Route 2012

Brainstorming Map

Here there is a googlemap to share interesting projects/places/actions/camps/etc that you might think biketour could visit this year. This is now really full of great projects but we will always be looking for more contacts so please add to this: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=202614598037844903493.0004b87154a1e6e346552&msa=0

Day by Day plan

THIS ROUTE IS NOT FINAL, IT WILL STILL CHANGE!!!

The tour begins on 9th July and ends on 16th September, making 70 days in total (23 days in July, 31 days in August & 16 days in September)

6-9th July Biketour preparation weekend at Can Masdeu (Barcelona)

(5th July - go to Can Masdeu, set up shade water etc.) 6th July - Meet at Can Masdeu, cook together, set up camp and get ready for critical mass, leave Can Masdeu at 7pm for to arrive 8pm critical mass, Arc de Triomf (or get ready in calle Princesa) 7th July - Fall in love with your bike day 12-3pm at Biciclot, shared comida, basic bike maintenance and getting ready for the road 8th July Deggrowth Biketour Open day at Can Masdeu 11.00h-18.00h, build rocket stove, degrowth workshop, movie screening 9th July BIKETOUR BEGINS For more details visit preparation weekend 2012

Catalonia

• 6-9 July Barcelona

Host: Can Masdeu See: preparation weekend 2012

• 9 July Can Masdeu > Kan Pasqual

Host: Kan Pascual Activity:Bicicletada en defensa de Collserola i contra Eurovegas (Bikeride in defence of Collserola mountain and against Eurovegas) 10h. Leave from Can Masdeu 12h. Meet Vallvidrera, Pl. Mont d'Orsà (where we find out more information about the two struggles). 14h. Open lunch at Kan Pasqual (people need to bring something to share) Distance: 20km Notes: Also a time for last bike adjustments

• 10th July Barcelona > Vallbona d'Anoia

Host: Ca l'afou Activity: On the way cycle via LLobregat Delta for EuroVegas Action & Visit [http://www.calrosset.com/ Can Rosset], Camille's food coop Distance: 90km Notes:(perhaps take off a day here and stay a day in Terrassa instead?)

• 11th July Ca l'afou (Vallbona d'Anoia)

Host: Ca l'afou Activity: Work day Distance: Notes:

• 12th July Ca l'afou (Vallbona d'Anoia)

Host: Ca l'afou Activity: Work day Distance: Notes:

• 13 July Vallbona d'Anoia > La Llagosta, Barcelona

Host: Can Piella Activity: we could try to go to Can Tobella for Lunch on the way? - maybe a bit too up hill for just a short lunch visit. Fiesta. Distance: 60km Notes:

• 14 July La Llagosta, Barcelona

Host: Can Piella Distance: 0Km Notes: Work day

• 15 July La Llagosta > San pol de mar

Host: through Iago Activity: Iago - Artist friend of Francois is helping to organise a Degrowth and poetry evening Distance: 47km Notes:

• 16 July San pol de mar > Sant Feliu de Guixols(?)

Host: Free camp Activity: we could do an action at Tossa De Mar against construction if we can contact Naturalists Girona - Not succecuful till now Information about a nice bicycle route through an old train line from SANT FELIU DE GUÍXOLS to girona http://www.hyparion.com/web/informacio/turistica/rutesBTT/gironastfeliu.htm Distance: 54km Notes:

• 17 July Sant Feliu de Guixols > Girona

Host: Possible: Kan Kolmo or Kan Rusk (contact through Kan Kolmo) Activity: Contact with NO MAT strugle and people from the old forest protest site [1] Distance: 37km Notes:

• 18 July Girona > Crespia

Host: Can Prim Activity: Distance: 30km Notes: Invite Nuria to come and join us

• 19 July Crespia > San Climent Sescebes, Espolla - (need to check the exact place!)

Host: Can Torres - an organic wine farm Activity: Maybe an action on figueres on the way, Market day in figueres, Verd meeting and people share a meal Say hi to Can Torrent (Okupa)? Distance: 30km Notes:

France

• 20th July San Climent Sescebes > Cerbere

Host:Can Decreix Activity: Fiesta Distance: 40km Notes: Food drop?

