Really is a thoroughly entertaining series. Amazed at all the WW2 tanks along the roads as monuments. Postings like this will really expand your channel. Can't wait for the next one.
No wonder you've reached over 11k subs in a relatively short time... this is damn good filming and creative editing... love it. Interesting and compelling to watch, with a good choice of music that compliments the scene.
Beautiful video of the Normandy countryside and such an atmospheric section on Sword Beach! Really enjoying this series and looking forward to the next episode! 👏👏👏
And this Is How France is Not Riots Everywhere that have Been on the News I have motorcycled all over France Over the Years always found The French Friendly ( can be a little Abrupt). They Love La Moto Charlie will Return and Plunge Further South to the pyrenees..🏔⛰️
Another wonderful video . Thank you. Mont Saint Michel is beautiful. It's been a few years since I've been to France and your visit has made me want to return.
Hey Charlie, what a great trip you're having😃. Lots to see and do. Quite a hike to Mont St Michel but really worth it for the views, sea breeze and seagulls willing to share your lunch🤣 I always try to visit war memorials/ cemeteries and I always find it a very emotional experience. We should always remember the sacrifices made in the name of freedom by the brave men and women who fought so we can be free.!! Can't wait for the next installment. Stay safe and enjoy every minute 🏍️😊
Hi Charley Dave-in-France here. Great video as always but I particularly like the way you interlaced the poppy fields with the b&w wartime pictures - very poignant.
I am catching up the videos as I was on hollyday in Corsica (gorgeous island, motorcycle paradise) and so I just watched your tour of the Mont Saint-Michel, I visited it several times, first time when I was 15 with school, then afterwards I met a guy who had a farm in Pontorson (that's where the road to the Mont starts) and been there almost every year for 10 years, and the Mont Saint Michel always fascinated me, so much history, ans Saint-Michel is also the patron saint of the parachutists and I still wear his medal around my neck for over 45 years now. The whole area is very lovely, lots of things to see and do.
Fabulous video Charlie, the furthest I manage these days is off the bike and into cafe/pub (Emphysema/Heart Disease. So it's great to see some of the places people like yourself visit as I can't manage them myself. Thank You XX
Charlie your vids are fantastic, they are a lovely reminder of why we go back over there every couple of years ! You pretty much did our route in reverse re : oradour, wheels and waves and carcassonne ! We went clockwise south over the Millau viaduct and across the south of France to thw Pyrenees ! Just love being abroad, red wine and the wrong side of the road just go hand in hand 🤣 maybe catch you on the other side ! Stay safe and good trips.......🏍
Hi Charlie My Dad fought at sword beach, excellent filming , with the war insert clips you had me in tears 😢. Unfortunately I lost my dad last year age 96. Thanks for the great content 😊
@@restdayrider I'm located in Australia and not likely to be able to visit your part of the world, so it's great to watch your vids....last video I asked about your pacsafe...I bought one as I can see a practical use of it...
Well done Charlie. Another interesting motovlog! On the oil front, ANY oil is better than no oil at all. Then being picky about exactly the "Grade" does have its place but you were close enough to no make a difference with the use you are putting Roger to! The "SKI RUN" Toilet section brought me back to the 1990s, at least the one you showed was clean! 😂😂.
Thank you for this splendid video of St MIckael Mont. You showed well the Middle Age impression we have when we climb the many steps of the village. And you showed well the huge (pharaonic ?) works they have done for that the Mount become an island again. By the way : what you called "french toilets" in France we call them... "turkich toilets"...🙂
I would use the beeline to navigate to various tracks in England on my 765 rs when doing trackdays. It’s perfect for popping on and off the handlebars quickly.
Merci pour ces belles images peines de tendresse et d’emotions, le peuple français ne sera jamais assez reconnaissant envers les anglais et les alliés venus mourrir sur les plages normandes pour nous délivrer du joug nazi. Et quoi de plus beau que le Mont Saint Michel pour te laisse emporter avec toi une belle image de la France. Thank you Charlie. 👏👍✌️
Great trip Charlie, brings back memories of my trips in Europe on a suzuki GS750 back in the early nineties. I especially liked the sword beach piece interspersed with period photos and that poppy field. 👍
Just done 4500 miles on my Himalayan in Scandinavia, great bikes, comfortable, easy to ride not to technically challenging and most importantly reliable. Great video, well done keep posting.
