Hi Folks, hope you’re all well and looking forward to spring? Personally I can’t wait to see the back of winter, so I can get the bike out of the garage and let the next adventure begin!! 🙂
2022 was a great motorbiking year, lots of good memories; two big European trips covering France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Spain & Portugal; followed by a fantastic 2000 mile motorcycle tour of California USA. In between those trips managed a couple of trips to Wales & Scotland and other best parts of UK such as Yorkshire & Nth Pennines. But that was last year….!
So where to go in 2023? Winter is a time for planning and 2023 is really taking shape !
My first trip of the year is traditionally to Wales and this year’s trip is already booked; Four of us will have 3 days away covering all the good roads in Mid Wales & Snowdonia. This is always a great start to the biking year 🙂
Following that I am in the final planning stages of a 5 day trip taking in Yorkshire Dales, Nth Pennines & Scottish Borders: on the way back a loop of the best scenery and passes in the Lake District.
This year’s big European trip is also booked, to somewhere I’ve never been before..Corsica! However, I cannot claim any credit for this as all the hard work has been done by my friend and ace planner, Bernard!
At the end of August six of us will ride a nice twisty route (including Route Napoleon) down through France to Toulon in the south to catch an overnight ferry to Corsica; where we will spend 4 days riding the excellent roads there and taking in the spectacular scenery. Our route home will take us back through France via the Route des Grande Alps.. this is a 15 day, 2750 miles, trip..it promises to be a really good one!
On the family front, my son Tom & his family are coming over to the UK from the USA in June and we all, 5 adults and 2 grand kids, will spend a week in the sun in a lovely villa on Croatia’s Adriatic coast.
With brownie points in the bank I reckon it should be possible to slip in at least one more big motorbike adventure before autumn..watch this space 🙂
Have a great 2023 and thanks for following, that’s all for now; but if you haven’t watched any of the 2022 trip videos..just click this link to catch up!! youtube.com/@BigJohnMoto