Скачать или смотреть Motorcycle Tour Ireland to Croatia 2019 Ep 2B - FROM HANNIBAL TO SNOW TO JOHN CAMPING IN A SHROUD

Motorcycle Tour Ireland to Croatia 2019 Ep 2B - BRAMANS & HANNIBAL AND HIS ELEPHANT, LANSLEBOURG, VAL DE CENIS, MONT CENIS, BAR CENISIO, GIAGLIONE, SUSA, CASTELCERIOLO, ALESSANDRIA, PROFUMATI.

In this Episode, we travelled in sunshine from BRAMANS, and the statue of HANNIBAL and an Elephant, and travelled to ITALY via Termignon, Lanslebourg, the stunning Val Cenis, Giaglione, Susa, Castelceriolo, Alessandria to our campsite at a countryside restaurant in Profumati. Approximately 260 miles travelled which was good going, even with the Toll road costs to date. The Sat Nav had developed a prism screen, stuck between landscape view & Portrait, and when that wasn't showing, it gave directions painfully / dangerously slow, so that you constantly were nearly missing the turn offs in time. I got the iPhone out, connected my earbuds, put the phone in my tank bag, only for it to over heat and switch off, due to our new found sunshine. Maps out until it cooled down and along with Oisin's phone, we plodded our way, until my phone came back into action and even then, it took ages to find our campsite, so by the time we got there, we were ready to rest up in the restaurant after getting the tents up and enjoy the food, beers and local wine. Great evening sitting outside and topping it all off with a night cap from my hip flask, then watched John trying to navigate into the tent he had borrowed from a friend, had not taken it from the bag prior to setting off.....yep....it was going to be a challenge getting in & out of it. We knicknamed it - the Shroud.

BACKGROUND.
After watching umpteen videos of people riding the Croatian coastline, I thought it looked fantastic - sweeping bend after sweeping bend through stunning scenery and that set the wheels in motion - literally... A trip was born !
I was joined on the trip by John ( Triumph Tiger 1200 ) and we have been lucky to have travelled many trips together over the years and Oisin ( Suzuki 650 V Strom ), who at 21 was heading for his first European trip, where we would do a mix of camping and hotels, and try and get through France and Italy as quickly as safely possible ( bearing in mind that it was Oisin's first time riding abroad, so a bit of time was factored in, to let him acclimatise to riding on the right hand side etc, which we knew he'd be fine with ), and then ride through Slovenia and start riding down the Istrian Coast, where a friend had recommended visits to - Poreč, Rovinj and Pula - before continuing along the coast to Rijeka and heading south to Zadar ( where I had seen a harmonica had been built into the sea wall, so it played music sounds as the sea came in etc), and see the coastal towns of Spilt and on down the beautiful Dalmation coast to visit Dubrovnik and maybe see where some of the Game of Thrones series, had been filmed.
I had picked May to go thinking that June, July and August would be very busy......I soon learned that snow doesn't leave the Alps until after May, and that we ended up riding through some amazing scenery and although it wasn't cold, it was not what we expected at all. We saw places where Hannibal had come through the Alps with his elephant, saw stunning lakes surrounded by snow, camped in Italian farmhouse/restaurant sites - amazing local dished and wine, experienced the Bora winds, multiple local kindnesses, had the wits scared out of us, stopped by police and redirected, to the motorway as the road we were trying to return through, was now closed to motorcycles as it was now too dangerous with the winds, sent to a central motorway, where we had 3 degrees and a sleet storm, torrential rain as we tried to get through the French alps, turned back with roads closed by snow, - all character building stuff, but what a trip !!
I hope you enjoy coming along for the ride, and may be inspired to try this for yourself - (we are going back there in JUNE / JULY 2026 with the aim of getting to Albania if possible ...and seeing the places we missed out on.)
Cheers
T