I have visited the area in Normandy you are in on military tours and remember how wonderful the area is. I have watched each episode to date and all I can say is, you are giving us a brilliant insight into motorcycle touring in France. 10/10😊👍🏍
Really enjoying your adventure, Charlie! Props for riding a Himi! That was my first bike that I bought back in early '21. Great little workhorse for what it is. Yes, they burn oil so I started carrying a little extra on my trips. I visited Normandy back in 2019. What an amazing trip! Spent most of the time in the Omaha Beach and surrounding areas focused on the WWII sites and such. I would love to go back and do it on a motorcycle. Cheers!
The garage where you bought the oil broke my Visa card in 1986 on a tour through there. It was the only card I had then, thankfully NatWest sent me some money. In those days there was a superb camp site and cabins on the landward side of the Mont St Michel causeway.
Brilliant video Charlie and so well filmed and put together as usual. Thank you for taking us through Mont St Michael, an awesome place for sure. I’ve been to France many times but fortunately never come across those ‘hole in the ground’ toilets but knew they existed. It’s really cool that Jay has now joined you too. Really looking forward to the next instalment.
Michel may be feminine in France. Love your solitary tour without buddies excellent! Advise that tent, do not use in windy conditions they are useless and flap about so at night sleeping may only be optional, I gave mine away after one season and now use a geodesic tent which packs smaller and wind is now not a problem. Good luck on your tours.
Your foreign lingo might not be up there with Itchy Boots yet but your incidental music is by far the best of TH-cam motovloggers by a mile. Not managing to get away this summer so enjoying coming along for the ride. 🥐🥖🪗
What a fabulous series you have produced. Your footage is superb and a masterclass in how to do it right. Has taken me back 42 years, when I did a solo ride from my home in Northern Ireland to the South of France. Wonderful memories, so thank you. Can't wait to watch your other uploads. Take care and ride safely.
Stunning, Charlie, just stunning - and inspirational. A long time ago there used to be a bit of a motto 'Slow down and let the paramedics get there first'. You've done that. All power to you.
Charlie, Isn't France just great for bikes!! Empty, smooth roads with great visibility. You're very brave to do this alone (well nearly) lots of men wouldn't, but a lone female is very brave, I've followed your channel from the beginning, and your contents and filming have improved loads. If you read the signs correctly, you'd have noticed that it actually Mont San MICHEL ie Michelle not Michael lol.
@@restdayrider Well she changed from the Himalayan too. I like the Himalayan and the classic. I hope to do it myself one day. I'd need to do my A2 first.
I’ve been to all the DDay beaches many times. Sword beach in particular. La breche is the place my father landed (Ted Pritchard 3 troop, no 3 commando) you can park almost on the beach. I was there on my motorbike, beginning of May. If you go again, look for the statue of piper Bill Millin exact spot no 3 commando came ashore.
Where you parked and met Marcin, if you had taken the road North off that very rbt - you would have been on the eastern side of Sword beach!.... You are able to drive down to Swrod later on and there are parking sections off the roads as well.......
Nice video skills Charley, About the oil, please let your friends educate you on oil, for wet-clutch and dry clutch(cars), for a motorcycle with wet-clutch(Himalayan), you need a special motorcycle oil with additives, which they normally dont carry at service stations!!! The engine will be fine, but the clutch can become grabby over time?? Loking like a wet home trip!
I'm always open to education, I deemed in this case some oil was better than a dry and seized engine and take the risk of a slipping clutch til I get home. 😊
Most oils of the right viscosity are ok, but car oils tend to have additives which can make a wet clutch slip - your clutch runs in oil as it is a "wet" clutch whereas most ordinary cars have a dry clutch. The oil also acts as a coolant so you can hold your bike in gear with the clutch level pulled, a practise not recommended for 2 stroke engine bikes.. I very much doubt that a top up with car oil will do any harm to your bike or clutch. Probably the easiest place to find top up oil in small quantities is a supermarket.
I always carry a 500mil container of oil when doing a long ride and usually I am not the person who uses it. Your posts are getting better all the time
Well at 2.09 is exactly what I mentioned in previous video, French drivers don't always stop for pedestrians at crossing as you'll see , it's crazy right, but other parts of France particularly in the south I found they do stop - Go figure. I stopped at that café at the mount, but was a little late in the day to catch the bus over so thanks for showing us that was very interesting. That village decimated during war is an eery place, when I was there I stood and tried hard to visualise what the poor folk went through, how any human can such things to others is beyond me. Another well presented video thumbs up from me.