• 21st July Cerbere

Host:Can Decreix Activity: work/rest Distance: Notes: Catch up on contacts and internet

• 22 July Cerbere > Perpignan

Host: Francois friend in Perpignan Activity: meet at Villneuve de la raho lake at 4pm, critical mass to Perpignan, eat together and have some debate Anti palm oil action Distance: 50km Notes:

• 23 July Perpignan > Sigean

Host: Laurence can receive us in their camping, in Sigean, Port la Nouvelle area (contact of Kasia and francois) Activity: Potential anti- palm oil action Distance: 48km Notes:

• 24th July Sigean > Minerve

Host: Cravirola le maquis Activity: Distance: 55km Notes: If we want to stay here then we would need to book and pay, group to decide

• 25th July Minerve

Host: Cravirola le maquis Activity: RELAX Distance: Notes: If we want to stay here then we would need to book and pay, group to decide

• 26 July Minerve > Béziers (?)

Host: Activity: Distance: 50km Notes: No contacts here yet...

• 27 July Bézier > Sète/Frontignan (?)

Host: Activity: Distance: 50km Notes: No contacts confirmed here yet...

• 28 July Sète/Frontignan > Montpellier

Host: Activity: Distance: 22km Notes: alex vieuxbiclou (only mobilephone contact) squat de marou 34 (castle) (only phone contact- contact of a house in montpleir that has contact with the squat) Marou - Causse de la selle - 34380 Chemin-de-Marou old news: http://old.squat.net/fr/news/marou300809.html

• 29 July Montpellier > Pompignan (?)

Host: Activity: Distance: 40km Notes:

• 30 July Pompignan > Sant Jean du Gard, Cevennes, La Borie

Host: Potentially La Borie Activity: finding out about the Cevennes Distance: 35km Notes: if we don't hear back from them we could go to vallette directly and have a rest day there eijamin says it's possible to just appear probably http://www.pierreseche.net/laborie.htm http://ecolieuxdefrance.free.fr/LES_SITES/Ecosite_la_Borie.htm info quiosque in the same village: http://infokiosques.net/bibliotheque152

• 31 July Sant Jean du Gard > La Valette, Robiac-Rochessadoule

Host: Potentially (near la vielle Valette) Activity: Distance: 35km Notes:

• 1st August Robiac-Rochessadoule > Berrias-et-Casteljau

Host: Activity: Visit the schoolLe Hameau de bois/la ferme des enfants Distance: 25km Notes: if no response could stay at VV longer or move on towards the gorges

• 2nd August Rest day

Host: Find camping spot Activity: Rest day réserve naturelle des gorges de l'ardèche Distance: 0km/25km (70km between Berrias-et-casteljau and Valaurie) Notes: Look into fun stuff

• 3rd August Near Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche > Valaurie

Host: Faisanderie de la Berre Activity: Distance: (70km between Berrias-et-casteljau and Valaurie) Notes:

• 4th August Valaurie > Avignon

Host: Activity: meet the serious bean project :-) Distance: 65km Notes: Need to find host

• 5th August Avignon

Host: Activity: Distance: 0km Notes:Try and meet Roulons à velo

• 6th August Avignon > Arles

Host: maybe Longo mai, la Mas de Granier or through friend of Filka if this doesn't work Activity: Distance: 50km (along the river) Notes: look for a cycle path along the river¨! Les Baux-de-Provence is really pretty says Seb

• 7th August Arles > Fos-sur-mere

Host: Activity: There is a small airport here, possible ZAD solidarity action Distance: 30km Notes: Possible detour via nice park naturel de camargue

• 8th August Fos-sur-mere > Marseille

Host: Velo Marseille workshop collective velo-en-ville Activity: Possible link to anti - water finacialisation campaign Distance: 50km Notes:

• 9th August Marseille

Host: Activity: Distance: Notes:

• 10th August - 11th August Marseille > Vaucluse

Host: Longo Mai - Cabrery Activity: Possible work day Distance: 65km Notes: Not cot confirmed whether we will stay here or Eourres for two nights

• 12th August Vaucluse > somewhere in the middle (Banon ?)

