Ep2 France Belgium Germany Motorcycle Trip
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- This film is the second in a series of ten, documenting the highs and lows of a motorcycle trip from England travelling through France Belgium and Germany.
Episode Two relates to my journey from Bellignies to Haybes, in the Ardennes, France, travelling through Wallonia Belgium.
The adventure was a solo camping trip, moving day by day to new camping locations, for which there will be separate film reviews, and I hope you find them interesting and useful.
This is a new format for me, completing a video record of a complete journey, so no doubt I'll learn a lot for the next adventure, and indeed was partially a dry run for longer trips in the future.
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The thoughts and actions outlined in the video are personal to me and everyone will need to view things from their own perspective.
Good job enjoy 👍
thank you, trip was brilliant
Hi Andrew,
Nice to see you ( on videos this time 😉)
We had a coffee story together in Bellignies 😉
So nice to hear from you, enjoyed my break and always the coffee 😆
Looks like you had better roads now you are there, its the same when me and my mate meet up in Scotland and wales there is alway some rubish travel before the adventure begins. Theres always the two of us so we are alway talking during rthe ride via intercom. Ive had the tent for a couple of years/exped and do love the room for a 1 person tent.
Hi Kenny, yes the riding was much better and some brilliant roads! I’m just editing Episode3 and struggling to get it down from the current hours worth….but I’ll have to be ruthless 😂 The tent is excellent, to be fair I’ve also got the Elixir2 so new what to expect but this Elixir1 has a very roomy feel to it, particularly for a one man tent, and I’ve got an MSR Gear Shed that I’ve not used, other than reviewing it, as never felt need with the Elixir2 but also fits the 1 so could make the 1 a very versatile set up!
Great videos on your trip. Completely get why you keep saying about that first day on the motorway being horrible. I have to go through it myself as I live in north wales. It’s a long slog to Dover and then some in France. I did do hull - Rotterdam last year which was fantastic but so expensive. That trip I based myself in the Vosges for a few days to tour around then in Luxembourg near the Belgium border for a few days before home. Great trip, thinking of dining some of it again in 2024 as pushed for time again.
Yep, I was done for on my first day travel from Lancashire…I’ve done Hull a few times but as said it’s so expensive! I enjoyed my trip very much and would definitely go back to the areas visited, although I’m thinking of longer trip but still pondering when to finish working and where to head for!
Only just found your Chanel and enjoying this trip with you a lot.
Thank you, really appreciated
enjoyed the vlog Andy, certainly given the tent a thorough testing. 😊
Yes, well tested and I’ll publish the review soon 👍🏻
Good episode look forward to more.
Thanks for that 👍🏻
Hi Andrew,
Great you are showing us your camping trip.
Funny when the camera was tilted and you were talking to the the lady I thought I recognised the site. And indeed iit is Haybes, I was there in June while cycling with the Elixir 2. What a coincidence. You should have gone to the bakery in town it is wonderful.
Thanks for bringing us along. Cheers.
Life is full of happy coincidences 😊 Lovely site and people isn’t it, missed the bakery unfortunately! Yes, tilted camera as bike was leaned over on side stand… forgot I was still filming 😂
Brilliant Andrew hope the weather gets better for you thanks for sharing, Andrew is the ferry better for going across at Dover as I’m going via tunnel soon
Cheers Steven
Thanks Steven, it stayed very mixed but quite warm and glad you’re enjoying the series.. I just went on the ferry from Dover to Dunkirk because it was the cheapest 😂 but I’ve used tunnel before and it’s much quicker and simpler! Where are you off to
Great Andrew , making my way to Switzerland base myself at interlaken cutting across France and down 3 days there and then just pick and choose on way back to tunnel hopefully about 10days in total
Steven
@@stevenf67 have a brilliant time Steven, wish I was off again 😆
Fab video Andy, but maybe you should have gone to Ireland, much less travelling and a beautiful place. Can`t wait for my trip to Donegal on the 3rd Sept for a week camping ! 😄😄
I just might in October, really fancy tip along west coast… enjoy and let me know how it went 👍🏻
I will indeed, I`ll be filming the whole trip for my channel ! 😃😃
@@mphigham1963 excellent… I’ve subbed
I've never been to Europe and willl probably never go so it is interesting seeing the country side. I'm in Perth Western Australia . The CB500X is an excellent bike for motorbike camping. By 10pm its dark and you can see the milky way.
Always good to see other riding and locations throughout the world…. Saw the Milky Way in New Zealand and it was the most awesome sky I’ve ever seen…incredible!
Hi My wife and I are touring France September this year, firstly want to see Normandy landing sites etc then onwards, how much are the municipal camp sites, we have an elixir3 with storage shed and riding a 2019 gs 1250. any hints tips would be appreciated. Have watched your videos for some time now and really enjoy them, oh bye the way we are having a practice run at the llanlidloes sit you showed to make sure we have the right kit. thanks
I’m sure you’ll have a brilliant trip, i was paying an average of €10 for solo camping.
Great video! I’m from NL and just spent 10 days solocamping in Scotland in my MSR Elixir 3 (demo tent with bargain price). Had a blast, despite the rain.
Is the Elixir 1 a keeper vs the 2 you already have? I really appreciated a larger inner tent to store all gear inside and still spend an evening inside when it was pouring.
Hi Dennis, the Elixir3 must be massive inside…glad you enjoyed it despite rain… how about the midges!
Yes, the Elixir1 performed brilliantly for a relatively light one person tent with great feeling of space, but also equally like my Elixir2 but now for more base camp camping than day by day. I’m increasingly reducing stuff I take for this type of trip and the 1 works well within that.
Coincidentally, I also have a MSR Gear Shed that attaches to both tents so lots of flexibility between the two. Because I review tents I have a few at home and some, like the Robens Voyager 2ex, which copes better with winter, however if I could only keep two it would have to be the Elixir’s
There will be a review on the Elixir1 coming out soon 👍🏻
@@thecampingbiker791 thanks for your feedback! I agree that the Elixir is a robust tent, and the 3 offers tons of space, without taking away a lot of space when packed. It is a little heavier than the 2, but on the bike I don’t notice the difference. Probably different when hiking.
The midges were not too bad, I expected worse. Looking forward to your upcoming videos. I am well aware of your excellent review videos, that’s how decided between MSR Elixir vs Nature Hike. Carry on the good work!
@@dennisgeerling cheers for that, I’ll certainly try my best 👍🏻
How are you finding the motorcycle helmet.
It’s my second if that’s answers the question 😆
I like them for the chin bar sitting completely to the rear and ride mostly like that just bringing it over for rain or motorway use.
@@thecampingbiker791 Got one around 18 months ago great bit of kit.
@@waltermatthews1155 good helmets 👍🏻
I can recommend Luxembourg for motorcycling, with many amazing biking roads, smooth and well maintained. There are great views and lots of points of interest. The weather may not be the best over the next few days. Let me know if you need any support or ideas if you come this way.
Thank you for that, didn’t manage to get into Luxembourg but will next time.. I’m home now and editing away 😆 Again, thanks and next time I’ll gladly seek advice 👍🏻
Yes, Luxembourg is a motorcycle paradise. I regularly combine the Belgian Ardennes, Luxembourg and German Eifel for my motorcycle trips. (When I'm not in Scotland or Norway). You are always welcome when you are passing through Belgium, I live in Blauberg.😉