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Title: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 10, 2022, 03:51:56 PM
I must “ stress” not me but my mate and 3 of his friends left on Friday from Harwich to the hook of Holland for a 10 country tour,  All on BMW Adventures they will be wild camping, he said he will send me some pictures and if you don’t mind and are interested I will post some on here.
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: MadisonMotorsportUK on July 10, 2022, 05:34:49 PM
Not too close to the Soviet border  lol
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 10, 2022, 07:24:09 PM
 lol no definitely staying away from there  vrrr
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 11, 2022, 02:57:46 PM
A few pics sent so far I believe Berlin & Poland from Saturday & Sunday.
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 11, 2022, 03:00:52 PM
A few more.
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Post by: Mick B on July 11, 2022, 03:07:14 PM
 :thumb:
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Post by: NorthumBryan on July 11, 2022, 07:34:33 PM
Cracking pics, it's on the bucket list to do the Scandinavian loop.
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 12, 2022, 08:40:30 AM
Received more pictures.
Day 3 Valkaeri Klaus Von Staffenburg tried to assainate Hitler at the Wolfs Lair, forward HQ for invasion of Russia.
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 12, 2022, 08:43:41 AM
More photos
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Post by: Asmith61 on July 12, 2022, 08:46:05 AM
More photos
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Post by: NorthumBryan on July 12, 2022, 07:24:09 PM
Loving it  :thumb:
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Post by: Mick B on July 12, 2022, 07:29:57 PM
 :thumb:
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 13, 2022, 11:11:18 AM
Just received yesterdays photos,
Very wet ride from Latvia to Estonia as it was so wet they decided to stay in a hotel,    They booked the Ferry from Estonia to Finland £58.00.
They walked around the town and ended up in the Apparently Famous Depeche mode bar.
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: NorthumBryan on July 13, 2022, 03:56:22 PM
Nice, looking forward to the next installment already  :popcorn:
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 13, 2022, 05:22:29 PM
Nice to hear you are enjoying it  :thumb:
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 14, 2022, 10:38:19 AM
Good morning I received these photos yesterday morning they were heading to the Ferry to Finland Scandinavia.
The Ferry was going to be 2.5 hours crossing then a Ride of 1009 miles to the destination which was Nordkapp.
That was the last I heard from them hopefully it is because they did not have a signal ? 🤞
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: NorthumBryan on July 14, 2022, 06:30:36 PM
Great stuff, they might bump into my mate, he's on his way up there on a posh cruise ship !
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 14, 2022, 08:32:34 PM
Ohhh posh eh  lol
 I have just had a what’s app call from my mate they are all ok just very wet  lol they are in Lapland I will post the pictures up tomorrow once he has sent them all.
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 15, 2022, 10:41:04 AM
Well everything was ok just a bad signal area.
They made it to the Artic circle still 400 miles to Nordkapp they spent some time in Lapland, sat nav radar showed more Rain so decided to hotel in the Artic circle rather than wild camp all of them are  :old:
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 15, 2022, 10:44:16 AM
More photos
And even a meal Apparently Reindeer
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: NorthumBryan on July 15, 2022, 04:41:38 PM
More great pics, top stuff and what and adventure  :thumb:

For the record I have had Reindeer before and it is very tasty, not as strongly flavoured as a red deer but very pleasant. Pronghorn Antelope is very nice too if you get the chance while in the US of A.
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 15, 2022, 10:07:26 PM
He did say it was nice and not to unlike beef 😀
He has sent me some excellent photos tonight, we are at a wedding tomorrow so I will try to put them on if I get time tomorrow :thumb:
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 15, 2022, 10:26:27 PM
He has sent these through tonight so here goes
Firstly beautiful Norway they finally made it to Nordkapp wild camping tonight then heading down the west coast of Norway to Denmark tomorrow.
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 15, 2022, 10:29:15 PM
More photos
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Post by: Asmith61 on July 15, 2022, 10:31:03 PM
More photos
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Post by: NorthumBryan on July 16, 2022, 05:47:17 PM
Fantastic pictures, although the curry doesn't look too clever...
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Post by: Mick B on July 17, 2022, 02:17:47 PM
 :thumb: looks like they're having a good trip.
I'm having a green Thai curry tonight I hope it looks better than that.  :whistle:
Those packets of pre cooked meals do serve a purpose but I wouldn't want to eat one every day for too long. :smirk:.
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 17, 2022, 04:27:44 PM
 lol lol Yes I agree with you both the curry didn’t look very appealing to me either  lol lol.