Places of interest so well covered by you can't wait to see.more,brought back wonderful memories of when my wife and I were young and saw those same sights on our motorbike ,looking forward to seeing more,thanks.
Another fantastic video Charlie, a nice touch adding the old photos from the beach and showing the poppy fields! Mont St Michel is so beautiful👌Worth putting your joints through the pain barrier😉What a brilliant campsite👍
Hi Charlie, you are doing very well to sort things out as you go. Nice views to share with us. I endorse the views made in other comments about the oil. Check the spec and suitability for bikes with wet clutches. I saw somewhere that the Himalayan is prone to using oil; just as well you have some on board at all times. If the container says Motorcycle Oil or has a picture of a bike it will probably be OK.
I was in France Dec 2020/Jan 2021 and not much was open because of Covid, the villages were so quiet. It doesn’t look much different? Where is everyone? Freddie Dobbs mentioned the bike using oil too. Nice video and some lovely roads to explore. 👍
great stuff, I keep saying to my self, I will visit one day to see sword beach were my dad landed on Dday, but I never seem to make the effort to go. at 69 now, I probably never will. the "mont" realy is a fantastic monument/histarical building.
Enjoying your trip, I remember my first time, I was getting names wrong and parking a long way away and walking to places. I did chuckle when you called it Mont st (micheal) not michel. (Mee-shell). Would love to know your route as I would have loved so inside info from people on places to see.
Memories... I went to Mont St Michelle in 1985 age 22 with my mate David. We could ride right up to it then. The weather was just like that. and roads look the same too. Awsome. Thanks.
@@restdayrider Just had a look on google maps, you can see a few cars parked almost at the front door. The road used to go up to there and people parked wherever they could. Cars coaches and bikes on the road and the sand. We camped at Carrolles, up the coast a few miles. That was 38 years ago and it seems like last week... Holley Molley!!!
Hi Charlie. This is Marcin and greetings from Poland. Nice to see your whole trip around France. Very inspiring. Well done! See you somewhere on the road. Maybe Spain? 😊
I'm a history buff, so I'd like to visit the Normandy beaches. My grandfather and his brothers were in the Pacific theater, but it's still very interesting to me. Nicely done video.
Really is a thoroughly entertaining series.
Amazed at all the WW2 tanks along the roads as monuments.
Postings like this will really expand your channel.
Can't wait for the next one.
Thank you 😊 Please feel free to share the channel with anyone you think may also enjoy it. 😊
No wonder you've reached over 11k subs in a relatively short time... this is damn good filming and creative editing... love it. Interesting and compelling to watch, with a good choice of music that compliments the scene.
Thank you! It is definitely a work in progress that is very time consuming to get right, but I am pleased people are enjoying it. 😊
Riding the small backroads. I love that too!
Me too. 😊
Mont St Michael spectacular, thanks for sharing with us 👌
My pleasure. 😊
Just wonderful!
Many thanks! 😊
Very fitting that a paramedic is looking after the 'blood' in her engine! Another fabulous video Charlie 🤗
Thank you John. 😊
Beautiful video of the Normandy countryside and such an atmospheric section on Sword Beach! Really enjoying this series and looking forward to the next episode! 👏👏👏
Thank you and I'm glad you're enjoying the series. 😊
I'd forgotten what it feels like to bimble around the French countryside in summer, and this brings it all back! Need to plan a trip!
Do it ☺️
And this Is How France is
Not Riots Everywhere that have
Been on the News
I have motorcycled all over France
Over the Years always found
The French Friendly ( can be a little
Abrupt). They Love La Moto
Charlie will Return and Plunge
Further South to the pyrenees..🏔⛰️
Another wonderful video . Thank you. Mont Saint Michel is beautiful. It's been a few years since I've been to France and your visit has made me want to return.
Glad you enjoyed it, make sure you make a visit!
Hey Charlie, what a great trip you're having😃. Lots to see and do.
Quite a hike to Mont St Michel but really worth it for the views, sea breeze and seagulls willing to share your lunch🤣
I always try to visit war memorials/ cemeteries and I always find it a very emotional experience. We should always remember the sacrifices made in the name of freedom by the brave men and women who fought so we can be free.!!
