Today is a significant day in my (our) life - Liz and I have been together for three years. After one of the coldest nights camping (wore all my clothes) brekky in the tent with an amazing vista of the towering massif above me. Name and blog picture says it all. The Alp D'Huez is infamous for being one of the most difficult climbs of the Tdf and high Alp cycle routes, for good reason. Left La Grave after chatting to a Dutch guy who also rides a BMW and has mad...

Late start as chatted with two English couples over brekky, both retired and on motor bikes. Trip un-eventful, rode through Milan off peak - still no fast Porches or Audis behind me, but kept a good pace up. The road from Torino towards France (A 32/E 70) was outstanding followed a valley between towering mountains that were in the clouds...Again Italians love their tunnels, many long ones today. Then turned off motorway on the S24 towards the French border, st...

How to begin to describe the best three days motorcycling in my life, well that is to date. Well I am catching up with my blog from my very reasonable hotel beside Lake Como in a place called Lecco. Yes I did ride from Italy through Switzerland and back out into Italy again today. It feels quite strange to cross borders without getting your passport checked. A biker on the ferry said "they usually wave through motorbikes". To my delight they had stopped two har...

Did not get to meet a black bear, slightly disappointed as would have made a great story (had Swiss army knife ready...). Up early(a record on road 7 am) and off down a steep rocky track from my wild camp site. Some again amazing roads - very busy though with bikes and cars. Summary of today would be mixed - emotions - read on internet that many Italians and visitors believe that motorcyclists and fast car drivers of which there are many, have ruined the Dolom...

I am within an easy days ride from the Stelvio Pass and since this famous road holds such a fascination to cyclists and motorcyclists alike, a visit would be appropriate. En route to stelvio via Bormio, we cross the Stelvio pass (Passo dello Stelvio), at 2757 meters it is the second highest paved mountain road in the alps. "Regarded by motorists as one of the most challenging roads in the world, it has 60 hairpins with 48 of them on the northern / eastern ramp....