Motorcycling.

Austria 2011


The Party:- Jeff Glen - BMW K1300GT; Elliot Beattie - Triumph 955i Tiger; Eric Conaldson - Honda ST1300; Carina Cairns - BMW R1200GS; Ken Kay (& Pauline) - KTM 990 SMT; Chris Ritchie - BMW K1200R; Rennie Ritchie - BMW K1300GT

Routes...

Saturday 3rd September 2011

Left Cupar mid morning to head to the Hull Ferry for tea time boarding and overnight crossing to Rotterdam, Holland.

{short description of image} DFDS Seaways

 

  280 miles to ferry



Sunday 4th September

Ferry terminal Rotterdam and head for Echzell in Germany.  Mainly motorway as weather was WET WET WET for a lot of the journey.  Some local roads as the day progressed and weather improved though.



318 daily mileage

Note: UK Fuel far cheaper than Dutch prices so fill to the brim in Hull and aim for Germany as the next fill.

Monday 5th September

Leave Germany for Landeck in Tyrol in Austria....

Again Autobahn for most of the route to enter Austria on the E532 near Fussen, then Fern Pass

 

  331 daily mileage

Tuesday 6th September

Austria day 2.... The tours begin.
Landeck - Pfunds - Nauders - Italy, Malles Venosta - Switzerland, Ofenpass - Punt La Drossa tunnel. Italy, Livingo - Bormio - Stelvio Pass - Sludemo - Austria, Landeck

 

180 daily mileage

 

Wednesday 7th September

Austria day 3....
Landeck - Otzbruck - Oetz - Otzal Strassee - Timelsjoch - Italy, San Leonardo - Jaufenpass - Vipeteno - Austria, Brenner Pass - Mutters - Kuthai Ski area - Hopperg - Roppen - Landeck

 

180 daily mileage

Thursday 8th September

Austria day 4....
Landeck - Imst - Hantenjoch - Boden - Rauchwand - Warth - Au - Faschina Strasse - Kirchberg - Thunngen - Bludenz - Silvretta - Landeck

 

  155 daily mileage

Friday 9th September

Austria day 5....
Landeck - Roppen - Telfs - MIttenwald - Garmisch Oberammergau - Schwaig - Steingaden - Fussen - Reutte - Elmen - Hantenjoch - Imst - Landeck

 

  165 daily mileage

Saturday 10th September

Austria day 6.... a long day
Landeck - Innsbruck - Worgl - Kitzbuhel - Thurn Pass - Mittersill - Zellermoos - Grossglockner High Alpine Road - Grossglockner - Winklern - Lienz - Felbertauren - Mittersill -  Gerlos Strasse - Krimml Water Falls - Gerlos -  Zell am Ziller - Schlitters - Innsbruck - Landeck

 

 365 daily mileage

 

Sunday 11th September

Austria day 7....
Landeck - Prutz - Kaunertal - Landeck

 

 67 daily mileage

Monday 12th September

Leave Austria for Ellenz-Poltersdorf in Germany on the Mosel....

Mainly Autobahn for the first 2/3 of the day then good quality twisty roads to the Mosel.

 

  387 daily mileage

Tuesday 13th September

Leave Germany for Rotterdam and overnight Ferry....

routed via Cochem - Buchel - Nürburgring - Venlo - Rotterdam.

 

255 daily mileage

Wednesday 14th September

Leave Hull for Home....

 

  303 daily mileage

 

The above photos only illustrate parts of the trip.  For more of the trip photos, have a look at my FaceBook photo album. The links in the text lead to Google Maps etc., and you may need to zoom in/out to get your bearings if you do not know the area.  Our routes had the odd extra miles and U-turns thrown in depending on who was leading and how slavishly they followed their GPS in preference to the direction signs... which are actually very good.

Toll Costs etc (per motorcycle):-

Austrian Motorway Vignette - €4.50
Livigno Tunnel - €10
Timmelsjoch - €12
Silvretta - €10.50
Grossglockner - €19
Felbertauren tunnel - €8
Gerlos - €4.50
Kaunertaler - €12



Fuel Use 

Date Odometer Trip Litres Gallons M.P.G. Cost
03-Sep-11
 8224
 60
 5.78
 1.27
 47.19
 7.68
03-Sep-11
 8360
 136
 13.22
 2.91
 46.77
 15.14
03-Sep-11
 8452
 92
 7.89
 1.74
 53.01
 10.41
04-Sep-11
 8589
 137
 11.81
 2.60
 52.74
 16.18
04-Sep-11
 8732
 143
 11.98
 2.64
 54.26
 16.57
05-Sep-11
 8868
 136
 11.37
 2.50
 54.38
 16.45
05-Sep-11
 9107
 239
 20.40
 4.49
 53.26
 25.69
06-Sep-11
 9288
 181
 15.14
 3.33
 54.35
 19.12
07-Sep-11
 9467
 179
 15.31
 3.37
 53.15
 19.29
08-Sep-11
 9621
 154
 12.73
 2.80
 55.99
 16.15
09-Sep-11
 9785
 164
 13.36
 2.94
 55.80
 16.73
10-Sep-11
 9906
 121
 10.25
 2.25
 53.66
 13.14
10-Sep-11
 10150
 244
 20.32
 4.47
 54.59
 25.41
11-Sep-11
 10217
 67
 5.89
 1.30
 51.71
 7.37
12-Sep-11
 10357
 140
 12.12
 2.67
 52.51
 17.66
12-Sep-11
 10479
 122
 10.52
 2.31
 52.72
 15.08
13-Sep-11
 10612
 133
 11.69
 2.57
 51.72
 16.84
13-Sep-11
 10703
 91
 7.42
 1.63
 55.75
 10.68
14-Sep-11
 10863
 160
 14.12
 3.11
 51.51
 19.47
14-Sep-11
 10968
 105
 9.08
 2.00
 52.57
 12.34
14-Sep-11
 11166
 198
 18.23
 4.01
 49.38
 24.05







 

Note:

1.all costs shown have been converted to GBP from the actual Euro cost.

2. daily mileage* taken from GPS readings not the bike odometer. Total distance covered 2,993 miles.


Comments:

I should state that other as a paying guest I have no connection with any of the accommodation I used on this trip, however I am happy to reply to any e-mail inquiries one might have about the routes, accommodation, tours etc.

to be continued...

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