where will i go??
 

hello all,im looking for a new touring route,something a bit more than i usually do(highlands of scotland about 15 times)where do you recommend,ive got about a week and a half to spare.someone told me the ultimate week and a half trip would be france and in to switzerland via the alps,what do you think??

The Alps ARE amazing, did you check out the blog from my Stella Trip?

http://www.xt660.com/site/node/86

You can find more details here on the (unfinished) site we threw up:

http://www.stellaalpina.co.uk/

WALES bloody brilliant,some ccm owners went to the alps last year then spent a week down here with us and now they are planning to come back

stumac the swiss alps are great i spent two winters working there near st.moritz been back three times on the bike twice by landrover but if you.ve only got a week and a half get your self over to norway newcastle to bergen and your there head north to trondheim back down to oslo and back across to bergen if you get on a camp site early you can rent a a small chalet which has a couple of bunk beds electric and usually heating which isnt to dear for the night just dont drink to much ( take your own ) the drink drive limits realy low and keep the speed down the police are real hot on speeding

stella rally
 

the stella rally looks amazing,i would be interested if there is a few boys going this year,how many miles total would you rack up?

how about over here in Norn Iron and ireland, great roads and plenty to see and do, also you could make it a round trip and go from dublin to hollyhead and visit wales while you do the trip.

i did all of ireland in the summer on my old bike and it was great crack, plenty of wee twisty back roads to keep the XT happy.

im in newtownards,so i fancy somewhere a bit further away,i like the sound of that stella rally

I don't think the Stella Alpina will be happening again, the local government have now closed it to motorized traffic at weekends and local environmentalists have remodeled the top of it somewhat :(

There are, however, plenty of similar trails through the whole Alpine area.

As for similar Rally's I've seen a few covered on ADVrider.

For my week long getaway this year I will be covering the four geographically extreme points of Ireland coming back via a spin round The Isle of Man TT route.

ah ha same thing again i didnt read where you were from. Doh, ehh yea it would be possible to get to the alps in a week and a half but it could be pushing it as you know you have to add 2 days extra on to everything as we in Norn Iron have to do boats overs to england/scotland/wales which always take for ever so take extra time away from a hoilday.

I was also gonna say about getting the boat from Roslare (cant spellie) to France some where, meaning you will have more time to enjoy your biking holiday, but only thing is that this boat is alot more expensive for some reason.