We shall ride them on the beaches...

[Wideboy]

presumably one of us would have to be able to speak french, i ended up eating horse last time because we couldn't......... but it was feebing nice

[mattSV]

Je suis parle un peu de francais, mais malheuresement je suis going to france in September et je juis pense aller a Scotland dans June for le Glencoe Massacre.

Donc, je suis ooooot

Mange tout Rodney

[the_lone_wolf]

I can speak passable broken french

If that fails we can just do what most tourists do and speak english, LOUDLY!!!

[Wideboy]

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

I can speak passable broken french

If that fails we can just do what most tourists do and speak english, LOUDLY!!!

with a bad french accent?

"excoose ma mr poloceman"

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by Wideboy

presumably one of us would have to be able to speak french

If you are staying in Arromanches, then I dont think you'll need to worry that much as long as you can say hello, please and thank you in french I reckon you'll struggle through. Most of the menus we looked at where we were eating were printed in both french & english.

The beer in the bars of Arromanche was stupid expensive, buy a load in the local Aldi/Lidl same taste but stupid cheap. We went to the one in Carantan, it's on the road in from St Come du Mont.

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Most of the menus we looked at where we were eating were printed in both french & english.

But whatever you do, don't order cheese after pudding... 'Fromage?! Apres les desserts??!!'

If you going on the ferry then Fizz is right, the overnight was a pain, the fast ferry is much better.

We booked it via Brittany Ferries, but we couldn't get Mike on the same ship back. When it came to it there was plenty of space, only then were we told " you should have booked via Condor".

http://www.condorferries.co.uk/home.html

Buy the "all museums discount voucher" at the first place you get to, it will save you a few Euros in the long run.

The small coastal roads are often straight but have 90 degree bends in little hamlets, real easy to enter too hot, be careful.

While we were there we found it easier for the navigator (usually me) to ride as number two, lead (usually Viper) could concentrate on the roads - speed limits etc. freeing me to concentrate on the navigation task. Even though there were only six of us we still used the drop off system in combination with next bike in mirror.

I hope you have a great time guys.

what weekend is the AR and GM meet?

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by leedsmatt7

what weekend is the AR and GM meet?

AR = 6-8th August

Dunno about the GM?