Czech Replublic 06: The search for the perfect Schnapps

[Dee Duble Yuh]

Day 10: St Hubert to Cardiff, UK (438 miles)

St Hubert wasn’t an ideal place to stay. It had taken two days to reach the town on the way down, so I was left with a long ride on my final day. On my side was the fact that the ride down had been a relaxed jaunt while we’d waited for John to catch up. I’d persuaded the hotel manager to serve breakfast early and I was on the road before dawn.

Some great roads and little traffic allowed me to reach Dunkerque by 13:00, even after a long and unnecessary detour around roadworks on the A25. I was supposed to pay to change the time of my ferry crossing, but because time was tight for the next sailing the Norfolk Line official waved the fee. A two-hour crossing has one benefit: a chance to relax, eat and get some shut-eye. The last leg – heavy rush-hour traffic on British motorways – was lightened only by a tail wind. I was really glad to arrive home some twelve and a half hours after I’d set out.

[Dee Duble Yuh]

Reflections

Riding with a modest-sized group had allowed some good banter and variety. Searching for hotels had been a recurrent problem, though that was problematic when I was on my own too. Booking in advance removes some spontaneity from a trip. In future I think I’d buy a hotel and B&B guide for each country so we could ‘phone ahead each day to reserve rooms. I’d also be more careful about where I’d stay on my last night to avoid a lengthy ride home.

Luxembourg and Germany are beautiful countries and the towns are proudly cared for. It’s a pity I wasn’t able to spend more time in Austria, especially to ride the Alps. However, there’s a certain cachet in riding to one of the old Eastern Bloc countries. “What did you do this summer?”

“Oh, nothing much. Motorcycled to Prague, that kind of thing.”

[Chad]

thats a great report DW really good reading thanks for sharing that with us

[samwise]

Great report, DW

[DaveS]

very very good reading.
looks like an excellent trip.

[Breeze]

Really nice ride report, have to take some time to read it over again!

[Dee Duble Yuh]

Oh yeah! I'm a bit long-winded in these reports!
http://wiki.xrv.org.uk/index.php/Dee_Duble_Yuh

Mind you, Chad apparently read it in about six minutes.

[Whealie]

Mind you, Chad apparently read it in about six minutes.

He looked at the pictures - every picture tells a thousand words, they say.

[Whealie]

Searching for hotels had been a recurrent problem, though that was problematic when I was on my own too. Booking in advance removes some spontaneity from a trip. In future I think I’d buy a hotel and B&B guide for each country so we could ‘phone ahead each day to reserve rooms. I’d also be more careful about where I’d stay on my last night to avoid a lengthy ride home

Or you could camp.

[Chad]

Mind you, Chad apparently read it in about six minutes.

He looked at the pictures - every picture tells a thousand words, they say.

WHAT PICS !!!! LOL. im like a computer me the wife recons shes never seen anyone that can crunch a book as quick as me

now if i can learn to type as quick as i can read