Baph's Euro-Tripe

[DarrenSV650S]

For my trip this year (if it happens) I'm planning to get the French Motorail down through France to save time and mileage

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by DarrenSV650S

For my trip this year (if it happens) I'm planning to get the French Motorail down through France to save time and mileage

Have you priced that?

[DarrenSV650S]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Have you priced that?

.................... like I said, I'm going down the motorway

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by DarrenSV650S

For my trip this year (if it happens) I'm planning to get the French Motorail down through France to save time and mileage

Originally Posted by DarrenSV650S

.................... like I said, I'm going down the motorway

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[DarrenSV650S]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

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I hadn't looked at the prices until you pointed it out. Turns out its very expensive. Therefore I'll be taking the motorway

Originally Posted by Stu

Actually I can understand that approach much better than planning to do 400 miles every single day of your trip.

60mph, what kept you?

Heh, spending too long at the pit stops cause our arses were sore...from riding...the bikes (phew)

Oh and forgot the crossing across the channel, that slowed us down

Originally Posted by DarrenSV650S

I hadn't looked at the prices until you pointed it out. Turns out its very expensive. Therefore I'll be taking the motorway

Yup, thats what made us do the long haul. It had some very cool points, I wrote up my trip actually and have some pics, ill dig it out and try and put it online.

has the planning got any further yet?? defiantly up for this

Originally Posted by arcdef

has the planning got any further yet?? defiantly up for this

Patience young grasshopper.

(I'm actually doing it as we speak).

Tilt, firstly, many thanks for very clear constructive feedback. It shall be taken into account (I'm reorganising things at the moment & will edit the OP suitably later).

Originally Posted by Tilt

Have you costed the Toll charges for your journey?

Most of the route doesn't rely on toll roads, but no, I haven't costed these yet - it's something I'm aware that I need to plan for though.

Originally Posted by Tilt

For me its about the journey not just some destinations. Some of your days when plugged into Google way points come out to well over 400 miles a day. This will force you down motor way or multiple carriage trunk roads to get the mileage in.

You're right about the mileage. To be honest, I was working to rough calculations, and this was always going to be amended as time passes. The day in the Alps in particular I'm not happy about due to the distances involved.

Originally Posted by Tilt

you have a loop in to see the Mileu bridge.

You're over thinking this. I have that road because it looks like a good twisty road on Google maps. I haven't even begun to consider places I want to stop off at, or pass through (again, routes will be amended for this part of the planning as & when). I do take your point about loops though.

Originally Posted by Tilt

Hope this helps..........

It has. Thanks.

For all reading this, at the moment, I think I'm only going to be able to do the quick sortee into France this year, and maybe look at the longer EU trip another time. Unless I win the lottery.

Planning will still continue for the full tripe though, for now.

If you're only planning a short trip into France I'd think about aiming for the Vosges as a midway point (do-able on a long weekend), you'd then get some real mountain roads in too.