How to plan a motorcycle tour from the UK
How to plan a motorcycle tour in eight steps: dates, miles a day, the route, the crossing, beds, the bike and paperwork, with a free tool for each step.
Read now Photo by Benjamin Hassel on UnsplashI run Touring HQ, and I tour as much as work and weather allow: long weekends in Wales and the north of England, and longer trips across the Channel. My most recent was the Pyrenees with Tom.
I also run Holloway, a map of the green lanes in England and Wales that are open to motorcycles, with their legal status and closures. Touring HQ is the road touring side of the same habit: routes you can download and ride, and the tools I wanted when planning my own trips.
I write most of the planning guides here. Where something is my opinion or my own planning number, I say so.
How to plan a motorcycle tour in eight steps: dates, miles a day, the route, the crossing, beds, the bike and paperwork, with a free tool for each step.
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