first time.
Thanks chaps, Richie
