75th Anniversary July 2024

The Sock said:
View attachment 90880View attachment 90881View attachment 90882View attachment 90883View attachment 90884View attachment 90885View attachment 90886Ensconced in the hotel. Got here about lunchtime. Took in the Timmelsjoch museum. Beautifully sunny but, as I passed 2,000 metres, I began to question riding up there in a T-shirt.
Still not a drop of rain has fallen on me. It was definitely worth buying a new rain suit, practically guaranteed dry weather.
Lazy day tomorrow, then the final 217 miles in to Breganze.
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The Breganze beast........in its natural habitat. Nice one Mr Sock :cool:
 
Pretty soggy ride to Bad Bergzabern yesterday, almost 300 km of drizzle. To avoid getting soaked again, we‘re hopping on the autobahn to make some distance and to take advantage of a fairly dry weather window, might even get over the timmelsjoch today. Bike looks filthy…
 
Well done to you Haggis, that never say die spirit will earn you a beer from me .Track me down when you get here and we’ll share a beer and a laugh😊🍺 Safe journey and I hope that you manage to avoid the rain, you’ve gone through enough shit already😂😂
Tom
 
After a 2am start yesterday morning for Andy L and 4am for me followed by 10 hours driving through France to arrive in La Wantzenau last night, we’re well on our way.

Last leg to Breganze today. Andy’s lovely looking 3CL and my 750 GT safely strapped up in the back of his van.

These French roads are amazing!
 
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No Laverda content! Apart from Manfred’s SFC1000
Rest day today.
Spent the morning in a hot spring pool, followed by a massage. Manfred got here, yesterday. We’re waiting for Jo and one other to arrive. Then we’ll eat, have a few beers and plot our route/timings for tomorrow, to Breganze.IMG_7138.jpeg
 
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You look very content there Tom, and now that you mention free beer, that settles it, I'll get to Breganze if I have to crawl 🍺😀 looking forward to chugging one with you and talking bollocks with all the laverda tragics (thanks Red, I like that description).

A reasonable slog in the saddle today and it only rained as I was just about to put the luxury lodging up. Jane's bike still looks clean, which I is good for marital harmony and getting to borrow it again in the future (bloody good little bike as it happens) 😉

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Nice touch at the campsite here, the pitch with the cabin thingie is reserved exclusively for bikers, so there is always somewhere dry to unload, sit out and generally get organised in.

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Thanks to one and all for all the encouragement, you are a fine bunch of very likeable lunatics.
 
Boat to the road, byways to the train. Tomorrow the road. Not likely too many byways and passes as the day will be long, a combination on and off motorways but definitely aiming for the Sterzing Bolzano small road.
A small group from the Danish club also on the train with immaculate triples.
 

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