A week in France on the sv
 

It was my easter week off last week (a bit late) and the weather was looking crap here and the flights were off, so on Sunday night I was looking at ferrys to France. Eventually thought what the hell and booked one from Portsmouth to Caen leaving Monday night for £98 return.

I was up late till about 1am packing and getting the bike ready etc. Left first thing for the 550 mile ride down to Portsmouth for the 11pm ferry.

Seven hours of uncomfortable sleep later I was in France!

Spent the next 5 days touring about the country roads, enjoying the scenery and hot weather :cool:. Stayed in the cheap and cheerful Formule 1 hotels which are basic but at the end of the day all I wanted to do was sleep so I wasn't too fussed.

Anyway, here's the picys.

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Ile de Re beach
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This old church was on the island
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The bridge
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Under the bridge. I thought it looked cool :p
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Had a wee break on this beach.
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Ile de Oleron beach
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Fort Boyard where Melinda Messenger lives ;)
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Back in to the towns.
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There were churches in all the little villages
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Stopped at this castle but it was closed for repairs
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Had another break at this pond. There were some weird noises coming from it :lol:
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Anyone know what they are?

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My bike became an OAP as it went over 30k :(
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They never seem to scrap their cars. There was loads of cars like this going about. Some in a right state
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Mont Saint Michel. Just came across this by accident. Had to go see it
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Unfortunately they only let buses in so I would have had to park up and walk. In full leathers I would have been dead by the time I got there, so just got some pics from here
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Spent the last day slowly bimbling up the coast roads and came across this airfield. See any problems?
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Got the ferry home saturday night. Rode home sunday in the horrible freezing rain. I didn't stop as much because I just wanted to get home and dry, which was a mistake because I was ready to keel over when I eventually got home. But it was worth it for the week of beautiful hot sun in France :D

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Oh and here's the route I did

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lovely pics mate, looks like a great ride

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Ace trip, those noise sound like toads to me.

The french have **** cars because the police there are more nazi than ours. If your caught speeding you dont get banned they just take your car and crush it.

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cool!

Bike looks well.

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bike looks very nice :D

looks like you had a good trip :)

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Lovely pics!!! The Ile de Re looks a fabbo place:cool:

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Nice :) and your right the bike under the bridge does look cool :thumbsup:

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Sweet i hope to do something like this when my restriction is up and I'm past the 2 year rule as i only have 3 points left out of 6 ..... so don't like going to far..

amazing pics though !!! glad you have a good time .

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excellent pics darren-wish i had the free time to head off like that