A busy departure day.

[Mr porky]

Hi everyone
We are currently parked at Shrewsbury after fitting in what seems like a week of things into 1 day.
The list includes

A meeting in Manchester
A site visit and measure in manchester
A pick up of wheel studs from a trailer company in Chester
A supermarket top up of silly things food wise which are sometimes difficult to find in continental Europe.
A filling at the dentist in Middlewich
A missed delivery of a new rim for a trailer
A conversation with rim supplier as the DHL app won't work
A conversation with farmer Jeff where I store some trailers, he's going to swap my tyre and fit the new rim (great relief)
2 pints of delicious Butty Bach beer In a local pub near to our sleepy spot
A well needed meal at Hickorys smokehouse
Waking up 2 hours ago thinking to myself I hope DHL find the farm/storage next time

Not too bad a start but it did seem as we deserved the beer and food last night, it should be a decent drive today to the camc site next to Folkestone.
We are looking forward to this trip as it seems we have been in the uk too long over this summer.
This was due to family time which is always nice and a bit of dental work that was overdue.
We decided to use the chunnel which does seem to have gotten quite pricy but when I gave Phil the options he insisted on tunnel even when I would have been happy with irish ferries.
Looking forward to a easy time in france with no set path just sticking to the east side as we are off to Dusseldorf salon to view electric bikes and other bits we need.
We may call into Luxembourg as its been over 5 years since we where last there and possibly the mosel region again, not sure we will see where the wind blows.

 

[Mr porky]

I was good and had the salad, mind you phil did his muscle exercises and a run this morning so he deserved the burger.

 

[Mr porky]

200ml spanish vermouth
50ml gin
250 ml French cremont (sparkling wine)
A splash of sparkling water (don't kill it)
Ice and a slice of orange squeezed into it.
it's pretty amazing
Reminds me of a sangria but better.

 

[Wanders from Glos]

Well the sat nav part which comes with the bike is pretty dire.
It failed, so I took charge and ended up going over the big bridge in Koblenz on the car section not the bike section, bum clenching time.
We found a nice spot on the river in Koblenz for lunch
It was delightful and delicious.
We are now safely back at the stellplatz coming back the correct way.
Oh and there was a car boot on at the river side in the city, like we need more bits and bobs just sent a load to the auction house we have stored for the last 7 years.View attachment 945842View attachment 945846View attachment 945848

We put a load in storage, when we lived in the van for a while. I was shocked how expensive it is.

 

[Barriesimpson]

We found a nice spot on the river in Koblenz for lunch
It was delightful and delicious.

I see a nice watch there, are you preparing an insurance scam?

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[Mr porky]

We put a load in storage, when we lived in the van for a while. I was shocked how expensive it is.

Luckily it's never cost us to store it but I was sick of moving it. (It was in our business storage which we have to have)

 

[Wanders from Glos]

Luckily it's never cost us to store it but I was sick of moving it. (It was in our business storage which we have to have)

Good move it was £300 plus per month and the kids had taken nearly all our furniture. I’m serious, one of them turned up with a large removal type van and loaded it up

 

[scousebird]

200ml spanish vermouth
50ml gin
250 ml French cremont (sparkling wine)
A splash of sparkling water (don't kill it)
Ice and a slice of orange squeezed into it.
it's pretty amazing
Reminds me of a sangria but better.

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Ooh, yes please

 

[Mr porky]

I see a nice watch there, are you preparing an insurance scam?

Phils wedding present from me.
Not going to be gassed anytime soon., hopefully

 

[Mr porky]

Ooh, yes please

Next time you see us demand one as we always carry those ingredients

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[lorger]

I think if you want a decent sat nav for the bikes you’ll need to buy a Garmin or Wahoo, I have the Garmin 830 (I think ) . I can use the Garmin connect site or app to plan a route then download it to the 830, you can also use 3rd party apps like Mapz or Komoot which is the one I use. They’re really good as you can plan your own route or just select which type of activity like road cycling, gravel, mountain or touring and it will show you routes others have shared, I find it good when I want to do a decent road session while away.
The devices have loads of other features like alarm, if my bike is locked outside a cafe and someone moves it an alarm goes on my phone, also has crash detection and will send your coordinates to your nominated contact, it give you time to cancel it in case false alarm.

Both meals looked lovely

 

[Wanders from Glos]

I think if you want a decent sat nav for the bikes you’ll need to buy a Garmin or Wahoo, I have the Garmin 830 (I think ) . I can use the Garmin connect site or app to plan a route then download it to the 830, you can also use 3rd party apps like Mapz or Komoot which is the one I use. They’re really good as you can plan your own route or just select which type of activity like road cycling, gravel, mountain or touring and it will show you routes others have shared, I find it good when I want to do a decent road session while away.
The devices have loads of other features like alarm, if my bike is locked outside a cafe and someone moves it an alarm goes on my phone, also has crash detection and will send your coordinates to your nominated contact, it give you time to cancel it in case false alarm.