Host: Activity: Distance: 35km Notes:

• 13th August Banon > Éourres

Host: Éourres Village Activity: Link with Sens et autonomie Distance: 30km Notes: It has not been decided whether we stay here two days or in Longo mai - C. Take a day from here if needed)

• 14th August Éourres

Host: Éourres Village Activity: Distance: Notes:

• 15th August Éourres > somewhere on the way to Gap

Host: Activity: Distance:(120km from Éourres to SLEB) Notes:

• 16th August Somewhere on the way to Gap > Somewhere past Gap

Host: Activity: Distance:(120km from Éourres to SLEB) Notes: till gap is more or less flat (the end is going up till gap around 12km up) after gap 20km going up (the end is hard [but possible]) then it's going down almost till SLEB

• 17th - 21st August Somewhere past Gap > Saint-Laurent-en-Beaumont

Host: L'Ecolieu Tilia & Compagnie Activity: Help with house build Distance: Notes:

WARNING: WE HAVE NOT LOOKED IN DETAIL AT THE ALPS CROSSING SO THE NEXT DAYS ARE LIKELY TO CHANGE A BIT

check if there is a tunnel from briançon to susa and if there is a way to cross by public transport (there is a bus that can take bikes from briançon to montgenevre)

• 22nd August Saint-Laurent-en-Beaumont > ? (cordeac or abit more)

Host: Activity: Distance: Notes: there is a house project called kraken (mens, france) trying to make things without money (contact caro) it's a bit longer but quieter roa'in Cordeac there is also a house where we could maybe stay and this way we could do a way back to gap from a diferent path... contact in cardeac: laurence contact of caro from a femenist library) - we have phone number

• 23rd August (cordeac or abit more) ? > ?

Host: Activity: Distance: Notes: we should try to pass the big lake (or even embrum) the day after to briançon will be hard

• 24rd August ? > Briançon

Host: Longo Mai - Chantemerle Activity: Distance: Notes:

Italy

• 25th August Briançon > Susa, Val di Susa

Host: NO TAV or another potential host in Chimonte (contact Valentina friend of Fede) Activity: Action in solidarity with NO TAV sruggle Distance: 65km (first 15km are going to be (really) hard, then it's all going down Notes: we need to check also bus from bus briançon to oulx (just 40 km) for people that don't feel like crossing the alps)...or if traffic is too crazy...We could make a proposal to do a presentation in Chimonte if we like.

• 26th August Day in Susa

Host: Activity: Distance Notes:

• 27th August Susa > Collegno, Torino,

Host: Mezcal squat Activity: Distance: 45km Notes:

• 28th August Torino/collegno

Host: Mezcal Activity: Distance: 0km Notes:

• 29th August Collegno > Pinerolo

Host: Casa Gaia Activity: Environmental think tank Distance: 40km Notes:

• 30th August Pinerolo > Somewhere around Asti

Host: Activity: Distance: Notes:

• 31st August somewhere around Asti > Montale Celli, Costa Vescovato,

Host: Coop. Agricola Valli Unite Activity: Distance: Notes: We arrive this day which is the first day of our helping with the festival :-)

• 1st September Valli Unite, Montale Celli

Host: Coop. Agricola Valli Unite still tbc. Activity: Helping with Vendemmia (the grape harvesting festival) see photos from 2010 Maybe giving a biketour presentation Distance: 0km Notes:

• 2nd September

Host: Valli Unite, Montale Celli Activity: Helping with Vendemmia (the grape harvesting festival) see photos from 2010 Distance: 0km Notes: Perhaps we need to cycle this day instead to leave time but it would be nice to stay.