Can't wait for the next installment.
Stay safe and enjoy every minute 🏍️😊
Thank you Paul, I had such a fabulous time. 😊
I've been to the beaches, and to Mont St Michel, but not for a long time. Really want to get back over thee. Thanks for your vids, Charlie, inspiring!
Thank you 😊
Great trip looking forward to next episode, thank you gor making them.
Glad you enjoyed it. 😊
A great series of your trip Charlie, very laid back and informative, thanks for sharing 😊, brilliant
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Normandy was so cool, thanks for sharing it's such a great adventure 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Thank you Charlie. That's another couple of places I have enjoyed vicariously.
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Excellent filming Charlie. Liking the overlays at Sword beach.
Thank you 😊
Hi Charley Dave-in-France here. Great video as always but I particularly like the way you interlaced the poppy fields with the b&w wartime pictures - very poignant.
Thank you, I wanted to be respectful as well as cinematic. It was very humbling.
I am catching up the videos as I was on hollyday in Corsica (gorgeous island, motorcycle paradise) and so I just watched your tour of the Mont Saint-Michel, I visited it several times, first time when I was 15 with school, then afterwards I met a guy who had a farm in Pontorson (that's where the road to the Mont starts) and been there almost every year for 10 years, and the Mont Saint Michel always fascinated me, so much history, ans Saint-Michel is also the patron saint of the parachutists and I still wear his medal around my neck for over 45 years now. The whole area is very lovely, lots of things to see and do.
It is such a beautiful area to ride. 😊
Another great one! Thanks for sharing 😊
My pleasure! 😊
Awesome bud cheers 👍🏻
Great video Charlie well done ride save look forward to the next episode ❤
Thank you 😊
Fabulous video Charlie, the furthest I manage these days is off the bike and into cafe/pub (Emphysema/Heart Disease. So it's great to see some of the places people like yourself visit as I can't manage them myself. Thank You XX
I'm glad you're enjoying the series Christopher. 😊
Another excellent video Charlie makes me want to pack saddle bags and get going stay staff 🏍x
You should! 😊
A another enjoyable vlog Charlie really enjoying this mini series ❤
Glad you enjoy it! 😊
I love motorcycling through Normandy ….. The D999 is a lovely road . Good video Charlie
Glad you enjoyed it. 😊
Don't feed the seagulls naughty girl!!! Great video keep up the good work
I'm just a soft touch and a rebel. 🤣
Join the club .Yippee x
Just love the sound of that engine! Sooooooo relaxing.
Very nice video series Charlie - you are very compelling to watch! Keep it going! 😊
Thanks so much! 😊
Charlie your vids are fantastic, they are a lovely reminder of why we go back over there every couple of years ! You pretty much did our route in reverse re : oradour, wheels and waves and carcassonne ! We went clockwise south over the Millau viaduct and across the south of France to thw Pyrenees ! Just love being abroad, red wine and the wrong side of the road just go hand in hand 🤣 maybe catch you on the other side ! Stay safe and good trips.......🏍
Thank you Peter. I had such a lovely time. 😊
Hi Charlie
My Dad fought at sword beach, excellent filming , with the war insert clips you had me in tears 😢. Unfortunately I lost my dad last year age 96. Thanks for the great content 😊
So sorry to hear of your loss. X
Really enjoying this series on your trip to France.
Thanks 😊
Very very emotional watching this all those men who lost there lives for us thank you for sharing Charlie
You're welcome. 🙂
Great enjoyable video Charlie, it's nice to see some of the french countryside...well done,
Thanks 👍
@@restdayrider I'm located in Australia and not likely to be able to visit your part of the world, so it's great to watch your vids....last video I asked about your pacsafe...I bought one as I can see a practical use of it...
Well done Charlie. Another interesting motovlog! On the oil front, ANY oil is better than no oil at all. Then being picky about exactly the "Grade" does have its place but you were close enough to no make a difference with the use you are putting Roger to! The "SKI RUN" Toilet section brought me back to the 1990s, at least the one you showed was clean! 😂😂.
Thank you 😊
Thank you 😊
That's not a bus, that's a sideboard on wheels. 🤣... Thanks for taking us along for the ride with you Charlie.
