ON TO SWITZERLAND ! – BICYCLE TOURING HOLLAND TO ITALY

ON TO SWITZERLAND ! – BICYCLE TOURING HOLLAND TO ITALY

In the summer of 2019 I rode my bike from Maastricht in the Netherlands to Lago di Orta in Northern Italy.
This video covers day 6 of the trip.
I start the day in the Southern Alsace. A few hours into the ride I crossed the border into Switzerland.
Had to do some tough climbing to cross the Jura mountains. Descends were awesome though.
cycled through the Gorges du Pichoux, had it all to my self as the road was officially blocked.
Finished the day near Biel (Bienne in French).

• Riding solo
• Bike: 2015 Specialized AWOL
• Camping yes, cooking no.

Keep calm and pedal on !!!

Music:
Tupelo train – Chris Haugen
Mai tai – Jeff Kaale
Got to have your love – Roy Roberts
Valley Drive – The Whole Other
Single ladies – The Hillbilly Moonshiners Bluegrass Band
Life – Kronicle

[Applause] We’ve got the fiscal take a survey in general ledger number given yet another battle in his garden to pay a static oh man good morning or not so good morning because right over there I had a battery charging last night and was gone this morning as it’s the second

One this this drift from getting a bit annoyed with it yeah so the whole stealing of battery stuff I’m trying not to let that ruin my trip and it will not but I’m feeling pretty annoyed yeah sorry for bothering you with this I’ll do Switzerland series Dyma okay let’s look for the supermarket at the search attempts to get a battery or at least to maintain the battery and have breakfast yeah yes then we’re charging again I found another charger a fast charger at the supermarket Versus night bakery I’m having Three charges on them now I’m going to enjoy this all right another cycling routes very happy hello here we are put it like this hello here we are and France still in the elves us I think it’s about 35 to 40 kilometers till the Swiss border after a

Bit of a bummer this morning with a whole battery stuff feeling better now because I’m on a cycling path which is again converted we are a line it goes up and up and up but very very slowly with a one or two percent incline yeah so looking forward to going into

Switzerland that is a major milestone and what the lies ahead of me this afternoon I’m 100 percent clear but I will have to go up but it’s not like here to me how steep it will actually be I think it will be yes they show you that amount of rage okay

See you later Google Maps high school planning again anyhow I’m compared to previous my track like this it will be really suffering yeah yeah How many I was here this is very nice stretch to arrive my mountain bike That’s why I like my bike so much my specialized a wall he does it’s perfectly capable fender at handling this type of terrain as well fully loaded kudos for the a wall So just entering numeral and this is where the is section and section ends which was officially planned by myself and by Google Maps it was all results I’m not gonna join section played by somebody So hello I was expecting this part of Switzerland to be that it will be speaking German but in fact they speak fruits there’s a nice hill over there from bridge to get over through I think I can climb again but you do notice immediately that France is the farm so

Looking at farms in France yes I think some climbing to be done so we’re now at five hundred and thirty meters let’s see what we’re at if you’re at the top of this hill so I need some music to pump me up I was there but the steep part is over I

Think hi there so we’re on top of this thing for me it’s a humungous mountain but here – do not bother to give it a name but I made it stop once in the shade duplication breath another sip of water but overall where it was okay better helps it’s not with us

I think I’m going to go down in that direction let’s first have a little snack in the rest see ya later indeed they I got a handle [Applause] Damo coming up No I never looked we fought the same thing we don’t know bad luck yeah yes I don’t want to go down again okay thank you don’t know sorry yes why not just take care of yourself yeah yeah okay it will not be much perfect that’s good no so what to do it

Doesn’t say no laws for bikes right I think I’m gonna give it a try so indeed the advantage is not much traffic fingers crossed I can get through okay so it’s an office a week this is the only one this predator what will follow my answers in distant website and

I’ve got a hold on very nice [Applause] they will not stop me so bicycle touring pro tip if there is a road blockage for whatever reason always go through because at least four out of five times you will be able to pass through and yeah for that varmint one in five times

You will not the other four times will make up I’m really glad I went through otherwise I would have to do another 30 40 kilometres including an uphill again I think I’m past the block and the bonus is that I would have to I was able to enjoy the gorge all on my

Own without cars I’m saying put your hands up the club just broke up this beautiful road and these beautiful surroundings all to myself I’ll leave a maid I already switched a little lunch well the trip doesn’t not a brother notice me Or what a I got lost Drink watch it Let’s make it What [Applause] let’s go to final stretch to BN or beamland or CH get getting a bit tired now but it’s still about 18 kilometres to go but all down you or our faculty let’s find the campsite and hope they’re still placed at see you Don’t 3-meter things [Applause] got a girl euros what I prefer it’s what I deserve here’s a man that makes me it takes me me too Destiny’s infinity and beyond That’s how I worded this is good idea looks like a ramp up for a highway but there are some signage here for a bicycle lane let’s see [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] it’s only 200 meters but let’s put my blinking light on [Applause] so that was pretty scary oh so here comes another tunnel this lost 15 kilometers of the rider it’s not so reluctant the first part here we go [Applause] You