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…)

the view from Edelweiss Spitze

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

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

High mountain lakes in the Swiss Alps

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

Grimsel Pass

Looking towards the mountain range separating Swiss and Italian boarder

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

Odd place for a light house ?

One of many narrow tunnels

Riding through Irelands lush green countryside is a privilege

Jo reminding me what I’m meant to be photographing

Few interesting side tracks down there..

Thoughtful location to build a bike size pullover point !!

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

Small dirt switch back road in Donegal Ireland

Not many road signs out here

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

Landslides add to an interesting ride, Crete style

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

A Dolomite Mountain traffic gnome keeping an eye on things…

Just great riding along Ireland’s West Coast Dingle area

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

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

Dolomities Mountains Italy

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

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

The clear waters around the finger of Corsica

One of many gorges in French Pyrenees mountains

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

Another high pass on a beautiful day in the Dolomite Mountains

That’s Jo keeping the bike warm down there

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

Irish mist, Irish mountains and great Irish roads….

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

Sign post in the middle of a Polish Forest

Dolomite Mountains

Small roads not far from glaciers in Swiss Alps

Crete, blue sky’s and fun roads

Another high Italian Pass

Irelands Gap of Dunloe

Part of Southern end of the Grosslockner road Austria

Spanish side of Pyrenees mounts are a great ride

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

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

Bikes eye view !

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

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

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

Overlooking some of highest mountains in Austria Alps

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

Austrian mountains dead ahead

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

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

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

What scenery and paved road to finish it off..

Looking down Furka Pass with Grimsel in back the ground

Riding through beautiful Autumn forest in Polands Masurian Lakes district

Another high Swiss Alps pass overlooking one of many glaciers

Riding roads in Italian Alps in amount glacial mountains

Sign post at Hel on Polands Baltic Coast

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

Kotisifou Canyon – Crete

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

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

Single lane road over the Dingle Peninsula mountains

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

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

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

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

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

Ruggered Sardinian mountains

Heading north on highway towards Poland’s Masurian Lakes District

High road in Sardinian Mountains

Abandoned villages along the road

Crete South Coast dirt roads are worth the trip

Irish mountain roads stand alone for scenery

Dolomite Mountains, not many straight roads here

High altitude lakes are a feature of the alps..

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

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

Biker enjoying the moment

Small Polish forest roads in autumn, how goods that

Bavarian country roads are just the best..

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

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

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

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

Another pass with ski lift in background in Northern Italy

Bikers paradise in the Swiss Alps

Crete’s mountains roads are generally in good condition

Sweeping bends – Dolomite Mountains

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

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

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

Typical Irish coastal road

Road heading to the Frans Josefs Hohe and Pasterze Glacier

One of Switzerland’s great passes

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

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

Isle of Man roads make a great race track

One of Sardinia’s more interesting roads !!

Some beautiful small roads and villages on the Ise of Man

Something different around every corner…

Part of the Dolomite Mountains Italy

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

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

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

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

Many fine valley roads through out the Italian Alps

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

Quite often the views coming out of tunnels are breathtaking

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

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

Some great roads winding their way through the Austrian Alps

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

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

Simplon Pass near Italian boarder

Nothing better than coastal road riding, especially in Italy

The lone rider, Swiss Alps

Abbey Road, one of England’s best !

What a view, taken from Edelweiss Spitze in Austrian mountains

Grossglockner road at Hochtor Pass

Pyrenees mountains just over French side of the Spanish border

Late spring snow on Sardinian mountains

Plenty of riding like this in England

Road heading to Grindelwald Switzerland

Gap of Dunloe

All roads traveling through the Cotswold Are worth the effort

Andorra Pyrenees Mountains

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

The traps of an unexpected snow fall

Looking down Furka Pass with Grimsel in back the ground

Just a mass of perfect motorcycling corners, Crete South coast

Just over the Swiss boarder and into Italy

Big mountains, big valley’s

This road was spectacular on Sadinia’s mid east coast

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

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

Irelands lush green countryside

Another section of good road..

Great small Road heading towards Crete’s Southern mountains

West Coast Wild Atlantic Way road