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[erbas]

Great trip - I did something similar last year doing the passes of Switzerland, went down through the Black Forest and back up through the Vosges mountains.

A couple of things (just in case you don't know, if you do, then apologies)

- you need to buy a motorway pass when you enter Switzerland. Cost is about £33-ish depending on the exchange rate. And you MUST display this. Police get very upset if you don't and will fine you.
- DO NOT SPEED IN SWITZERLAND! They have a zero tolerance policy, and the fines are extreme. Watch the video below if in doubt (watch from about 7.35 in to about 13.00 - 4,000 Euro fine, instant 3 month ban!!).
- In Switzerland and France they have weird mobile speed camera's. They look a little bit like trailers with a short radio mast on, and are left by the side of the road, and hard to spot.
- If you do the Vosges mountains, don't "play" with the locals - they know the roads! Also do watch some of the hairpins on the ride up - don't ask me why, but on some of the hairpins themselves they have replaced the road with cobbles - not the thing to discover at the last moment!
- Always worthwhile carrying a clothes peg with you - handy for clipping things like tunnel passes or credit cards to you or your bike (you'll find you'll need your credit card for a lot of the French motorway tolls)
- France closes on a Sunday. And I do mean closes! Fuel is generally only available at Supermarkets and by credit card at the pump

Do enjoy the trip though, the views and the passes are just fantastic!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL3v-VvmRhs

in France and Switzerland you may also go to jail for speeding.

[Icebreaker]