After a night in Lille, France we headed to the Chunnel at Calais to cross over to the UK. As usual, the crossing on the train was efficient, economical and interesting. We chatted to a couple of riders from Norwich who had been to the MotoGP at Le Mans and a retired police woman whose uncle had been the Commissioner of Police in Queensland - Ray Whitrod. We then set the GPS for Eastbourne, our destination for our first night back in the UK. The hotel was right...

On our trips to Europe Kerrie often has the opportunity to increase her knowledge of history courtesy of Greg's passion for the subject. Over the years we have visited Pearl Harbour in Hawaii, the battlefields and cemeteries of the Somme, the Normandy Beaches from WW2, Gettysburg in USA and now it was time to learn about the Battle of the Bulge, the Maginot Line, find General George Patton's grave and discover what NUTS have to do with war. We arrived in Thionvi...

We spent the last couple of days hopping across the German and French borders several times. Next stop was Strasbourg for 2 reasons. Kerrie has seen pictures of this pretty town on the edge of France and more importantly, it is a good place to stay for someone who wants to ride the B500 which goes from Baden Baden to Freudenstadt - we will ride it both ways Greg says - if it is worth it! Strasbourg is on the border of France and Germany but is in France. This wa...

First stop after Imola was Riva del Garda. We had stayed here in 2013 with Chris on our way to the MotoGP at Mugello. We remembered what a beautiful spot it had been so we decided it was worth another night's stay on our way north. Our memory served us well as the mountains melting in to Largo Garda are a sight you don't easily forget - a great view for a cold beer after a day of riding. We stayed about 100m from the hotel we stayed in last time, so the area felt...

We only had 110km to ride to get from Pesaro to Imola, our home for the next 3 nights. We are here to watch the World Superbikes. This is our first visit to a Superbike race although we have been avid TV fans of this style of racing for several years but nothing beats being there in the flesh - so here we are! Our B&B is just 7.5 km from the track and is known as a Farm Stay - thank god there are no cows to milk or worse still, chickens to feed! The B&B ...