What I'm looking forward to most, apart obviously from the tour itself, is soon (hopefully) being able to book the last couple of first choice hotels. These have been 'booked' on Booking.com every time I've looked. This happens sometimes, where hotels don't release dates/prices till the new year. Rest assured then, that I shall be checking come tomorrow morning. I do already have hotels booked but these two are either more convenient and/or in a more spectacular location.
Since my October post, Sanch O'Panza has had his hip operation and I've finished breaking down the tour routes. The old fella is just about 3 weeks from when he had his op and by all accounts is doing well. Hopefully it won't be too long before he can swing his leg over the bike again and I wish him all the best in his recovery.
Due to Tomtom's limitations, it is easier to have a separate 'route' for each stop during the day, hence why I have broken them down. My only concern now, is whether they will all fit on Tomtom. Recent map updates were too big to go on the device without deleting the maps first and the same has happened with a smaller update too, so I'm half expecting to have to ramp up the storage with a micro sd card. I also expect, as always seems to be the case with Tomtom, that I shall need a Tomtom supplied sd card, at a stupid price. Butt fucking, Dutch style! I'll be giving it my attention asap, to avoid any last minute panic.
Not much else to report at the moment, so adios for now and I'll be back when I have some news in 2019.
