The Route
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Sat Feb 27th |
Celebrity send-off from the Motorbike Show at Ally Pally, Channel Tunnel crossing and ride to Reims |
250 miles |
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Sun Feb 28th |
Ride through France to Marseille |
490 miles |
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Mon Mar 1st |
Ferry from Marseille arriving at 0900 Annaba, Algeria, ride to Tunis or Gabes |
130 miles |
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Tues Mar 2nd
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Depart Tunis/Gabes early, ride to Leptis Magna (Roman remains) near Tripoli Up to 5 hours required to cross the Libyan border |
483 miles |
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Wed Mar 3rd |
Ride to Ajdabiya |
460 miles |
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Thu Mar 4th |
Ride to Marsa Matrough Up to 5 hours required to cross the Egyptian border) |
490 miles |
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Fri Mar 5th |
Ride to Cairo, visit Pyramids |
400 miles |
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Sat Mar 6th |
Ride to St Catherine Monastery |
370 miles plus ferry |
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Sun Mar 7th |
Ride to Nuweibah - ferry to Aqaba, Jordan |
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Mon Mar 8th |
Ride to Damascus, ride the Kings Highway in Jordan |
400 miles |
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Tues Mar 9th |
Ride to Aleppo, Syria |
400 miles |
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Wed Mar 10th |
Ride Aleppo to Ankara, Turkey |
450 miles |
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Thu Mar 11th - Sun Mar 14th |
Ride Ankara to Calais Possible quick stops at Istanbul F1 circuit, |
2100 miles |
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TOTAL (assuming no-one gets lost and no detours!) |
6423 miles |