After 4 months of not being able to get out at all, I managed to get to my mates wedding yesterday  :broken:
I even managed to get on to the Dance floor in my wheelchair ♿️  lol
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Post by: NorthumBryan on July 17, 2022, 09:03:11 PM
Nice, knocking some shapes out like John Travolta  :thumb:
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Post by: Asmith61 on July 18, 2022, 09:27:51 AM
Yea something like that  lol lol there are some videos of me being spun around on the dance floor making me feel sick  :sick:
More of the excellent photos from there Trip,  camping in Narvik where they filmed Heroes of Telemark, they Rode 380 miles to get here in the pouring Rain.
And the 2nd lot of photos Ferry across the Fjyord and on to the Artic circle centre. More rain all morning then off & on in the afternoon.
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 19, 2022, 02:12:40 PM
Received these last night from there trip.
Another wet day 275 miles south to Trondheim staying in a cabin.
2 fjord ferries tomorrow (Tuesday) and more riding miles and another 2 fjord ferries on Wednesday then 503 miles to the ferry to Denmark hopefully Thursday.
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 20, 2022, 08:59:43 AM
He Rang me last night on what’s app Audio he said they are having a great time but they are all Knackered  lo.
He sent these photos over.
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 20, 2022, 09:04:21 AM
More photos
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Post by: NorthumBryan on July 20, 2022, 05:19:31 PM
Epic, absolutely loving it  :thumb:

My mate's on a cruise and it appears they have a 'significant' covid outbreak onboard. Masks to be worn at all times when outside the cabin except when eating & drinking...
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 20, 2022, 06:28:19 PM
Thank you NorthumBryan much Appreciated, I send all the photos he sends me I wouldn’t say I have them in the correct order  lol. I know the other Riders on the trip have there own photos and videos.
I am expecting todays photos to be sent tonight and I will post them up tomorrow as usual :thumb:
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 20, 2022, 06:32:34 PM
Oh no that is terrible covid has definitely not gone away in fact it is getting worse!!!   Me & the mrs still wear a mask when we are out in public, let’s hope your mate doesn’t catch it 🤞
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: NorthumBryan on July 20, 2022, 06:54:20 PM
Yes, fingers crossed but they still have a few days to go. We've just got our phone & internet back after about 36 hours due to 'weather related issues'. Our water pressure is virtually non-existent at the moment due to a localised 'issue' (or burst pipe as they used to call them) which is just around the corner. On the bright side it's a LOT cooler and it looks like it might rain  :thumb:
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 21, 2022, 10:07:43 AM
A bit of hot weather and the country goes to pot  lol
He has sent some photos over and these words Todays activity lots of rain again 300 miles south, then 200 miles to Krisiansand and ferry to Denmark may have to change booking as we planned to arrive on Sunday.
His words for the first lot of photos “Weird tunnel 24km Long”
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 21, 2022, 10:10:55 AM
More from the trip
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Post by: NorthumBryan on July 21, 2022, 04:15:27 PM
In awe of this trip, more cracking pics. I can safely say I have never seen a tunnel like that before ! 24kM must be so disorientating ? I've done a couple in the Alps and they are bad enough.
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Mick B on July 22, 2022, 01:20:46 PM
Certainly looks a great trip, plenty of memories for the lads.
Great photos, thanks for sharing.  :thumb:
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 22, 2022, 07:31:39 PM
Thank you to the both of you  :thumb:
There has been a split in the group my mate has left Nigel & Pat in Norway as Nigel wanted to go Rock climbing and expected the others to wait 4 hours for him. So my mate Martyn & Vaughan rode 200 miles south to the ferry at Krisiansand to Denmark. They are Due to meet up with the other two on Tuesday at Hoek van Holland. They have done 4431 miles so far.
Not many photos today as on the ferry heading to Osanabruk.
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: NorthumBryan on July 23, 2022, 07:19:20 AM
 :thumb:
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 24, 2022, 08:57:48 PM
Well my mate Martyn & Vaughan decided to end there tour early, they were meant to meet up with the others in Holland.
They both got a ferry from Osnabruk to Dunkirk then a DFDS ferry to Harwich.
I got a message saying home now Mission complete ( Saturday Afternoon)
After washing the bike Sunday morning he sent me a picture of his rear tyre !!!!
As he is still on holiday from work his has to get a pair of tyres fitted & 30,000 service Done.
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: NorthumBryan on July 25, 2022, 06:43:28 AM
Brilliant stuff ! That is one fully utilized rear tyre.
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 25, 2022, 06:28:07 PM
Yes indeed it is  lol lots of straight line riding me thinks  lol
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: NorthumBryan on July 25, 2022, 06:47:46 PM
Probably doesn't need the side stand, it'll stand by itself !
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: Asmith61 on July 31, 2022, 09:51:12 PM
My mate who did this trip went to have new set of tyres fitted at the place we always go to (tyremart - Team protyre Great Dunmow Essex) there is one chap there who all he does is fit the motorcycle tyres.
My mate was going for a pair of  Michelin Road 6, he rang to order them and book the fitting and was told that Sadly the Motorcycle tyre fitter had been killed on his motorcycle in Wales 😱
Title: Re: 10 country tour
Post by: NorthumBryan on August 01, 2022, 06:38:35 PM
Bugger, incredibly sad news. We have a hobby, nay lifestyle, that can sometimes take a horrific toll... Ride safe everyone  :thumb: