After six months on the bike and in excess of 31,000Km’s we have been fortunate enough to ride some of Europe’s great roads.  Catching up with old friends and meeting new ones along the way,  enjoying the scenery and at times feeling like we were riding on the top of the world. The bike has now been “parked” for the winter here in Warsaw Poland and we’ll be back on the road come April 2016 to continue the adventure. Looking forward to that!!!!

As always there was so much to see and to many photo’s taken, these roads are made for motorcycling !  The photos are set out randomly in no particular order covering the seasons and countries from early spring, summer, a stunning European autumn and early winter in Poland.

Pictures of roads and a few signs of the 50+ mountain passes we’ve crossed won’t be everyone’s cup of tea but what’s around and beyond them is often beautiful and spectacular.  Here’s the list of countries travelled so far and each one of them has unique roads and scenery to offer :  Crete, Greece, Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, France, Andorra, Spain, England, Wales, Isle of Man, Ireland, Belgium, Neverlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Czech Republic and Poland.

Go get a Harley and do it ! (Only joking…)

One of Switzerland’s great passes

Sign post at Hel on Polands Baltic Coast

Small roads not far from glaciers in Swiss Alps

One of Austria’s best, the Grosslockner road is full of scenery like this

Abandoned villages along the road

Another section of good road..

Amalfi coast Italy – A little more traffic but still worth the ride

Not all roads have a happy ending but there to be explored…

Irelands lush green countryside

Spanish side of Pyrenees mounts are a great ride

Irish mist, Irish mountains and great Irish roads….

Looking down the many tyre wearing turns of Splugen Pass In Swiss Alps

One of many narrow tunnels

Crete’s mountains roads are generally in good condition

Irelands Wild Atlantic Way, some the worlds most spectacular coastline roads

Corsica’s West Coast, roads winding through unique rock structures

High altitude lakes are a feature of the alps..

Quite often the views coming out of tunnels are breathtaking

Late spring snow on Sardinian mountains

Few interesting side tracks down there..

Just a mass of perfect motorcycling corners, Crete South coast

Italy’s mountains and blue skies. = A great day for riding

The clear waters around the finger of Corsica

The famous Passo dello Stelvio, one of Europes highest at 2758 mtr’s

One of Sardinia’s more interesting roads !!

Looking down Furka Pass with Grimsel in back the ground

What a view, taken from Edelweiss Spitze in Austrian mountains

There’s nearly always a Rifugio at the top of high mountain passes

Dolomities Mountains Italy

Dolomite Mountains, not many straight roads here

Roads winding down to small seaside villages on Corsica’s coast

Stelvio Pass Bormio – KooWeeRup MCC sticker proudly displayed (Top RH corner)

Just over the Swiss boarder and into Italy

Big mountains, big valley’s

Small roads and an abundance of wild flowers along Irelands west coast

This mount road is on Italy’s coast line near Marina di Camerota

What scenery and paved road to finish it off..

More Italian glaciers and great little dirt roads made for the adventurous..

Part of the Dolomite Mountains Italy

Single lane road over the Dingle Peninsula mountains

Great small Road heading towards Crete’s Southern mountains

Some famous pubs on this piece of road – Creg Na Baa

Something different around every corner…

Biker enjoying the moment

Riding roads in Italian Alps in amount glacial mountains

Another of Italy’s high passes, who needs a better excuse !

Another high pass on a beautiful day in the Dolomite Mountains

Odd place for a light house ?

Many fine valley roads through out the Italian Alps

Some Corsician roads have very little to stop you tumbling off the edge

Sicily’s Mt Etna is a great ride keeping one eye on road and the other on the smoking volcano….

Looking up towards one of many mountain side tunnels, they are great to ride through

Andorra Pyrenees Mountains

Vstrom looking at it’s next challenge, mountains inland from Greece’s Patra

Pyrenees mountain road on French side just after border crossing from Spain

This small cobbled stone road was found in Polands Masurian Lakes forests, just perfect..

West Coast Wild Atlantic Way road

All roads lead to the small Swiss village of Gletsch right down there..