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Thank you for this splendid video of St MIckael Mont. You showed well the Middle Age impression we have when we climb the many steps of the village.
And you showed well the huge (pharaonic ?) works they have done for that the Mount become an island again.
By the way : what you called "french toilets" in France we call them... "turkich toilets"...🙂
Many thanks! 😊
Good morning Charlie . Thanks for taking us along on your trip , Roger is such a reliable companion .
He truly is. 😊
Hiya Charlie another great video on all your adventures 👍👍 you've gone from strength to strength since day one
Thank you. 😊
Brilliant.
I would use the beeline to navigate to various tracks in England on my 765 rs when doing trackdays. It’s perfect for popping on and off the handlebars quickly.
Keyifli bir gezi teşekkürler.
Thank you 😊
👋 just found u nice trip I’ve Ben there I use to live in France so a lot of travel ride safe cars don’t care for bikes
Merci pour ces belles images peines de tendresse et d’emotions, le peuple français ne sera jamais assez reconnaissant envers les anglais et les alliés venus mourrir sur les plages normandes pour nous délivrer du joug nazi. Et quoi de plus beau que le Mont Saint Michel pour te laisse emporter avec toi une belle image de la France. Thank you Charlie. 👏👍✌️
Merci, je suis ravie que la série vous plaise. 😊
Great trip Charlie, brings back memories of my trips in Europe on a suzuki GS750 back in the early nineties. I especially liked the sword beach piece interspersed with period photos and that poppy field. 👍
Glad you enjoyed it John.
visited that yrs ago . I believe the same gadge knocked up Marazion near Penzance.
You do need JASO spec engine oil as you have a wet clutch
Hehe, We were there on bikes like 4 weeks ago...😁 Normandie and Mont Sant Michel - nice trip. Greets from Warsaw!
Hi , glad you enjoyed it. 😊
Brilliant again, you are up there with the best. Keep them coming.
Thank you 😊
Just reminded me that I’m due an oil change. I’ll do it tomorrow.
How cool!! It’s me in your vlog. ❤
Where abouts? 😊
@@restdayrider 15:50 😉
Oh Hi again! Hope you and your mum had a good rest of your trip . 😊
Great video. Thanks for sharing this trip with us 😀
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Just done 4500 miles on my Himalayan in Scandinavia, great bikes, comfortable, easy to ride not to technically challenging and most importantly reliable. Great video, well done keep posting.
I absolutely agree, the Himmy is an amazing all round bike. 😊
I have visited the area in Normandy you are in on military tours and remember how wonderful the area is. I have watched each episode to date and all I can say is, you are giving us a brilliant insight into motorcycle touring in France. 10/10😊👍🏍
Thank you! Am glad you are enjoying the series. 😊
Another awesome video. Well done Charlie! So looking forward to the next one! Thanks so much sharing your time away. 😊
Thanks Pete. 😊
Fantastic video. Great editing. Mont Saint Michel looks epic. 👍
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Really enjoying your adventure, Charlie! Props for riding a Himi! That was my first bike that I bought back in early '21. Great little workhorse for what it is. Yes, they burn oil so I started carrying a little extra on my trips. I visited Normandy back in 2019. What an amazing trip! Spent most of the time in the Omaha Beach and surrounding areas focused on the WWII sites and such. I would love to go back and do it on a motorcycle. Cheers!
I would definitely go back and do the other Normandy beaches. 😊
The garage where you bought the oil broke my Visa card in 1986 on a tour through there. It was the only card I had then, thankfully NatWest sent me some money. In those days there was a superb camp site and cabins on the landward side of the Mont St Michel causeway.
Blimey that must have been awkward!
Brilliant series loving it. Just a note bike oil is different to car to do with the clutch.
I was just about to put that up as well, then read comments and found yours, let’s hope her clutch doesn’t start slipping.
Brilliant video Charlie and so well filmed and put together as usual. Thank you for taking us through Mont St Michael, an awesome place for sure. I’ve been to France many times but fortunately never come across those ‘hole in the ground’ toilets but knew they existed. It’s really cool that Jay has now joined you too. Really looking forward to the next instalment.
Thank you 😊
Up in Lochcarron, Johnny cash duo, 2 neet.
Left Bumble and Rebelene, back home in garage, as it’s been piss’in doon.
Trip looks good, stay safe.
