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
Start details
6-9th July Biketour preparation weekend at Can Masdeu
* (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 - Pimp my bike day (in l'astilla or biciosxs), fiesta *8th July Possible social day at Can Masdeu, build rocket stove, degrowth workshop, movie screening OR just bt participants day at Can Masdeu *9th July BIKETOUR BEGINS
For more details visit preparation weekend 2012
Day by Day rough plan
THIS ROUTE IS NOT FINAL, IT WILL CHANGE A LOT!!!
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)
Catalonia
- 6-9 July Barcelona > Barcelona
Host: Can Masdeu See: preparation weekend 2012
- 9 July Barcelona > Barcelona
Host: Kan Pascual - time for last bike adjustments Activity: Distance: 20km Notes:
- 10-12 July Barcelona > Vallbona d'Anoia
Host: Ca l'afou (perhaps take off a day here and stay a day in Terrassa instead?) Activity: On the way cycle via LLobregat Delta for EuroVegas Action & Visit Can Rosset, Camille's food coop (?) Distance: 90km Notes: Work day 11th
- 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 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: Free camp Activity: Iago - Artist friend of Francois Distance: 47km Notes:
- 16 July San pol de map > 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
Possible Host: 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
- 20-21 July San Climent Sescebes > Cerbere
Host:Can Decreix Activity: work/rest Distance: 40km Notes: Food drop?
- 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: through Kasia in Sigean, Port la Nouvelle area Activity: Potential anti- palm oil action Distance: 48km Notes:
- 24-25 July Sigean > Minerve
Host: Cravirola le maquis Activity: RELAX Distance: 55km 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:
- 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
- 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:
- 6th August Avignon > Arles
Host: maybe Longo mai, la Mas de Granier 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 - 10th August Fos-sur-mere > Marseille
Host: Velo Marseille workshop collective velo-en-ville Activity: Possible link to anti - water finacialisation campaign Distance: 50km Notes:
- 11th August - 12th 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
- 13th August Vaucluse > somewhere in the middle (Banon ?)
Host: Activity: Distance: 35km Notes:
- 14th 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)
- 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:
- 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
3 days from Saint-l-e-b, we can either go back south to near gap, or take a northern route towards Briancon check if there is a tunnel from briançon to susa and if there is a way to cross by train (from where?)
- 22nd August Saint-Laurent-en-Beaumont > ?
Host: Activity: Distance: Notes:
- 23rd August ? > ?
Host: Activity: Distance: Notes:
- 24rd August ? > Briançon
Host: Longo Mai - Chantemerle Activity: Distance: Notes:
- 25th August Briançon > Susa, Val di Susa
Host: NO TAV Activity: Action in solidarity with NO TAV sruggle Distance: 27km from Oulx Notes:
Italy
check bike routes along the Po River
- 26th August Day in Susa
Host: Activity: Distance Notes:
- 27th August Susa > Collegno, Torino,
Host: Mezcal squat Activity: Distance: 45km 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...
- 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: possibly Coop. Agricola Valli Unite Activity: Distance: Notes:
- 1st September
Host: Activity: Distance: Notes:
- 2nd September Stradella
Host: Activity: Distance: Notes:
- 3rd September Fidenza (?)
Host: Activity: Distance: Notes:
- 4th September Cavriago (?)
Host: Organic farm where we can stay - contact through Andrea Activity: Distance: Notes:
- 5th September Maranello (?)
Host: Activity: Distance: Notes:
- 6-9th September Bologna XM24 Ciclofficina Ampioraggio :-)
XM24 ([2])- big squat with an organic market every thrusday and a nice bike DIY workshop: Amppioraggio ([3]) Also would be nice to link to local productors: [4] 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>
- 10th September Bologna > Coop Dulcamara (www.coopdulcamara.it) Ozzano Emilia via tolara di sopra 78
what to see: Ecological farm, biodiversity- bio agricolture- alternative energies
17.4km
- 11th SeptemberCoop Dulcamara > Cesena (www.tecnologieappropriate.it)Cesena via Germazzo 186
what to see: Ecoistituto di cesena biodiversity- bio agricolture- alternative energies- library on appropriate tecnologies- bio building- earth oven for pizza
77km
- 12th September Cesena > Villanova di Bagnacavallo (www.erbepalustri.it)
what to see: Association for preservig traditional jobs and culture
49.6km
- 13th September Villanova di Bagnacavallo > Pomposa (I can ask to my friend of a spiritual association)
what to see: Abbazia di Pomposa very beatuful church of pelligrin, bosco della mesola (last traditional forest of padana plain)
64.7km
- 14th September Pomposa > Somewhere near Chioggia
50km
- 15th September Somewhere near Chioggia > Padova
50km
- 16th September Padova > Venice via Mestre (only 8km from Venice Venice)
Critical mass with CAT
(http://spiazziverdi.blogspot.it/) isola della giudecca
what to see: association of bio agricolture and democratic participation in Venezia or Mestre, Horti in Padova with people from Reclaim the fields
- 17th-23rd September Venice
Degrowth conference
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)