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Omaha Beach War Cemetery

My second stop today was quite overwhelming; no photograph I could take would ever do it justice. The American War Cemetery at Omaha Beach, where more than 9,000 servicemen are...

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Mont Saint-Michel

Just when I was beginning to think the west coast of France was mind-numbingly dull (which it is, to be honest) it serves up Mont Saint-Michel, a tiny medieval island...

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Rural France

I came across many cute little towns, villages and farmsteads on my ride from Occitanie in the South, to Normandy in the North of France; the country is filled with...

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Château de Chambord

Château de Chambord is a distinctive French renaissance castle built for King Francis I in the 16th century. It was originally designed to serve as a hunting lodge. The current...

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Millau Viaduct

The first 530 mile leg of my long journey home was pretty uneventful, except for the massively impressive (and just plain massive) Millau Viaduct, which is a marvel of engineering....

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Monaco

The seventh leg of my motorcycle tour across Europe brought me to Monaco, the second smallest country in the world. The day did not go according to plan. Canon EOS...

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Mont Blanc

The second leg of my motorcycle tour across Europe brought me to Chamonix a busy little ski resort at the foot of Mont Blanc.

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Lake Annecy

The first stop-over on my motorcycle tour across Europe brought me to Lake Annecy in the Haute-Savoie region of France. I didn't stay for long, as I still had several...

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Ribeauvillé, Riquewihr & Eguisheim

Day three of my motorcycle tour across Europe brought me to Ribeauvillé, Riquewihr & Eguisheim - three perfectly preserved medieval villages in the Alsace region of France.

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Scrambling Across Europe

And so the journey begins; approx. 4,000 miles across 10 European countries on my trusty air-cooled Triumph Bonneville Scrambler. From Northern France to the Plitvička Jezera National Park in Croatia....

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Clervaux to Colmar

Day three of my first solo motorcycle trip across Europe took me from Clervaux in the North of Luxembourg to Colmar a beautiful medieval town on the Franco-German border. Olympus...

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