Motorcycle Adventure: Ferry Ride to France

After a fully loaded journey, Charles visits New Haven, stays with a local, and pays respects to his great-great-uncle at a memorial.

### Solo Motorcycle Journey from UK to France: A Personal and Historical Adventure
* 🏍 A solo female motorcyclist embarks on a journey from the UK to France, starting in **New Haven** and crossing the **English Channel** by ferry.
* The rider, named Charlie, documents her trip through video recordings, including **packing her motorcycle**, **boarding the ferry**, and **exploring various locations in France**.
* 🌊 The journey includes visits to historical sites, such as memorials for World War I soldiers, including **Charlie's great-great-uncle who died in the Battle of the Somme**.
* 🚦 The rider navigates through different towns, interacts with locals, and experiences the French countryside, capturing moments of both **adventure and reflection**.
* The trip involves challenges like **GoPro mount repairs**, **language barriers**, and **unfamiliar road signs**, adding to the **authenticity of the travel experience**.
* 🧀 Charlie enjoys local cuisine, including **falafels and cheese**, and stays in **different accommodations** along the way.
* 🛣 The journey is a mix of **personal exploration, historical discovery, and motorcycle travel**, showcasing the unique blend of **adventure and introspection** that solo travel can offer.

High well, it is Monday late afternoon. It is hotter than hell, it's about 25 degrees, and I am melting. Roger is all packed up. He's ready to go, so my tent and everything. It's all got this pack safe mesh padlocked, everything secure. So if I do leave it in Services, it's a deterrent. These are all full, these are all locked. A tank bag. I need to stop and get some fuel. I've stuck this on there to put the weight on this side of the bike rather than having everything else in my other little panty on this side, and that's it. He is fully loaded, and we're ready to go. I'm gonna go and get some fuel. I'm gonna fill up my tank spare tank, and then I'm gonna head down south to New Haven, and I'm gonna stay with a lady who I found on bunk a biker. If you haven't heard of that, I'll put a link in. It's pretty impressive. Maybe I'll talk about it on route, right.

catch on the flip side. Okay, tank is fueled. Spur tank is fueled. I've got some water. Time to go see. There's other people riding on the motorway in short sleeves t-shirts. Just can't bring myself to do it. I'd really like to but actually I quite like my skin on my body. All my vent flaps open. [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you. Foreign [Music] Blue Sky will take us home. [Applause] we'll take it easy. We'll take it slow. It's a good day for the road. [Music] have a good trip. This is the official start. So that was amazing. I really appreciated. Oh my goodness. Foreign [Music] not sticking. [Music] okay apparently I'm three minutes from the ferry which is good. Sue's giving me a um little packed breakfast to take with me which is good because I'm actually feeling a little bit hungry. I'll help you put the side stand up first Charles. [Music] New Haven. I don't even know where I want.

to go oh soon to be going across the thingy. This is a train track. It's not what I want uh. Ferry this way okay. Oh gosh, this is exciting and nerve-wracking all up to once. [Music] t999 RDR. [Music] There is a boat. Oh my goodness gracious me. Charles, what are you doing foreign? [Music] Don't drop the bike. Don't drop the bike. Don't drop the bike. Don't drop by. [Music] So Roger's getting strapped down. There we go. Roger is all strapped up. Okay, where should we go? The bar. Oh my goodness, I did it. I'm on the ferry hot top done. Surely. I know it's time I get off. I'll be in France. Oh, where am I? Yeah, which one's this? Seven four four. [Music] Thank you foreign. [Music] [Music] Surprise. [Music] [Music] [Applause] foreign. [Music] [Music] 'Cause I've got a baguette strapped to my bike foreign. [Applause]

