Europe|Spring '24: Day 10|An unexpected fail whilst motorcycle touring across France|BMWR1200GSA 

We all have days where no matter what you do everything goes wrong-love the show

Enjoying this! Since the start of this vlog i start my weekends after working the whole week with your videos on friday evenings, thanks! ride safe!

What a day you have had steve. No way. The tent at the end of the day you had aaaaaaahhhhh.

Still really enjoying this trip. An excellent series.

Great video Steve you stay so positive. If everything was easy it would be forgotten, you always remember the challenges. Look forward to next week's video.

This is such a great series of videos Steve, I admire your spirit of adventure and wish I could emulate it more. Sorry to see you had a problem with your accommodation which is one of the things that make me anxious about not planning everything in advance. Regarding the camera, I understand GoPro's are renowned for the sorts of problems you have. I have three DJI Osmo Action 4 cameras (one for my helmet, one for my wifes' helmet and one for my dash), and we both have DJI MIc 2's bluetoothed to the cameras to capture our conversations. They work brilliantly and have never let us down, and being a Bluetooth connection, totally waterproof.

I feel for you this one. Just back from theEU and had a few curveballs due to my new UK phone provider and a hotel that was closed. There is nothing to be done except get on, as you have done. Great video Steve!

One of those days i guess Steve, it happens eh? Your calm approach to the issues is admirable sir. Kind regards pal.

Not a bad result after ,better to have the tent fail on lovely evening like that than some night when it's chucking it down 😂

Ohhh and forgot to mention Steve .. Always carry some tent peg repair sleeves. Cost a few ££’s and work well on situations like you had . Hopefully you got it all sorted and managed a decent nights sleep

You have a lot more patience than me I'd be booked into a nice hotel after about 30 minutes..love the videos 👍

AirBnB 'We'll help you find somewhere else' 🤣🤣 Never ignore your 'gut instinct'. If it feels 'dodgy' look for something else. Sometimes, like it or not you just have to pay more...

You have so much patience Steve. And to end such a challenging day with a broken tent! Another enjoyable video. Looking forward to your Black Forest adventure with Ben on his Tiger 😊

Great episode again Steve . Always sit with anticipation waiting for your videos . Would you not consider a road tyre , if you’re planning on doing trips with your son ? Never had issues with Airbnb but sometimes as you say go with your gut feeling . Bit of an arse though. I had issues with my gono similar to yours , and a new SD card sorted it not had issues since ( although I tend to use insta more now )

Because it’s a go pro got a DJI action 4 with DJI mic 2 which can be Bluetooth so no cable and can use even when raining 👍 keep up the great vids try the Dunlop trail max raids 👍

Steve carry a Swiss Army knife to open been bottles, can also be used in other countries too ! Seriously I’m really enjoying your journey and glad you got this camp site in the end, quite a result 👍🏻 oops should have watched the last few seconds, new tent required 😢

Excellent Steve u legend

Excellent, very interesting videos. It gives me great incentive to go over the water and tour more often. Keep 'em coming Steve !!

Municiple campsite in Troyes (east) Camping by the Lakes d’Orient also to the east. Troyes has many great restaurants and bars in the old town we always make it our last night out on the way back to the crossing home on our bike trips. Great series Steve. Thanks for sharing 😊

Hi Steve great production as always I can’t see past Switzerland just now love it I’m also planning a trip with my son in October that’s the only time we can fit it in doing France really looking forward to it and testing my new bike thanks for sharing Steve great as always Steven 👍

I’d be fuming with that Airbnb. Luckily it wasn’t one where you were arriving late or would have been in bother. I’m touring Norway now and used the tent last night. Couldn’t sleep, back was aching, so uncomfortable. Just realising I’ve aged past tent lifestyle!

Hiya Steve, looked like you had a bit of a long day. I bet that pizza and beer went down well. Did you get any sleep? Another great video, see you in the next one.

Hi Steve, this is the first time I have commented on this trip, I did on the all of the Morocco adventure blogs. Think you produce great video blogs 👏🏻👏🏻. Keep them coming.

Great episode again Steve . Always sit with anticipation waiting for your videos . Would you not consider a road tyre , if you’re planning on doing trips with your son ? Never had issues with Airbnb but sometimes as you say go with your gut feeling . Bit of an arse though. I had issues with my gono similar to yours , and a new SD card sorted it

Hi Steve just thought I would call in and leave a message to help your YT stats. Got to say I am still enjoying the videos and watching your travels. To see you ride from brilliant sunshine into snow really was amazing. Glad you got to the waterfall in time as well. I am guessing Switzerland will be the most expensive place you visit. Glad your like myself and stick to the speed limits as the lads on 44Teeth or at least one of them did got caught speeding and the fine they incurred was horrendously expensive. Looking forward to catching up on your other adventures. Regards Ted

Good milage on your tyre's Steve. I have a k1600 i can get between 6 and 8000 miles, depending on how i ride and for a 430 kilos bike not bad. Enjoying your video's. Safe riding dude. 👍😁

Great vid… I’m currently in northern Italy having ridden over the Gotthard Pass yesterday… there are still lumps of snow at the top!

Hi Steve, I have replaced all of my NoPro's with DJI 4's recently with all the problems I've had anyhow thats not the point I wanted to make. I learned when my HoplessPro's would hang or stop working and I couldn't stop to pull out the battery what I would do is "hold and press the mode button (on the side) and the record button (on the top)" for about 20 seconds (press these buttons together) and this should restart or reset the battery and it should boot up again and start recording correctly.

I tried Air b&b a few years ago. Never in a million years again.

Sat Nav - Will it accept some way points ? Plan the route, follow the plan 🤷‍♂️

Oh my gosh, your luck truly failed you on this episode. At least it was a lovely camp site

The nav6 has been a major disappointment to me with everything from inputting destinations to the routes and planning. The new connected navigator has been fantastic and in a different league, so far faultless but expensive.

A strange choice of tyres for that trip. The Adventures will be far better.