Does anyone fancy a 2/3 day trip to Black Forest?

well i would love to but money issues so maybe next year unless i get a big payout from insurance from november crash.

ill keep you posted

Originally Posted by arcdef

Right i need some help, i keep opening up google maps and going errrrrrr that's a nice road..........oh so is that!. but when it comes to it i ahve no idea where to start. How many miles should i aim for per day? 200? or is that pushing it? Has anyone used one of the tour companies? ill probably have more questions soon!

Cheers

Depending on the types of road and urban density I'd budget on 175 - 350 miles a day, twisties in the alps can take a lot of time, as can getting lost. Although if you're going to do some autoroutes longer days are possible, at the end of the day it depends how many stops you want, when you want to start and finish, how lost you get etc. Just try and keep your plan a little flexible and you should be fine. I've done 4k miles in two weeks before but it was pretty manic!

[Luckypants]

I agree with Tim, stay flexible. We had accommodation booked last summer and getting to them turned into a right mission on the days when the weather was pants. Speedy Claire was miserable after 3000 miles in two weeks, it was just too much for a first tour. Try to keep the mileages down, especially at the start to ease yourself into it.

ok im jealous (thanks tim) so how about this http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&so...t=h&z=8staying at a+e adventures http://www.aeadventures.com/ and possibly the wsb round at the nurburgring then down to cochem to stay http://www.hotel-wilhelmshoehe.de/en...el-urlaub.html here. taking in as much hilly bendy german roads as possible

Route looks fun, after Namur I'd head, Dinant-Houyet-Rochefort-Marche en Famenne-La Roche en Ardenne- Vielsalm- Stavelot to make it a bit more fun. Also I'd be tempted to use motorways to Namur to maximise time for fun in the Ardennes twisties, but it's up to you, I don't have that much experience of belgian roads west of Brussels, apart from trying to catch the ferry.

I believe the Nordschleife is open WSB weekend too, whilst the pros practice going round the GP track you could hit the original....

[dyzio]

Hmm... you guys planning doing the AR?
Me and Aaron (Ad53ggz) and maybe Sally (saoralba) are thinking about doing the AR and since we'll be 100 miles from Dover and have camping gear with us we were thinking about nipping into Europe.
Our routes are similar, although we are flexible for distance and time.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&so...,39.550781&z=5

This is just a rough idea, and Ad53ggz needs to fix his TL first.

What would you think about this?

Cheers
Dyzio

dyzoiwg, that looks very good, i cant make the AR as ive booked the 3 weekends after it off and couldnt get that as well, but im down south and could meet up with you guys.......keep me posted!

is anyone still up for a trip in august

Should be able to manage it, just dont fancy it on my own.

[dyzio]

I'm out of this one