Road heading to the Frans Josefs Hohe and Pasterze Glacier

Looking towards the mountain range separating Swiss and Italian boarder

Jo reminding me what I’m meant to be photographing

Austrian mountains dead ahead

Not many road signs out here

High mountain lakes in the Swiss Alps

Isle of Man roads make a great race track

Pyrenees mountains just over French side of the Spanish border

Not all roads are well sign posted, Irish south coast beach flats (only when tides out!)

A little cold here, riding through the Obertauern Ski Field Austria

Bikers paradise in the Swiss Alps

Just great riding along Ireland’s West Coast Dingle area

Isle of Man has plenty of great touring roads, just don’t run into the Rock fences

Irish mountain roads stand alone for scenery

Grimsel Pass

Someone else enjoying the ride on Corsica’s stunning west coast

This lovely bit of road cut through the Cambrian Mountain Range Wales

This road winds it way through the Dolomites which are UNESCO listed

The traps of an unexpected snow fall

Barely had enough time to look a the view riding this road…

Abbey Road, one of England’s best !

Some great roads winding their way through the Austrian Alps

Sign post in the middle of a Polish Forest

Sweeping views on road from Peel to Port StMary on the Isle of Man

Riding through beautiful Autumn forest in Polands Masurian Lakes district

Crete was full of great roads and this was one of them..

Wide angle view of the way up and the way out..

Another high Italian Pass

Ruggered Sardinian mountains

Plenty of riding like this in England

Bavarian country roads are just the best..

Road near Wolfs Lair in North Poland with remains of destroyed WW2 bunker

Kotisifou Canyon – Crete

Some beautiful small roads and villages on the Ise of Man

Looking down Furka Pass with Grimsel in back the ground

Another high Swiss Alps pass overlooking one of many glaciers

Riding through Irelands lush green countryside is a privilege

Bikes eye view !

Sicily’s Mt Etna lava trails, unbelievable thrill to ride around this mountain

Not a lot of Sardinia’s road budget used here…

Sweeping bends – Dolomite Mountains

Part of Southern end of the Grosslockner road Austria

Some roads are a work of art and the back grounds not bad either

Landslides add to an interesting ride, Crete style

Another pass with ski lift in background in Northern Italy

Overlooking some of highest mountains in Austria Alps

Nice newly surfaced road with handy sun shade ? They think of everything in Corsica

All roads traveling through the Cotswold Are worth the effort

Grimsel Pass – One of the great passes in the Swiss alps Note- KooWeeRup MCC sticker strategically placed 🙂

The lone rider, Swiss Alps

The perfect Welch road, small, no traffic and goes for miles

Riding the Dolomite Mountains, traffic never got much worse than this

The unique Welsh countryside, no traffic, roughish roads, just right..

A foggy Susten Pass but still plenty of bike riding the Swiss Alps

Simplon Pass near Italian boarder

Gap of Dunloe

Tram to top of the Isle of Man mountain, you find it crossing on race days !

The road leading to Italy’s Stelvio Pass, how good does that look..

Typical Irish coastal road

Road looks like it’s been painted in to this picture…

Grossglockner road at Hochtor Pass

Thoughtful location to build a bike size pullover point !!

Heading north on highway towards Poland’s Masurian Lakes District

Nothing better than coastal road riding, especially in Italy

This road was spectacular on Sadinia’s mid east coast

Crete, blue sky’s and fun roads

Sweeping bends and Mediterranean sea backdrop, Crete at its best !

A Dolomite Mountain traffic gnome keeping an eye on things…

Roads along Spain’s Southern Coast can be some of the best

That’s Jo keeping the bike warm down there

Italy’s Stelvio Pass has over 40 hairpin turns on each side, that why bikers like it 🙂

Heading up Furka Pass but the zig zagging road ahead climbs to Grimsel Pass

Swiss Alp roads are hard on tyres and brakes and worth ever bit !

Road heading to Grindelwald Switzerland

Dolomite Mountains

So many roads, so little time !!!! – Swiss Alps

the view from Edelweiss Spitze

Small dirt switch back road in Donegal Ireland

Irelands Gap of Dunloe

Small Polish forest roads in autumn, how goods that

One of many gorges in French Pyrenees mountains

Crete South Coast dirt roads are worth the trip

France’s Millau Viaduct, a marvel of engineering and an experience just to ride over it

High road in Sardinian Mountains

The Bormio side of Stelvio Pass with over 40 tyre wearing, brake destroying hairpins to enjoy..