Travel from Reims in France to the border with Switzerland in Montbeliard, France.
On the way, came across the birthplace of Joan of Arc.
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The plan was to get from Reams in France to Mont Bellard which was the next hotel on the borders with Switzerland all in a day W that was the plan you put the card in here there and then um this was the view that greeted us
Early in the morning on Saturday it had been raining all night and woke up late missed most of the breakfast that was available still plenty to eat but we had to get on our way it’s nearly 12:00 so we’re leaving quite late we’re on our way to Mont pelo which
Is near the border with Switzerland it’s 217 Mi away I’m taking the hopefully the scenic r route let me start this bike up it’s been raining all night it’s still quite warm so it’s crazy my battery on the on my phone it’s gone down I didn’t
Charge it up last night I’ve got the charger on here and right let’s get this guy yeah it’s 21° but it feels much warmer than that so no entry that way but here I come which way from here it’s up that way yeah running alongside may be a river I’m not
Sure very quiet it’s a bit wet lot of traffic lights don’t see any speed cameras look at this it’s quite nice so we had to uh pull over because the navigation on the phone kept playing up kept redirecting us on to the motor way
When we were trying to keep to the uh uh Scenic routeway this is the beauty of going through these uh smaller road driving than the motorway you see a bit of town a bit of farm I mean look at that beautiful so we’re going through some town now and we’re in Ru
H barrier so there’s a train line that goes through here oh reminds me of the Jesse James days it’s saying on here it’s 163 mil ofal left where we are going is well it’s gone up to 200 now because we’re looking for petrol station where to let’s have a look petrol stations
Here we go there’s one inter March 30 that’s 2.6 mil go right which way and I hope it’s open as well it’s say G but that way isn’t it well that might be the closest one if that’s the one we’ll do that one p your legs though because we need a bit of
A wow wow I got some messages as well so um Bob was sending me messages so let me have a look one oh oh it’s uh it’s Australia against okay that’s why it’s so quiet out here Bob so who’s winning I don’t know where we are and we’re running out of fuel so
Um yeah so here we are and look there’s my young hero young padwan and uh but yeah look we’re in the middle of nowhere I wonder it’s quiet because um maybe the French are losing or something anyway turning back slightly it says it’s only 10 minutes away for this uh petrol
Station and it started bucketing around as well so it’s we’re going back the way we came I don’t see any VOR station obviously we we were we came this way so all this wheat oh it’s down there it’s saying losing my bearings Here so Avenue Del CL this is um under normal circumstances are quite enjoy the is but I just want to find station son’s hungry as well this is oh here comes the car see he’s he’s doing me favors thank you that was quite nice with it know thing is I’m a bit worried because everything seems closed
He comes roundabout going do a left here there’s a salon that’s open Barber is this is this Andre magino so that’s that’s the guy who was um is that the magino line that was drawn where it would stop the Germans coming over or something doing the first Great
War it’s telling me to turn left here I have BMW to F for this if it’s correct and it it does look like it is oh it’s a 24hour self service station in there so there’s no there’s nothing here for you to eat oh yes yeah go on so we found it
Right put some um card details in first so let’s do that first can you read French take it on Tre um this uh let me ask these people um hello uh you you put um sorry hi all right just wondering you you put the card in here there and
Then and then petrol yeah okay um okay yeah that’s all right it’s going to be that one but this one yeah yeah oh yeah that’s okay okay please wait and then oh okay m that’s my problem I I fix it yeah it’s okay I use another card but
That’s how you do it yeah and then and then then and finish yeah um if you want acket oh you say yes or no okay I’ll receipt yeah yeah okay oh no no no yeah it’s this one yeah e yeah okay pin okay oh yeah maybe problem with my card
Okay no you can’t put the Petrol in first they won’t let you to put theet in sorry oh yeah Boutique wait down there yes okay I don’t understand um if uh if you don’t pay with your car yeah uh you can probably ask to the boutique okay it’s the same Boutique oh
Okay which one is this one we oh okay okay okay okay so how I how I go there just go like this yeah it’s okay I’m going to first I’m going to see if I can fix this if not I go there okay thank you very much thank you let
See and hopefully this tank will be full don’t have to worry about fuel for next until probably tomorrow let’s have a look let’s have a look ah that one see how much fuel I’ve got in here 3 and right we’ve got 364 uh 365 miles we can travel
Now right I I am going to hurry up now cuz I I’m getting tired riding the bike and I think you need food as well IIM just found little if you want to get some fruit or some bananas or whatever or any food or do this all sandwiches in There yeah so we went into Littles which is down there and then guess what we come back with that yeah so what do you want to eat you want to have something now yes sorry yeah you’re not for friends you’re not for here no okay I apologize no worries no doesn’t matter
We have got a problem with our car and we’re looking for a garage oh okay on Satur yeah it’s very quiet I know I it’s problem yeah it’s a problem because somay they send us over here to that garage it says holiday yes yes unfortunately now we’re