Both meals looked lovely

I have a Garmin on my road bike, but just use a phone holder on the electric one.

 

[Mr porky]

I think if you want a decent sat nav for the bikes you’ll need to buy a Garmin or Wahoo, I have the Garmin 830 (I think ) . I can use the Garmin connect site or app to plan a route then download it to the 830, you can also use 3rd party apps like Mapz or Komoot which is the one I use. They’re really good as you can plan your own route or just select which type of activity like road cycling, gravel, mountain or touring and it will show you routes others have shared, I find it good when I want to do a decent road session while away.
The devices have loads of other features like alarm, if my bike is locked outside a cafe and someone moves it an alarm goes on my phone, also has crash detection and will send your coordinates to your nominated contact, it give you time to cancel it in case false alarm.

Both meals looked lovely

Thank you
I feel as its only the second day of ownership I need to do more research but I hate homework

 

[Mr porky]

I have a Garmin on my road bike, but just use a phone holder on the electric one.

Phil actually has a specialist case we use with the scooter using his phone but as the scooter is going, we can utilise that I think. When we get back to blighty in October.

 

[Gina M]

Next time you see us demand one as we always carry those ingredients

What's it called so we know what to ask for

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[Mr porky]

I think if you want a decent sat nav for the bikes you’ll need to buy a Garmin or Wahoo, I have the Garmin 830 (I think ) . I can use the Garmin connect site or app to plan a route then download it to the 830, you can also use 3rd party apps like Mapz or Komoot which is the one I use. They’re really good as you can plan your own route or just select which type of activity like road cycling, gravel, mountain or touring and it will show you routes others have shared, I find it good when I want to do a decent road session while away.
The devices have loads of other features like alarm, if my bike is locked outside a cafe and someone moves it an alarm goes on my phone, also has crash detection and will send your coordinates to your nominated contact, it give you time to cancel it in case false alarm.

Both meals looked lovely

I got the info from jumar And jumartoo about kamoot but not really had chance to sort ourselves out as I though oh its only into Koblenz along the river what can go wrong, oops

 

[Wanders from Glos]

I got the info from jumar And jumartoo about kamoot but not really had chance to sort ourselves out as I though oh its only into Koblenz along the river what can go wrong, oops

Finding the way across the bridge is tricky to be fair. I think we did the same as you, just cycled on the pavement.

 

[lorger]

I have a Garmin on my road bike, but just use a phone holder on the electric one.

I use it on the EBike too as it saves the phone battery, battery life is quite good on them as just last week I did the C2C in Scotland over 3 days and after day 1 of 105 miles it still had over 50%. I’ve seen me leaving without and panic as my ride wouldn’t go on Strava

 

[Mr porky]

What's it called so we know what to ask for

It's called a
Spritzkreig

 

[Mr porky]

Sorry if I offended any German nationals on here

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[Wanders from Glos]

It's called a
Spritzkreig

Does it leave you feeling bombed or tanked up

 

[Barriesimpson]

Does it leave you feeling bombed or tanked up

Both probably.

 

[The Coops]

Ready to invade another country?

 

[Barriesimpson]

Ready to invade another country?

It would be rude not to, just sayin'

 

[Mr porky]

Ok stop it. Naughty funsters

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[Lenny HB]

I use it on the EBike too as it saves the phone battery,

I plug my phone into the head unit on the bike to keep it charged.

 

[WESTY66]

What about the Romantic Road. Parts of it are lovely. Rothenburg Ob Der Tauber, Wurzburg, Fussen etc are very pretty little places.

Also Oberammergau where they hold the Passion Play (unfortunately the next one is in 2030), but still an interesting place to look around. There’s a Stellplatz attached to a campsite a short walk into town.

Was thinking of going there in the morning, is it worth a day there? What’s the best time to arrive?

 

[Flairy]

Have you been to Mittenwald down the road lovely town good walks or bike rides up to the waterfall,you might be there when they bring the goats down from the mountains and a good stellplatz

 

[cliffanger]

Was thinking of going there in the morning, is it worth a day there? What’s the best time to arrive?

If you mean Oberammergau, it doesn’t really matter what time you get there.

Even if the play isn’t on, it’s a nice place to wander, looking at alpine chalets painted with scenes from fairy stories, and different locations used for the play.

The aire is to the side of the campsite (or it was when we were there years ago)!

 

[Mr porky]

Have you been to Mittenwald down the road lovely town good walks or bike rides up to the waterfall,you might be there when they bring the goats down from the mountains and a good stellplatzView attachment 945898

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Down the road
I appreciate the recommendation, however when I mentioned it to Phil he went "in Bavaria" is that right ?

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[Flairy]

Yes it’s in Bavaria the municipality of Garmish partenkirken