Today is the 4th of September a Friday I’m only a few days away from leaving of this year’s Epic Trip on the 9th I spent yesterday riding down to Alicante to a motorcycle accessories shop to try and find a set of waterproofs that would fit me. the problem is at 6FT and 17 stone I am considerably bigger than the average Spanish motorcycle rider. After a lot of looking, I eventually found a one-piece set that may be a bit too big but better to be too big than too small like my previous set. I have spent some considerable time planning the route from here Across the Pyrenees up through the eastern side of France All the way up to Dieppe to the ferry Trying to avoid toll roads Had as many motorways as I possibly could But also bearing in mind the shorter range of a motorcycle compared to a car I need to know But there are petrol stations on the route I have had to change the route a few times to accommodate the fact that there aren’t as many petrol stations as they used to be just like England there’s quite a few shut down Not all of them are open 24 hours it’s taken some time but I think I’ve got it right now.
Again with the problem of fuel range I bought a rack system that fits on my top box on which four 1.8 litre cans of petrol can be stored, The problem is you’re not allowed to take this on a ferry I don’t quite understand because you can take them on the shuttle. So I have had to shift a few things around and I’m going to take a few can in one of my panniers, when I get near at the app I will top the tank up and throw the can away and buy a new one in England to come back with.
Today’s project is first to clean the screen on my bike and affix the new Spanish pollution sticker on because the old one came off, also to find my small tyre inflator and make sure it’s fully charged and find a pannier bag for my fleeces and jackets, tomorrow and Sunday my job is simple iron and pack I want to be in a where on Monday everything is ready, the bikes packed up so I can just chill on Tuesday before I leave very early Wednesday morning.
My plan is to leave very early Wednesday morning 4:00 AM my
first uh couple of 100 miles will be on the motorways from here Valencia out
towards Zaragosa before travelling towards Bergerac where I’ll be staying
overnight Some people have called me a little crazy because that first stint is
over 950 kilometres, but when you’re short of time sometimes you have to push
it a little, the following morning I have to make my way from the hotel in
Bergerac to Dieppe which is around 700 kilometres I am catching the one minute
to midnight ferry so I have a lot of time I can take it a little easier.
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