Good trip! 😊
Oh how I miss travelling. What a great place to visit, thanks for taking us with you.
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
It was bugging me when the orchestra music play during the beach rocks scene... It come to me.. It's orchestra copy of rocky balboa theme.. 😊
Michel may be feminine in France. Love your solitary tour without buddies excellent! Advise that tent, do not use in windy conditions they are useless and flap about so at night sleeping may only be optional, I gave mine away after one season and now use a geodesic tent which packs smaller and wind is now not a problem. Good luck on your tours.
I'm giving it a full on test soon with the NC500. 😊
Mont Saint Michael is spectacular! Amazes me thinking of how they built it.
Truly awesome. 😊
Your foreign lingo might not be up there with Itchy Boots yet but your incidental music is by far the best of TH-cam motovloggers by a mile. Not managing to get away this summer so enjoying coming along for the ride. 🥐🥖🪗
Thank you, I appreciate that. 😊
What a fabulous series you have produced. Your footage is superb and a masterclass in how to do it right. Has taken me back 42 years, when I did a solo ride from my home in Northern Ireland to the South of France. Wonderful memories, so thank you. Can't wait to watch your other uploads. Take care and ride safely.
Thank you very much! 😊
Stunning, Charlie, just stunning - and inspirational. A long time ago there used to be a bit of a motto 'Slow down and let the paramedics get there first'. You've done that. All power to you.
Thank you. 😊
Charlie, Isn't France just great for bikes!! Empty, smooth roads with great visibility. You're very brave to do this alone (well nearly) lots of men wouldn't, but a lone female is very brave, I've followed your channel from the beginning, and your contents and filming have improved loads.
If you read the signs correctly, you'd have noticed that it actually Mont San MICHEL ie Michelle not Michael lol.
Thanks! 😃 France is amazing for roads. 😊
Hi, I'm new subscriber, and enjoy your day and channel. Regards from Portugal. Take care and ride safe ✌️😎
Thank you and welcome to the channel. 😊
Wow, that looked amazing. Thanks for sharing your adventures 👍
Thanks for watching! 😊
I'm enjoying this trip more than itchy boots trips. France is lovely. Bike is lovely. I get that sense of freedom just watching.
Wow, high praise indeed. 😊
@@restdayrider Well she changed from the Himalayan too. I like the Himalayan and the classic. I hope to do it myself one day. I'd need to do my A2 first.
Great videos loved the trip mount st micheal what a place ❤
It really is stunning. 😊
I’ve been to all the DDay beaches many times. Sword beach in particular. La breche is the place my father landed (Ted Pritchard 3 troop, no 3 commando) you can park almost on the beach. I was there on my motorbike, beginning of May. If you go again, look for the statue of piper Bill Millin exact spot no 3 commando came ashore.
I'll remember that for next time, I imagine I'll be back. 😊
Where you parked and met Marcin, if you had taken the road North off that very rbt - you would have been on the eastern side of Sword beach!.... You are able to drive down to Swrod later on and there are parking sections off the roads as well.......
Nice video skills Charley, About the oil, please let your friends educate you on oil, for wet-clutch and dry clutch(cars), for a motorcycle with wet-clutch(Himalayan), you need a special motorcycle oil with additives, which they normally dont carry at service stations!!! The engine will be fine, but the clutch can become grabby over time?? Loking like a wet home trip!
I'm always open to education, I deemed in this case some oil was better than a dry and seized engine and take the risk of a slipping clutch til I get home. 😊
Too right Charlie. Any oil is true. However change it when you get back as sticky plates a pain
Most oils of the right viscosity are ok, but car oils tend to have additives which can make a wet clutch slip - your clutch runs in oil as it is a "wet" clutch whereas most ordinary cars have a dry clutch. The oil also acts as a coolant so you can hold your bike in gear with the clutch level pulled, a practise not recommended for 2 stroke engine bikes.. I very much doubt that a top up with car oil will do any harm to your bike or clutch. Probably the easiest place to find top up oil in small quantities is a supermarket.
I was thinking the same as I made that mistake years ago....
Just charming. I love this jaunt around France
Thank you John. 😊
I always carry a 500mil container of oil when doing a long ride and usually I am not the person who uses it. Your posts are getting better all the time
Thank you. 😊
Brillient videos, go Roger, I have got to get some touring done in Europe
I highly recommend it. , 😁
I'm enjoying the series thank you
Excellent stuff Charlie! I feel like I'm there. Some great filming especially at St Michael. Keep 'em coming. Ride safe.