Going to ask inside where you from Holland Holland okay okay so you’re on a trip as well yeah yeah and we we stayed in Paris and we now go to stasb oh but our car is uming Gaz Oh okay little so it’s a problem you don’t have any
Like insurance or mechanical thing I don’t know break down no yeah no we are not uh not ins short but we can call them but we try we first wanted to try yeah no no that’s fair enough yeah yeah yeah because it’s a lot
Of money you have to pay but I know if it’s so it’s so but yeah yeah try yeah I mean yeah I’m afraid yeah I don’t know you can’t see everything from above and if you find a garage that’s open at this time it’s still possible that’s yeah get
It done yeah I understand but wor going the next option yeah yeah absolutely ask one of the drivers maybe they know ask thank you yeah good luck yeah and have a good thank you very much it is a bit of pain neck isn’t it putting on the helmet
Anything see even though we’ve got enough time yeah yeah we’re going uphill this is a bit I don’t like cuz I’d hate to stop here oh I like this this is preparing us for the St pass as we were passing these Villages a plaque caught my attention it
Bore the name of Joan of Ark and we decided to investigate is this where she’s is she a fictional character or is she real oh it shows how much we know let’s have a look we’re too tired to get off and have a look at that statue so let’s just go
Around and have a look there there is her Jihan theork it’s got something about 1853 or something wow just a couple of minutes [Applause] here 1855 e Paul he the guy who built this Monument Patron s of France oh what yeah oh okay it’s nice and peaceful here and it’s 24° it’s
Lovely right and look there there is a hotel there yeah joh dark all right so monuments histories and sites oh okay it’s like a oh wow there’s something going on here so maybe it’s got something to do with j v definitely has okay we’re going to get back on our
Way should we just have a quick look something else caught my attention there some little building on top of this hill thought I’d investigate this one as well oh that’s my excuse to get a stretch my legs man just a couple of seconds here I just saw this I just thought what’s
This stained glass windows broken drainage wow we just came up there um I don’t know if we are allowed through there because there’s a sign I’m not sure what it’s saying it’s got a no entry thing but thank you thank you amazing scenery here between hope FR S A Punch all right let’s
Go old with a new I think a lot of people use firewood here here a lot of Staff of them we’re 71 mil away oh wow the bells are totally here this is an amazing Place Little Village Beautiful that’s a nice little shop what’s all this I don’t know what they’re celebrating near arrived at Mont pelo and it’s uh less than half a mile away 2 minutes and uh the temperature here is 28° I just can’t believe it we’re near the border with the uh with
Switzerland so I would have thought it’ be this is probably high up in in the mountain looks like nice it’s got buses which are resemble the Bendy buses of the old bendy buses that Boris bought out wow got petol station here so I know where to come tomorrow okay so there’s the bus
Station so oh here it is I’m not sure where we’re supposed to park It wow let’s go inside find out what the score is I don’t like it when this place like this I suppose it might be in here we might have to park in here I’ve got an issue with that but did you leave this open it was open anything fly
Out no oh we still got these yeah nice nice for this the IIs is Oh that might be the underground parking I think that’s the parking underneath which is pretty cool yeah it is cuz most of the hotels have it Wicked thanks oh that’s been a long journey hello hi um I have a booking for today yeah uh
Dar D yes Mr D to yeah yes thank you very much one night yeah that’s right I got a bike out there is it down Park in underground oh brilliant it’s you don’t forget to ring and me I open the door before to go in underground the price
Is9 on 50 cents okay that’s for you y right so um we need to get some boxes off there so I bring the boxes in first then take it down or is there entrance underneath to for the you uh you can uh you can uh entrance in the park park
Your bike and after you have a direct access okay okay it’s the same okay no problem wow I love it ooh after parking up the bike in the garage basement decided to go look for me the basement itself was extensive quite large all right yeah just check this out man this is
Uh you know what the temperature is here what’s the temperature show You2 22 right now and there’s going to be a thunderstorm uhoh it’s going to be a thunderstorm but I can tell you now that’s day off I we haven’t had any proper food why is the focus so hard it’s so B
Me hey I have a look at this we just went into a shop and uh the guy I was asking him where at we get some food and his name was aiz I didn’t know he was a he was from Afghanistan he gave us Ru
Haa rava he gave it on the house and uh ibraim is happy with it I’m happy with it um but he said try some other places there’s hardly any place you can find around here man so rasa to everybody rasa come to a restaurant it’s somewhere
In here Mont b or whatever what’s this place for Bella pasta and um we uh we’ve been looking around for some uh food to eat in this evening the whole Hotel doesn’t have anything so we’ come here better pasture I’ve L the guys U the owners the ones
Who work here they said it’s Halal so we’ ordered some burgers and Uh see how it goes get what do you want tomorrow something normal like a sand yeah well you seen how it is