French/Swiss/Italian Alps '18 (too many pics)
 

I booked a hotel on the French side of Geneva for 4 days, 5 nights. I allowed 2 days to get there by motorway. It coincided with a very thorough downpour in England and Calais with some night time lightning thrown in for extra excitement. It's amazing how well my boots hold water

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10 mins after I checked in to my hotel near Calais the rain stopped completely...

Another day of mindless motorway mile munching got me to my hotel in Geneva


Day 1 I decided to head to the Klausen Pass in Switzerland. The route there turned out to be just as amazing as the pass itself. And the weather was on my side

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Got a bit of a surprise when I appeared on a runway :smt102
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Looking over the edge
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You can just about see a biker on the road below
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Biker couple enjoying the views
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Cow bells could be heard everywhere
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Approaching the pass...
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5 star cow sheds with a great view
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Waterfall in the corner
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Cable to the sky!
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On the way back
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Day 2

Breakfast
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Geneva harbour. The apprentice plumber must have royally screwed up
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I went to my bike's homeland through the Mont Blanc Tunnel which is hot, smelly and goes on forever! But it does make my bike sound biblical

On the other side:
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Tea
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Day 3 I rested because my feet, thighs, ar5e, balls, arms, hands, neck and even my ears were all aching from 4 days constant riding. Plus it was rainy

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Day 4 I didn't have any route planned and just looked on google terrain for hilly twisty areas, while also avoiding the rain clouds. It turned out to be a good plan. I found great roads with views to match. I just had to take it a bit slower because the roads were a bit wet from the morning showers

I first went up the hairpin hills just south of Geneva, which revealed a pretty epic view point

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More hilltop cows blessed with amazing views!
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Looking down on Geneva
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He still hadn't fixed that leak
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Down the other side
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Continuing to explore east
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Sunbathing cow
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The guy on the left is waving at me :)
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And that's it! The next 2 days were blasting back on the motorways wishing I had more time. I could spend months and month exploring and never get bored :D

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Absolutely stunning set of pictures Darren. Looks like it was an epic trip!

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Don't see the attraction myself. Looks just like Hertfordshire. [emoji16]

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I'd rather see pictures of motorways

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Lol. Fab photos Darren. Very envious.

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Amazing views, although the lack of snow in the ski resort (which was that by the way) was a bit disturbing ...

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Avoriaz :thumleft:

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:thumleft: don't I know it....


looked to me like you took too many pictures and didn't spend enough time riding.....! ;)