• 3rd September Montale Celli >

Host: Activity: Distance: Notes: Would be nice to cycle to http://www.granara.org/ but it might be a bit mad... the plan before was the flat direction towards reggio A but this would take us into the Alpennines... the plan before was to follow the Po River, there are bicycle way most of it, from Castell San Giovanni to Reggio Emillia (Brescelo?) gps maps here: http://www.movimentolento.it/it/resource/statictrack/la-ciclovia-del-po/ in detail: http://www.lecicloviedelpo.movimentolento.it/it/resource/tour/la-ciclovia-del/

• 4th September > near Fidenza

Host: Activity: Distance: Notes:

• 5th September Near Fidenza > Cavriago/ Reggio d'Amilia

Host: Organic farm L Collina where we can stay in Cavriago- contact through Andrea OR contacts selini@icoor.it, Manuel Iori <manuel.iori@unimore.it> who can help us find a place to camp in Reggio Amilia Activity: in Reggio Amilia the mobility manager for the municipality, Meggiato, is keen to do a presentation about projects active in the area for an afternoon Distance: 50/60km depending on where we are the night before Notes: We have two potential sleeing places

• 6th September Cavriago/Reggio d'Amilia > near Maranello (?)

Host: Activity: Distance: Notes: (this is the day where there is a big market in Bologna, we would miss it...)

• 7th September near Maranello > Bologna

Host: XM24 Activity: big squat with an organic market every Thursday. Also would be nice to link to local productors. Distance: Notes: contacts in bologna: "Yuri Foschi (amppioraggio)" yuriski gmail.com, Lorenzo Betti <bettilorenzo gmail.com>, Giamba XM24 Bologna <giumba freemail.it>, ampioraggio inventati.org, Andrea Magnolini <magno_lini yahoo.it>

• 8th September Bologna

Host: XM24 Activity:Ciclofficina Ampioraggio :-) Nice DIY workshop Distance: Notes:

• 9th September Bologna

Host: XM24 Activity:Ciclofficina Ampioraggio :-) Nice DIY workshop Distance: Notes:

• 10th September Bologna > Ozzano Emilia

Host: Coop Dulcamara (www.coopdulcamara.it)- via tolara di sopra 78 Activity: Ecological farm, biodiversity- bio agricolture- alternative energies Distance: 20km Notes:

• 11th September Ozzano Emilia > Cesena

Host:[www.tecnologieappropriate.it Technologie Appropriate]Cesena via Germazzo 186 Activity: Ecoistituto di cesena biodiversity- bio agricolture- alternative energies- library on appropriate tecnologies- bio building- earth oven for pizza Distance: 77km Notes:

• 12th September Cesena > Villanova di Bagnacavallo

Host: Ecomuseo della civiltà Palustre(www.erbepalustri.it) Activity: Association for preservig traditional jobs and culture Distance: 50km Notes:

• 13th September Villanova di Bagnacavallo (Erbe Palustre) > somewhere just before pomposa

Host: Wild camping Activity: Abbazia di Pomposa very beatuful church of pelligrin, bosco della mesola (last traditional forest of padana plain) Distance: 50km Notes:

• 14th September somewhere just before Pomposa > Somewhere before Padova

Host: Wild camping Activity: Br-unch in Pomposa http://www.iricostruttori.com/ village reconstructed by hand Distance: 50km Notes:

• 15th September Somewhere before Padova > Padova

Host: Orti in Padova with people from Reclaim the fields Activity: check out the squatted garden Distance: 50km Notes:

• 16th September Padova > Venice via Mestre (only 8km from Venice)

Host: Forte Poerio, in Mira (12km from Venice) Activity: Critical mass with CAT Distance: Notes: (http://spiazziverdi.blogspot.it/) isola della giudecca association of bio agricolture and democratic participation in Venezia or Mestre (need to ask more info to andrea)

• 17th September

Host: Forte Poerio, in Mira (12km from Venice) Activity: Party with CAT, learn about local groups/campaigns. CELEBRATE Distance: Notes:

• 18th September

Host: Forte Poerio, in Mira (12km from Venice) Activity: Something with WCN /Evaluation? Distance: Notes:

• 19th-23rd September Venice

Host: Forte Poerio, in Mira (12km from Venice) Activity: Degrowth conference Distance: Notes: on 20th we will have an open biketour workshop at the conference in Forte Marghera :-) To attend the rest of the conference you need to register through the website: http://www.venezia2012.it/?lang=en

Fin!

