Steve_M Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) A rough outline option for a jaunt around Switzerland. Included are a couple of stretches of motorway ‘cos the alternative minor roads are awful. And the Mont Blanc Tunnel just for the experience (probably not recommended). It all starts at the Freddie Mercury statue in Montreux ‘ cos that’s got to be visited. Edit. I forgot to mention the Tremola pass… it’s in there. Great fun if you like cobbled roads and hairpins. Say “Hi” to Freddie for me. Edited February 22, 2023 by Steve_M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 @Steve_M I just get a message saying I am not allowed to view this route Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_M Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Stu said: @Steve_M I just get a message saying I am not allowed to view this route PEBKAS… I forgot to change privacy to public. D’Oh. If at first… Edited February 22, 2023 by Steve_M 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Westerly Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Not a fan of cobblestones especially in the wet. Saw some bad slides in Croatia on cobbles and even Alston gives me a twitch now and again when the cobbles are wet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddlesticks Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 6 minutes ago, S-Westerly said: Not a fan of cobblestones especially in the wet. Saw some bad slides in Croatia on cobbles and even Alston gives me a twitch now and again when the cobbles are wet. There's a bike shop not far from us down a cobbled street. Always struck me as sub-optimal. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_M Posted March 2, 2023 Author Share Posted March 2, 2023 (edited) On 28/02/2023 at 22:01, S-Westerly said: Not a fan of cobblestones especially in the wet. Saw some bad slides in Croatia on cobbles and even Alston gives me a twitch now and again when the cobbles are wet. Nor me. I recall the nervousness of riding across the wet, mossy, sloping cobbled village centre in Vega de Pas. Still makes me break out into a cold sweat. However, we took the Tremola in the dry at modest speeds and were giggling like schoolkids by the top. There is an alternative, non-cobbled route up to the Gottard, by the way. PS. Beware the Vosges. Tarmac roads with occasional cobbled hairpin bends to catch out the unsuspecting. Edited March 2, 2023 by Steve_M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerontious Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 (edited) One of the best has to be the road up to the Edelweisspitze. on the Grossglockner. camber all over the place, some extremely tight hairpins. and cobbles all the way. great fun. Once you are up there.. your photo is captured for posterity. My bike next to smallfrownes red VFR. this a few days before it broke down. (again) Edited March 2, 2023 by Gerontious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_M Posted March 2, 2023 Author Share Posted March 2, 2023 19 minutes ago, Gerontious said: One of the best has to be the road up to the Edelweisspitze. on the Grossglockner. camber all over the place, some extremely tight hairpins. and cobbles all the way. great fun. Once you are up there.. your photo is captured for posterity. My bike next to smallfrownes red VFR. this a few days before it broke down. (again) Damn, I don’t have a photo of my bike at the top. Seems like I’ll have to go back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerontious Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Steve_M said: Damn, I don’t have a photo of my bike at the top. Seems like I’ll have to go back. You probably do. if you can remember the date and time. it will exist. I only know both because they are recorded on the photos I took that day. Just go to the camera website and change the date and time. https://tinyurl.com/bdhty75z Edited March 2, 2023 by Gerontious 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_M Posted March 2, 2023 Author Share Posted March 2, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Gerontious said: You probably do. if you can remember the date and time. it will exist. I only know both because they are recorded on the photos I took that day. Just go to the camera website and change the date and time. https://tinyurl.com/bdhty75z Thanks for that link. I’ll have a peruse. I have photos for that day that will be time stamped somewhere on the laptop. It was probably mid-morning given that we stopped for refreshments. Which day, though? Edited March 2, 2023 by Steve_M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonio Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 2 hours ago, Steve_M said: I have photos for that day that will be time stamped somewhere on the laptop. It was probably mid-morning given that we stopped for refreshments. Which day, though? Strudelday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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