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2019 is H-C Travel's Silver Jubilee year - we've been organising tours around the world since 1994!
To celebrate, let us take you to the very soul of American music and along some of the twistiest roads in the world. We've a very special 15 day motorcycle adventure for you 'LIVE' In The Deep South from Nashville to New Orleans.
We’ll ride America’s most famous stretch of road – the Tail of the Dragon – so good we ride it twice... Along the way is some impressive scenery – the Great Smoky Mountains, Cumberland Falls State Park and the mighty Mississippi River and Delta.
We'll be submersed in blues, country, jazz, bluegrass, R’n’B, rock and roll, rockabilly and all shades in between.
Your guide, Marc Sloan, is looking forward to taking you on this ride down musical memory lane. Here's a quick video intro from Marc
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I used to like the idea of being spontaneous and also did not fancy using a sat nav however once you have tried to get a room somewhere to find you cannot get one as they are full due to a local festival, over priced (Italy circa 2001, 11 pm in a roadside motel style @ €175 comes to mind) , you cannot find one (sounds strange I know but there are miles and miles of nothing in parts of Germany - well apart from excellent scenery) and to book into somewhere and find it awful, we now do as above - i.e. find a final destination and plan route around it.
We use a combination of Biker Friendly accommodation on www.thebikerguide.co.uk and if there is nothing in the area we want we also look on booking.com.
We did a trip a couple of years ago with the final destination being Colditz Castle, which you can stay in. Went in July for 3 ish weeks with everything booked, set into sat nav and you know what - thank goodness as it rained everyday but one. We would set off with the next place in the sat nav - take off route when we wanted and arrive at destination stress free.
We stayed at some great places, travelled fantastic roads and routes, ate well, found our way easy even with the many roadwork diversions and would pass by others at the side of the road battling with a big wet soggy map to find their way. We did also pack a map as back-up or to look at a vaster area on a larger scale, however we are happy to say it return dry and not soggy.
I think once you have used a sat nav on a big trip which gets you to destinations easy, gets you out of a diversion and back on route, helps you navigate/find food and petrol, you wonder what you did before the United States military released the technology for GPS!
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On the 1st - 2nd September 2018, the third Isabena Rallye will take place, around the beautiful Isabena Valley. 
It doesn’t matter if you drive a Enduro motorcycle, a sport motorcycle or a touring motorcycle or how much experience you have. The slogan of the rallye is: 2 Days of Fun!
The rallye is for motorcycles only and the participant will ride mostly on paved roads.
Further more we will organize some special tests as well as some off-road sections which will require your skills, but also require a pinch of luck. Perfect are motorcycles with which you can easily ride a 200km day trip through this unique part of the Pyrenees, as well as a few kilometers on simple off-road tracks.
The rallye will be organized in a way so that you can finish in a good position even if you don’t like to ride the off-road sections or the special test.
For the final we will set up another tricky challenge with our own off-road motorcycle for the top riders.
Isabena Rallye Trailer
www.isabena.eu
Article supplied by Camping & Bungalowpark Isábena
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Debi Trevett joins H-C Travel, as travel agency manager and motorcycle tours sales and operations manager for Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Debi previously worked for Trailfinders for 10 years, latterly as their product manager for Africa. Debi joins Linda Kember, North American sales and operations manager responsible for Orange & Black motorcycle tours and rentals, and Carol Hooker, responsible for Asia and Latin America.
David Grist, owner of H-C Travel, said: ‘Debi brings a wealth of experience and expertise to H-C Travel, and I’m delighted to welcome her on board. Our success is based on our professional, personal approach to motorcycle touring, our unique business model, and our passion for travel. Debi is a great fit and reflects our approach perfectly. I’m looking forward to working with her.'
H-C Travel Ltd was established in 1994 and is the UK's leading specialist operator of fly - ride motorcycle tours to destinations around the world. Based in Overton, Hampshire it also has a retail travel agency for the North Hampshire/Berkshire borders (serving the area between Basingstoke, Newbury, Winchester and Andover.) Its Orange & Black brand offers Harley-Davidson authorised guided tours, self-guided tours and rentals in the USA. H-C Travel is uniquely positioned in the UK motorcycle tour market with professional travel industry recognition, ATOL bonding and TTA membership.
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Visit them all when staying in these fab-u-lous lodges in Bath, Somerset!
Lovely lodges for Bikers to stay in Somerset, where a warm welcome awaits from owner Chris (a Biker himself) who can assist with local routes and places to head to...
Fabulous facilities including hot-tubs, outdoor heated swimming pool, a gym with sauna, barbeque, sun terrace and ample seating areas for you to enjoy the peace and tranquillity of your surroundings.
Set within the beautiful village of Camerton, near to the historic Roman city of Bath, luxurious self-catering holiday accommodation, ideally situated for enjoying all that Somerset and Wiltshire has to offer!
Two lodges (sleeping 4+2) and two first floor studio apartments (sleeping 2+2), with fully equipped kitchens, welcome pack with complimentary toiletries and no hidden extras, as electricity, bed linen and towels are all included in the price.
Purbeck Holiday Lets are within an easy ride to Longleat, Priston Mill. Wookey Hole Caves. Glastonbury and Stonehenge. Free Wi-Fi. Motorcycle washing facilities. Private parking, with CCTV and security systems
where: Bridge Place Road, Camerton, Bath, Somerset, BA2 0PD
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