Thanks, you too! 😊
Definitely my favourite youtuber,from one NHS Worker to another, I hope our paths cross one day.keep up the great work.
Wouldn't that be unusual! 😊
Charlie Thank you for taking us along with you, I'll never get to see this places in my life time
You are very welcome. 😊
I was just there two weeks ago, wonderful and beautiful country. Very historical and significant area.
It really is! 😊
Well at 2.09 is exactly what I mentioned in previous video, French drivers don't always stop for pedestrians at crossing as you'll see , it's crazy right, but other parts of France particularly in the south I found they do stop - Go figure. I stopped at that café at the mount, but was a little late in the day to catch the bus over so thanks for showing us that was very interesting. That village decimated during war is an eery place, when I was there I stood and tried hard to visualise what the poor folk went through, how any human can such things to others is beyond me. Another well presented video thumbs up from me.
It was rather confusing!
Places of interest so well covered by you can't wait to see.more,brought back wonderful memories of when my wife and I were young and saw those same sights on our motorbike ,looking forward to seeing more,thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it Chris. 😊
Another fantastic video Charlie, a nice touch adding the old photos from the beach and showing the poppy fields! Mont St Michel is so beautiful👌Worth putting your joints through the pain barrier😉What a brilliant campsite👍
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it. 😊
Fantastic motorcycling video! 😎
Glad you liked it! 😊
@@restdayrider very much Thank you for doing them!! 😃
Hi Charlie, you are doing very well to sort things out as you go. Nice views to share with us.
I endorse the views made in other comments about the oil. Check the spec and suitability for bikes with wet clutches. I saw somewhere that the Himalayan is prone to using oil; just as well you have some on board at all times. If the container says Motorcycle Oil or has a picture of a bike it will probably be OK.
Thanks for the tips! 😊
I was in France Dec 2020/Jan 2021 and not much was open because of Covid, the villages were so quiet. It doesn’t look much different? Where is everyone? Freddie Dobbs mentioned the bike using oil too. Nice video and some lovely roads to explore. 👍
I was amazed how abandoned the villages seemed too! 😊
great stuff, I keep saying to my self, I will visit one day to see sword beach were my dad landed on Dday, but I never seem to make the effort to go. at 69 now, I probably never will.
the "mont" realy is a fantastic monument/histarical building.
If you want to do it, make it happen. Life is too short. 😊
My late Father Landed on Sword
Beach in 1944 .
Another great video Charlie 👍 very enjoyable..
Thank you. 😊
Another fantastic video Charlie
Many thanks! 😊
Hi Charlie, a very interesting video , very small villages and lovely countryside apart from Mont Saint-Michal which was fascinating.
Thank you. 😊
He loves a church on an island does St Michael, he's got one in Cornwall too. 😅
Enjoying your trip, I remember my first time, I was getting names wrong and parking a long way away and walking to places. I did chuckle when you called it Mont st (micheal) not michel. (Mee-shell).
Would love to know your route as I would have loved so inside info from people on places to see.
I try and include a pic of the route on most journeys. 😊
Memories... I went to Mont St Michelle in 1985 age 22 with my mate David. We could ride right up to it then. The weather was just like that. and roads look the same too. Awsome. Thanks.
That would be fabulous to ride up to it, but I see why the bridge is there now. 😊
@@restdayrider Just had a look on google maps, you can see a few cars parked almost at the front door. The road used to go up to there and people parked wherever they could. Cars coaches and bikes on the road and the sand. We camped at Carrolles, up the coast a few miles. That was 38 years ago and it seems like last week... Holley Molley!!!
Hi Charlie. This is Marcin and greetings from Poland. Nice to see your whole trip around France. Very inspiring. Well done! See you somewhere on the road. Maybe Spain? 😊
Hi Marcin! Great to hear from you, remind me of your Channel so I can follow. 😊
it's not a channel :) it's rather records from motorcycling trips. youtube.com/@marcinadv2360
I'm a history buff, so I'd like to visit the Normandy beaches. My grandfather and his brothers were in the Pacific theater, but it's still very interesting to me. Nicely done video.
Glad you enjoyed it. 😊
In a word amazing
Thank you 😊