Off to Euroland again

[robbo]

Excellent account and pics Nick.Will pm you a few questions when you get back.Enjoy,and ride safe.

[nick crisp]

glad you enjoyed the road to oppenau. see if you can come back via the vosges mountains from Freiburg to St Die des Vosges

Tick! 
Route des Cretes done, fabulous ride. Currently overnighting in Metz, which is a lovely city, very lively cafe culture. Too late to be bothered with pics tonight, maybe tomorrow or when I get home.


Robbo, feel free to fire away with the questions  :thumbup

[nick crisp]

Oh well, got round to it tonight after all.
Route des Cretes:










Highest point on the route I believe:





Couple of cafes and a hotel at the top:





In the tradition of posting pics of food eaten on a trip:





Oops, sorry, I ate it!  :lol





Sainte Marie aux Mines, at the northern end of the route:





The owner of the hotel I'm at in Metz has impeccable taste:





Well ok, it's blue...we can't all be riding gods  :lol


Metz, dominated by the magnificent cathedral:














The Moselle river:








Chunnel train and an overnight stay in Dover tomorrow, before the slog back to Carlisle. No epic one-hit returns this time!

[slimwilly]

Lovely trip mate  and may there be many more

[nick crisp]

Lovely trip mate  and may there be many more

No, I'm afraid there may not, no more money!  :'(

[lew600fazer]

Thanks Nick, fantastic trip and amazing photograhs really enjoyed your posts.  Money wise your obviously very adapt at getting about on a bike. Rob a bank (they have been doing that to us for years) and head for the hills.

[moffmeister]

Great pics and commentary - I've still not managed to get to Europe on the bike - maybe Spring Meet 20 !

[midden]

Great pics and commentary - I've still not managed to get to Europe on the bike - maybe Spring Meet 20 !

now that would be a good event, Spring meet's euro vacation..... next year

[downey]

wow epic trip and as always unreal pictures but tbf id say u couldnt take a bad picture in a place like that,,thanks for takin us along,,someday ill get there

[nick crisp]

tbf id say u couldnt take a bad picture in a place like that

This ^

[kitcrazy]

Looks amazing mate would love to do a trip like that.

[nick crisp]

It was only ten days this time, including a day each way to the Chunnel from Carlisle, but worth every minute. This year I decided I wanted to do all the Europe biking routes that everyone raves about (except Route Napoleon, which me and Neil did last year).
Did the N260 (Pyrenees), Route des Grandes Alpes, B500, Route des Cretes and the Susten/Furka/Grimsel loop. And now I'm skint. But glad I did them all, great memories.