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October 2026 – That’s it, the season’s finished with the final 5×4 tour.  Rich & Heidi will be exhibiting at the Motorcycle Live Show at the NEC from 21 – 29 November 2026 so please do go and see them on stand 3B40 in Hall 3. We will be at the show on the first Saturday morning from 10.00am – 1.00pm if anyone would like to say goodbye! For all enquiries and bookings for 2027 onwards please contact them at Rich@bneuropeantouring.com

September 2026 – We’re back from the Portugal & Spain Tour – the review is now live under “Testimonials”. What a brilliant tour to end our riding careers with, a fantastic bunch of people, superb weather & great riding made for the perfect end to our BN days. HUGE thanks to everyone who has supported us over the past 24 years – how the time has flown, from the early days of Bike Normandy in France to these longer European tours, we’ve had a blast!

It’s now time to hand over the reigns to Rich & Heidi who can take the business forward into the future. For all enquiries and bookings for 2027 onwards please contact them at Rich@bneuropeantouring.com  They will be exhibiting at the Motorcycle Live Show at the NEC from 21 – 29 November 2026 so please do go and see them on stand 3B40 in Hall 3

August 2026 – The first Black Forest & Vosges Mountains tour review is now live – and what a fantastic group of people! Rich has just finished running the Five Nights in Four Countries Tour – his review is also now live under “Testimonials”. We’ve still got one place available on the Portugal & Spain Tour taking place 10 – 20 September 2026. If you want a holiday riding some of the best roads then get in touch – first come – first served!! We’re still handling bookings for 2026 so contact us for this and any other tours this year.  For enquiries and bookings for 2027 onwards please contact Rich & Heidi at Rich@bneuropeantouring.com

July 2026 – Rich has just finished running the Colmar & Vosges Mountains Tour – the review is now live under Testimonials. We’ve received a cancellation on the Portugal & Spain Tour taking place 10 – 20 September 2026. If you want a holiday riding some of the best roads then get in touch – first come – first served!! We’re still handling bookings for 2026 so contact us for this and any other tours this year.  For enquiries and bookings for 2027 onwards please contact Rich & Heidi at Rich@bneuropeantouring.com

June 2026 – As announced in the recent Newsletter, as well as running all the Tours this year, Rich & Heidi are taking over the business and will be running all the tours in the future. For enquiries and bookings for 2027 onwards please contact them at Rich@bneuropeantouring.com We hope you will continue to support them as they take the business forward and we wish them every success for the future. We shall still be present providing support on the Spanish Cities (June – the tour review is now live), Black Forest (July) and Portugal & Spain (September) Tours – and hopefully the Italian Lakes & Swiss Alps Tour in 2027.

May 2026 – We’ve just finished the Monte Carlo or Bust! Tour – the first tour run by Rich & Heidi – the review is now live. They’re running the Ireland (Wild Atlantic Way) tour at the moment.

News for next year – all the hotels have now been booked for the Italian Lakes & Swiss Alps Tour which will take place from 15th – 28th August 2027. If you’re interested in doing this then please let us know – obviously there’s no commitment at this stage. The Tour details & itinerary are showing on the Fully Guided Tours page.

Just to repeat, Rich & Heidi are running two additional Tours this year, both of which will have a luggage van driven by Heidi. These are a second Black Forest & Vosges Mountains Tour – Sunday 23 to Saturday 29 August – and a second 5×4 (Five Nights in Four Countries) Tour from Monday 28 September – Saturday 3 October. Please let us know if you’re interested.

April 2026 – We’ve received a cancellation on the Spanish Cities Tour running from 11-20 June 2026. The couple have a flexible ferry ticket and would be very happy if someone else was able to use this. If you’re interested in booking on this tour please let us know & we’ll put you in touch with them.

News for next year – we’re hoping to run the Italian Lakes & Swiss Alps Tour at the end of August 2027 as we’ve already received a lot of interest. We’ll confirm once we’ve secured the hotel rooms on option so if you’re interested in doing this then please let us know – obviously there’s no commitment at this stage. The Tour details & itinerary are showing on the Fully Guided Tours page.

Just to repeat, Rich & Heidi have offered to run two additional Tours this year, both of which will have a luggage van driven by Heidi. These are a second Black Forest & Vosges Mountains Tour – Sunday 23 to Saturday 29 August – we’ve already taken 5 bookings on this – and a second 5×4 (Five Nights in Four Countries) Tour from Monday 28 September – Saturday 3 October. Please let us know if you’re interested.

January 2026 – We have some important news to disclose, in that for personal reasons, we are unable to run our Tours this year. However, we are delighted to be able to announce that all our Tours will be led by Richard & Heidi Ward. Richard has already been on 7 Tours with us and Heidi 4, so they are fully conversant with how we do things. For those who haven’t met them yet, Rich is a very competent rider & they will both ensure you have a great holiday.

We will still be present on some Tours by providing support in the van for the Monte Carlo or Bust Tour, the Spanish Cities Tour the first Black Forest Tour and the Portugal & Spain Tour.

Rich & Heidi have offered to run two additional Tours, both of which will have a luggage van driven by Heidi. These are a second Black Forest & Vosges Mountains Tour – Sunday 23 to Saturday 29 August – we’ve already taken 5 bookings on this – and a second 5×4 (Five Nights in Four Countries) Tour from Monday 28 September – Saturday 3 October. Please let us know if you’re interested.

We look forward to seeing everyone on the Tours that we’re on and hope you’ll support Rich & Heidi on the Ireland, Colmar & first 5×4 Tour and by booking on the new Tours!

January 2026 – We hope everyone enjoyed the festive period & a belated Happy New Year!