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The famous Giro race going through our village of Cavalese |
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The May Dolomites group after a nerve-wracking trip up the Manghen Pass in the Dolomites |
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Do we have to go down there ? |
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Brett at the top of the Manghen Pass |
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James on the Norge at the top of the Manghen Pass |
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The view from my room at the hotel we stay in at Auronzo Di Cadore in the eastern Dolomites |
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Peter and Daniela overlooking Lake Garda |
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A bronze lady who befriended James and me on Lake Garda |
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Craig from Dysart on the Multistrada - he enjoyed the bike ! |
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Albert and Marie on the mighty MG California |
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Neil and Lea aboard the ST4S Ducati |
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Brett and Lyn also had an ST4S |
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James and Marie - high in the Dolomites |
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Belly dancing in Verona ! |
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A little village on Lake Garda |
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me in the snow about a week before the tour started |
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The roads were great despite the snowfalls |
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This lake was covered in ice - high in the Dolomites |
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Having a break before tackling another high pass |
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Lynn and Lea off the bikes for a break |
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We went through this National Park in Switzerland on Day 1 |
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Peter and Daniela on the Dolomites trip |
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Having a stop for photos at Lake Fedaia |
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Ian, who came on both the Tuscany and Dolomites trips |
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James on the twisties between Moena and Bolzano |
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Heading towards the Passo Pennes |
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Awe inspiring roads over the passes |
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Going up to the Passo Pennes |
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We just came up this amazing road ! |
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Our group at the top of Passo Pennes |
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At the top of Passo Pennes on the trusty Transalp |
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Another iced up lake just before arriving at St Moritz |
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The roads in Switzerland are perfect ! |
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I stayed in this hotel located in a national park in Switzerland |
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I went over the Manghen Pass 3 weeks on my own 3 weeks before the tour - I was all alone up there at 7.30 at night - glad I did not get a flat tyre ! |
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Looking back down the Maloja Pass on the way to St Moritz |
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Our bikes outside the hotel in Cavalese |
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Albert and Marie working out what to eat for dinner |
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Albert and Marie - they came to Tuscany two years earlier. |
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Pete and Daniela - they also came to Tuscany two years earlier. |
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Brett and Lynn chaecking out the menu |
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We had lunch at this great restaurant on the way to Passo Pennes |
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Some of the roads had quite a drop over the side ! |
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This was typical of the roads in the Dolomites - great surfaces and little traffic |
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Me trying to work out the food bill at out hotel in the eastern Dolomites ! |
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Ian who really enjoyed the VFR - he did lots of kms on it ! |
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Wasn't a bad day of riding, was it? |
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I would like to order pizza ! |
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Are we lost - two young ladie turned up in a Fiat Panda and we followed them for the next 30 km through some very narrow mountain roads. |
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A beautiful road in Slovenia, which Ian visited |
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Can you see the little specks on the road - they are motor cycles! |
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An enjoyable dinner in Cavalese |
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Eligio and friends waiting for us to arrive in Mandello on day 7. Eligio supplies bikes to us. |
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Neil, Lea and Lynn relaxing outside our hotel at Mandello on day 7. |
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