First we went over the Scheltenpass

In Courfaivre we turned left and went steeply up the mountain. The single-lane road is here uphill unfortunately with many small bumps, which can be driven over only with very low speed, because otherwise it always results in hard blows! Downhill to Soulce these bumps did not exist and we could enjoy the track again. Looking back at the rest of the group I noticed that there were suddenly more motorcycles than belonged to our group. Later it turned out that the first group probably got lost for a short time down in the valley and that we were riding in front. Via Undervelier and Les Genevez we went on to Saignelégier, where the coffee break was due.

Afterwards we went to Le Noirmont where we turned right to La Goule - worth seeing!
The route leads first on a narrow but quite well asphalted road down to the Doubs. A little above the bottom of the canyon there is a great viewpoint where we stopped and enjoyed the view

Then we went further down to the small border crossing. In former times, when there were still permanent border controls, the customs officers here were probably often bored. Because probably not many vehicles will have come down here. But it is impressive and worth the detour!

But the drive up in direction to Col de la Vierge is not as easy as the departure from Le Noirmont. The road is extremely steep and goes up in narrow hairpin bends and requires a high degree of vehicle control! With bigger vehicles it is surely hard to manage. In the lower part - fortunately it is still relatively flat there - a group of chopper drivers came towards us. Here we could still pass without any problems, further up it would have been more problematic. At the top we had to wait a little bit for the others and quickly stopped a German couple with camper van from driving down to La Goule. The big motorhome should have gone backwards at the latest at the first bend, as turning is only possible here with a motorbike - and even this is very difficult!

Over the Col de la Vierge, which we had already partly got to know the day before, we headed towards Damprichard. Shortly before the village, a very small road branches off to the left again, over which we reached the D464, which led us back down to the Doubs.

A short photo stop at the border and shortly after that Dieter stood at the roadside and pointed us to the right over a small bridge for our lunch break. The restaurant "Hôtel de la Rasse" might have been an insider tip in former times, but not anymore! There were already some motorcycles and cars there and also during our stay there were many more motorcyclists. In addition, there was a group of riders on the square - who rode on along the Doubs below the inn and a group of mountain bikers who also chose this route.

The break lasted longer than expected, however, as the waitress was visibly overwhelmed by the crush. Both ordering the food and paying for it took much longer than usual.

Via La Chaux-de-Fonds we drove to the Col de la Vue des Alpes and enjoyed the beautiful view down to the Neuburger Lake. Down into the valley Dieter had a little treat in store for us: A single-lane road, which led down into the valley with many curves.

Via Cernier and past Savagnier we came up to the Chasseral. In contrast to the rest of the track of today - and also the whole previous day - it was full of Whitsun traffic here and one car followed the other, just as many motorcycles. Upstairs it was "all hell broke loose" - after yes, it was wonderful weather!
We took a short break and enjoyed the wonderful view of the Bieler See and the Neuburger See as well as the surrounding landscape - simply wonderful!

The drive down to St. Imier was then again accompanied by a lot of traffic, which prevented a speedy progress - the road is so narrow that two cars only pass each other very narrowly. Via Tramelan and Tavannes we drove north to Souboz until shortly before Moutier and on to Court. The further way to Gänsbrunnen was again very narrow but also very attractive. On this section we had a coffee break at Binzberg before we started the last 30 km of the tour.

In Welschenrohr we drove up the northern mountain slopes again - via "courtyard entrances", where we thought the path was over, through hanging branches of a weeping willow etc. - but it was astonishing on this stretch that despite the single-lane road a relatively large number of cars came towards us and that we could only pass by carefully with our motorbikes. Finally we saw our destination Balsthal in the distance and reached it around 18:30.