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We are due to travel to southern Spain at the end of May, travelling on a motorcycle via the channel tunnel and tent camping as we go, we will be travelling light (except for tent, sleeping bags etc) and buying food as we go. We have a tomtom navigator and are ready to book eurostar and spend about 3 days travelling each way with a few days staying in the south of Spain before starting our journey back. We have done similar shorter trips in the UK but nothing like this abroad.

I have read a lot of links regarding advice, bandits, municipal sites, European insurance cards (E111type) etc.

However has anyone done a similar type of journey on a motorbike or any really helpful advice to help us make the journey as pleasurable and safe as we possibly can ?

Cheers billy, we have already got the E111 cards. Sorry about the Eurostar, a slip of the finger, I meant the Eurotunnel which is quite cheap for a bike. What about these villains then, Im travelling on a quite expensive bike, is there a need to be worried ??? (more than normal I mean). We are not sure if to book campsites up front as this will mean having to reach the site by the end of the day, but the good thing about the TomTom is that you can programme it to show campsites. So as you approach a town they should show.

Its just that the more threads I seem to read to more apprehensive...............

Benson.

WE have travelled to Benidorm on a Harley Davidson Road King Classic in 2001.via the channel tunell.

Faro in Portugal 2003 via the pride of Bilboa.

Lorette de Marr in 2004 via the over night ferry

All journeys on the same bike,Benidorm, and Lorrete de Marr, travelled with wife pillion and mate and his wife.

Faro we travelled with 127 other motorcyclists. on all these journeys we never had any trouble other than one garage attendant tried to rip me off big style, £4 pounds worth of petrol he tried to charge me the equivalent of £26. We just stopped at sites  or hotel when we got tired.

What an experiance, go for it.

Regards John.