[Music] Get some water. [Applause] That's better. [Applause] So night one for ease tonight's dinner is falafels with sun-dried tomatoes and couscous and stuff. And because I haven't actually eaten an awful lot today, um, I've also got a baguette which I was gonna have for breakfast with some cheese, but I might end up being a midnight snack. I've got so much to do tonight. I need a plumber. I'm going tomorrow, and I've got to fix my GoPro, and I've got to download all the footage from today so that I've got brand new SIM cards here though. I've done it. I've done day one. [Music] So we're doing some running repairs on the GoPro pills a sticky tin mount. I think it failed because of the Heat potentially. We're trying to find a way of securing this back on here. Maybe foreign. Yes, let's celebrate with some cheese. I love cheese. [Music]

so wet in already. [Music] No, you're in France, Charlie. It's not morning, it's bonjour. Today I'm heading to sleep well, and I don't want to do the toll road. Let's do that one right, stay on the right. So last night was actually very close to the sea. So that's the sea there. Oh, there's Cliffs of it anyway. [Music] All right, let's just see if we can go find. [Music] And stationed essence. [Music] I am in Albert, which is cunning because that was my dad's name. Hi, Dad. [Music] [Music] It's gonna be somewhere to get cash out here. [Music] All right, wow, I have no idea where I am, but there seem to be bikes here. [Music] [Music] Okay, you've found somewhere for E10. [Music] Bonjour, did you see on clay? Yeah, yeah, show treasure. I went to two, okay, oh, two days. So the Bank water Billy miles go forward, yeah, yeah.

okay, yeah, okay, thank you very much. Sleep well. Here we come. You've got to stop, sir, because there's a stop sign there. Oh, cows. Lumu cows. More lumu. Cows. Wow. [Music] I hear it. [Music] Visitor Center is, and again. [Music] Ah, you see, next to another cycle from the UK. Oh, there you go. [Music] Thank you. So, I bought my notebook, and my mum gave me some details. So, while we're wandering up here, I'm looking for Memorial name of Thomas Fraser. And Thomas Fraser was my great-great uncle, and he was a lieutenant in the Essex regiment. Um, and he actually died on the first day of the song. So, great-great uncle Thomas. Um, yeah. So, he died, unfortunately, on the first day of the psalm of the battle. He died on the 1st of July, 1916. Uh, he was only born in 1880, so that makes him 20, 36. Hmm, about six. Um, his body was never found, apparently. Rumor has it, according to the

records. Then he went out on a bit of a recce to go and have a look and was caught by a sniper. So I've got a service number, and I've got the pier number that he should be up here. This is a memorial to the missing, and great-great-uncle Thomas certainly was missing. He never found him. Foreign. Okay, so somewhere on Pier 10D is my great-great-uncle Fraser. Oh, quite handily, it's in alphabetical order. Okay, I have found him. So that's the Oxford Regiment, that's the Essex Regiment. All of that is the Essex Regiment. However, all of those last three columns will, one, two, three, those columns are all privates. This one here with the majors and sergeants, and then under lieutenant, I have found Fraser. Key, not there. I'm gonna see if I can get a close-up picture. Oh, thank you. Foreign. Thank you. Foreign. Thank you. Foreign.

Motorcycle Touring in France - Part 1

Rest Day Rider

The speaker is getting ready for a motorcycle trip to New Haven, staying with someone from "Bunk A Biker.

" They make a stop to fuel up and receive a packed breakfast for the journey.

The speaker emphasizes the importance of safety, expressing reluctance to ride in just a t-shirt despite the hot weather.

A traveler documents their journey from the UK to France via ferry, expressing excitement and nerves.

The journey includes strapping a bike, enjoying a meal on the ferry, and making plans for the upcoming days.

The speaker travels through France, reminiscing about family and enjoying the scenery.

They make a stop to learn about a relative who died in the Battle of the Somme.

The journey is filled with moments of appreciation and reflection.

The Search for Great-Great-Uncle Fraser in the Memorial

The speaker is searching for their great-great-uncle Thomas at a memorial for the missing soldiers.

They locate Thomas Fraser's name on Pier 10D, listed under the Essex Regiment.

The speaker expresses gratitude for finding Thomas's name and shares their experience of the search.

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