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18.9.2018 – Home – Bad Mitterndorf – Sölkpass (Käsebrot at Hansenalm) – Rottenmann lake near Schoder (submerged church tower) – Turracher Höhe (Stop at Kornock for a turkey salad) – Nockalmstrasse. Stop for a drink at Glockenhütte. Overnight in Zirbenhof in Innerkrems (Euro 57.00 for a double room and breakfast). Simple, but OK and very […]

On Wednesday 5th 2018 we went out for a ride. Initially Steve came with us. We stopped first of all in Singerhauser Hütte in Bad Mitterndorf, where is was planning to have my 60th Birthday party in 2019. Then we went on around Grimming and Dachstein und stopped in Ramsau for lunch. When we got

9.-14.9.2018 – Granvara, Wolkenstein (Selva di Gardena). First time at Granvara and it was fantastic ! Also, the weather was absolutely beautiful for the whole week. We did 15 passes Passo Gardena 3 x – 2136m Passo Sella 3 x – 2244m Passo di Valparola – 2168m Passo di Falzarego – 2105m Passo di Giau

15. – 20. July 2018 – Trip to Czech Republic with Liz and Paul Left home and rode to Frymburk via Aschach an der Donau (where we stopped for lunch). About 10km before Frymburk we got into a thunderstorm with heavy rain and got absolutely drenched. Had to put all our motorbike clothes onto the

On a sunny Monday we decided to ride the Bad Vigaun Runde. We started from home and our first stop was in Mondsee for a yummy breakfast. Then we went to Fuschl and turned left to Faistenau – a bit of nasty gravel in the bends – then on to Strubklamm and then to Wiestal

KRAD Gosau – Every year in June our motorbike club (MRC Salzkammergut) organises a motorbike show in Gosau at Moosalm. All members of the motorbike club help in various ways. Geoff and Liz were parkplatz attendants. In 2018 we had the honour of BMW exhibiting their bikes and Liz couldn’t resist to sit on their

Made a stop at one of our favourite little mountain restaurants – Winterstellgut near Annaberg – and had coffee, tea and a yummy dessert. Very yummy ! Author: Liz Tompkinson

Quick Runde around Grimming and Dachstein – not the best weather – quite cloudy- all photos take near Ramsau Author: Liz Tompkinson  

15-25 May 2018: Trip to Mallorca. We stayed in Guest2Guest property in the North East in Font de Sa Cala. Apartment was OK. There were quite a few nice restaurants in the neighbouring town of Cala Ratjada – but you needed to drive there in the car and parking was a challenge. For three days

In January 2018 we decided to go to Gran Canaria to enjoy a bit of sun for a week and also rent two bikes for 3 days. We stayed in a small place in San Valentin y Terraflor Park in Playa del Ingles. It was OK – we had a very nice neighbour (an old