Euro Mooch - Day 6

Had planned to make Belgium today but 3 hours of driving was enough .. Only broken up by a drive into Luxembourg City for what was to be a walk around but torrential rain forced an abort to the campsite at Mamer we stopped in on the way south ... Weather is crap so today will be spent doing very little ... Tomorrow Oudenarde and the Tour of Flanders museum :)

Euro Mooch - Day 5

Heading back gently towards the ferry over a few days ... Stopped for the day and night in Colmar, France.

Had hoped to ride again but nothing appealed so a walk into the historic town then a trip to the supermarket to restock :)

Euro Mooch - Day 4

Drove down into Switzerland to Grindelwald ... The town at the foot of the north face of the Eiger !!!! Views were outstanding ... Lay in bed in camper with clear views of the Eigerwand :)

Euro Mooch - Day 3.5

After a walk around Liechtenstein I managed to get out on the bike.. First up a monster road climb with some cool cobbled switchbacks ... 1000m height gain ... Then a road descent racing the cars through tight hair pins with brakes smoking :)
After the descent because of Liechtenstein being so small I rode over a bridge into Switzerland along an embankment then back over a bridge into Liechtenstein and the campsite ... Excellent riding to be had.

Euro Mooch - Day 3

Woke up middle of the night to intense rain on top of the van ... Not optimistic of what the day would bring we were surprised to wake up to a beautiful day and spectacular mountains ... Why have I never been here before .. At moment sitting in town Vaduz after a longish walk. This afternoon bike is coming out and going to follow one of the many marked trails that head up the valley sides.

Euro mooch - Day 2

End of day 1 saw us finish in Luxembourg .. Schlek country :) .. Beautiful place and as it was Grace's birthday we splashed out on schnitzel and beer :)

Day 2 We lleft Luxembourg and went in search of the Tour ... We found the finish in Porrentruy, Switzerland. Found a great spot in the town but the view of the riders was all too brief in comparison to the wait for them to arrive ... You wanna 'watch' the tour then stay at home and put tv on.. You wanna 'see' the tour wait for hours in a small village :) managed to catch a glimpse of Cadel trying to claw back some seconds in the GC ... Tough rider.

We then did some cross country driving to get to the motorway again and ended up in Liechtenstein.

Euro Mooch - Day 1

After much rushing about and van having a new turbo managed to make drive to France yesterday only to arrive at campsite late and be told to go away by a stoner French lady :(

In true rebel fashion we just parked outside campsite and used facilities for free :).

Today already I have ridden the Trouee d'Arenbourg of Paris Roubaix fame ... Crazy tough section of cobbles that did its best to try and snap my steel Vaya.

Now en route to Luxembourg :)