Route Maps on G$$gle

The route till now is based mostly on google maps and some information got on the web, they will still change when we get access to proper maps and some parts need to be checked in person (mostly the crossing from Gap to Torino).

easy way on getting BIG printable maps with google maps: http://ask.metafilter.com/101435/Print-A3-Google-Maps

• Barcelona -> Girona -> Cerbere
• Cerbere -> Narbone -> Montpellier
• Montpellier -> Avignon (not direct route - going north near Cévennes National Park)
• Avignon -> Marseille - Éourres (end part seems a bit hilly for no reason, maybe we can go around by Sisteron)
• Éourres -> Gap -> Torino (crossing the alpes need more investigation - probably on the cyclocamp alice and joão will try to cycle this part - it still looks like we could try to go in valleys instead of crossing so many hills)
• Torino -> Bologna
• Bologna -> Venice

Helpful links and maps

there are this maps that yolanda found out: http://www.cyclingeurope.nl/provence http://www.cyclingeurope.nl/riviera

many bicycle routes and tools to plan a bike route (need further investigation): http://www.provelo.org/spip.php?article2627

and there are GPX and GPD (gps standards) files there, this website is useful to visualize them: http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/

The EV8 (EuroVelo Route 8) should be followed and we can make deviations from it to visit some projects and places: informaton on EuroVelo

More possibilities

- Les reencontres Des amis de S!lence (http://amies.revuesilence.net/spip.php?article73) a bit more north from foix, in Loubières, from 9 to 24 july it's a self-managed camp, but besides that there is not much information, they were conected with the Camp Action Climate 2009 in Nantes - sounds great, it was the start of ZAD, but last year information don't look like an active/activist gathering but more a sharing information/workshops - probably 100% in french as it dosen't look like they plan ot make an international call-out

Marseille Water financialisation Youcef's bike workshop, they have plan to host us, we need to link them with other collectives to make a nice action there...

planning - rough maps/distances

• Barcelona -> Cerbere (250 km - 5 days)

* waiting for can masdeu confirmation (it's confirmed 6th to 9th of july)
  * after starting in barcelona we head to visit Ca l'afou - a eco-industrial post-capitalist colony
    * couple of workshops day (in can masdeu or ca l'afou): 
      * rocket stove
      * banners
      * cycling/group safety

• Cerbere -> Narbonne (120 km - 2 days)

• Narbonne -> Montpelier (110 km - 2 days)

• Montpelier -> Nimes -> Marseille (190 km - 4 days)

• Marseille -> Nice (230 km - 5 days)

• Nice -> Torino (300km - 6 days)

ideas to cross the alps

• • We need to count 20/30km per day
  • Near the sea, next to monaco - not so fun, full of tourists and traffic
  • Barcelonnette - at less tan 1400m high seems like the less hard/more fun place to cross
  • Briançon - the one that makes more sense after passing by L'Ecolieu Tilia & Compagni

Group tour which has done this: http://www.adventure-cafe.com/content/Foreignadventure/ForeignAdDetail.asp?aid=1313080422

• • Mont-Cenis, Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis - a bit high place but it would mean entering italy through vall di susa - needs further invesstigation

would be great if we pass through the vall di susa to understand what the population is defending from destruction...
this forum talks about some nice alps bike crossing routes: http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-256527.html

map of france/italy/swiss alps bike-climbs with details: http://www.cycling-challenge.com/map-of-french-and-swiss-alps-cycling-climbs/
http://www.cycling-challenge.com/barcelonnette-alpine-cycling-paradise/

• Torino -> Milan (150km -3 days)

• Milan -> Bologna (250km - 5 days)

• Bologna -> Venezia (180km - 4 days)

other

just a rough google map to have a distance idea: here