With so many photos we had to split the review into two pages!!
Next day we move on
Thanks Jeremy
Morning coffee stop
The brave ones!!
Take the ski lift up…
Then toboggans down…
John goes first
Stoner & Sue
In KTM orange!!
Mick T goes next
Followed by Reece
Russ is next
Mark Y-D’s next
Then Mick C
Mark B
Jeremy (missing Charles & Greg)
Here’s Mick T
Russ has caught Reece
Mark Y-D
Mick C
Mark B
Jeremy
Jen
Greg
And finally Charles
Mick & Judy
Lunch stop
We ride the Susten Pass
Drinks at our hotel
There’s the steam train
Dinner is included tonight
We’re here for three nights
All except Jeremy go for a ride
Such a beautiful setting
We pass Interlaken
Such pretty villages
Blue skies…only one thing to do…
A helicopter ride over the Alps
Stoner’s chuffed!!
Mark, Reece, Mick, Sue & Stoner
Jen, Greg, Russ & Frank go next
The Monch & the Jungfrau
The Eiger
Top of the Jungfrau
It’s amazing !!
Windows for the Eiger train
Wow !!
Feel the G-force as we turn
Heading back
Stoner loved it!!
We go for coffee & cakes
Then visit the Trummelbach Falls
Take the lift inside the mountain
The falls are amazing!!
Such force
Caimin
We then go for lunch
Mick & Judy
Lunch at Grindelwald
We head back to Brienz
Then some ride up the Grimsel Pass
Caimin
Top of the Grimsel Pass
Stoner
Marmots at the top
Lots of pics for Reece’s daughter!!
Heading back down
Drinks back on the terrace
Some of us head into town
Charles demonstrates the Archimedes screw!
We decide on pizzas
Another lovely morning
We all go for a ride-out
Frank
We ride up the Grimsel again
Mark & Sue
Mark & Sue again
Mick C
Mick again
Everyone at the top
Jen’s riding pillion
To take photos
It’s a fabulous Pass
We stop for coffee
And yes – more marmots!!
Russ
Reece
Reece again
Stoner
Cute locals…
Fab view on the Nufenen Pass
Jen
Jeremy
Reece
Mark Y-D
A cobbled pass!!
We’re going up there next…
Russ
Russ
Russ again
Andermatt for lunch
We then ride the Furka Pass
Charles adds our sticker
Us !
So how many men does it take…
To diagnose Stoner’s bike’s problem???
Mark Y-D
Mick & Sue
We have to stop as road closed
Mark & Sue
Road closed following an accident
Drinks on the terrace
Some go into town again
Another lovely evening
So what happened to the rain??!!!!!
We have to say goodbye…
Leaving Brienz
Coffee stop
Lovely scenery
Lunch stop
Views of Mont Blanc
Chamonix for coffee stop
Our next hotel
The next day, after coffee stop
The heavens open!!
Wet lunch stop
Sunny at our last hotel
Drinks before dinner
Dinner is included tonight
Charles thanks everyone for the best tour ever!
John has a message for Greg…
From the lovely pizza girl in Brienz!!
Greg was smitten !!
Greg tells a joke…
Followed by John
A game of guess the vegetable…
So Greg had played before!!!!
Stoner takes a turn
Then Jen
Reece goes next
Then Greg again
Charles has a tale to tell
That gets them all singing!!
Next morning many depart…
Frank slips away…
Stoner leaves in haste…
Bye to Mick & Judy
Caimin’s off
And Sue
Then Charles
And Reece
Russ is meeting friends
The rest go to Le Mans car museum
Where Stoner is reunited with his belongings!!
Mick, Mark & Greg head to Calais
Then Mark Y-D, Jeremy & us head back to Ouistreham.
It’s only when looking back through all the photos you realise just how much is packed into this tour – probably one of our best yet!! Huge thanks to Charles for riding as “back-marker” throughout the tour. We look forward to seeing many of you on future trips – when Jen will be back on a bike!! Ride safe, Jen & John
