Whilst I am working from home and waiting for someone to log a call on the MIS Helpdesk, I have turned my attention to places to visit on the way across from Calais Eurotunnel to Vernířovice.
With a longish day from Eurotunnel to the first overnight stop in Kobern-Gondorf, a break other than at the motorway services might be nice.
When my brother, Neill, plans our trips and those that he goes on every year with his mate Patrick, he includes fuel stops as Patrick's Shadow has a lot lower tank capacity than his BMW. I tend not to do that but maybe once I know what sort of mileage I can expect from Vera's tank, then I can add that into my planning.
Anyway, I digress. Places to visit/stop on the way across Belgium and western Germany. Where to look? The internet I guess! Or maybe for POI's in MyRouteApp? Success.
I have started to split to overall routes into bite sized chunks, by day and parts of days.
Day 1 Part 1 is Eurotunnel to the Biker Ranch Eifel near Simmerath. This will be all on motorway into Germany and then exiting for Simmerath.
Depending on what time I get to France on Eurotunnel, the Biker Ranch should be about lunchtime. Then we reset TomTom with Part Two.
Day 1 Part 2 is a ride through the Eifel Naturpark from the Biker Ranch to Bad Münstereifel. I chose this as it cuts off the corner that would be the motorway routes. Bad Münstereifel is also the twin town of Ashford in Kent near where I live.
Sadly, in the massive floods or "hochwasser" earlier in July '21 many buildings in the town centre were badly damaged. Hopefully things will have improved by May.
It's not that far and I was sent the route by a friend in Germany as a "tasting" as he put it. I have driven in this area before in my old Fiat Panda!
According to Google Maps the total trip should take about 5 hours and is about 250 miles. Add on petrol stops and lunch at the Biker ranch that looks more like 6 hours at least.
Day 1 Part 3 takes us from Bad Münstereifel to the hotel in Kobern-Gondorf. Once again this is off motorway.
Waypoint 2 is another biker stop at the Haus Waldfrieden Biker-Treff. Depending on what is consumed in Bad Münstereifel this looks like another watering hole for both ends.....
That adds another hour and a half and some more decent looking miles under the wheels.
Day 2? Work in progress.
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