France in July/August

Ring them up to get the best deal with a multi vehicle/cabin share booking.

[dyzio]

Hull - Zeebrugee, 3 people, 3 bikes - £380

[Luckypants]

Take their arm off. 5/6 hours less motorway bashing both ways. 250 miles less petrol both ways. No hotel at Dunkirk.

no brainer IMO

[dyzio]

Another set of questions, mainly for the motorway:
- is it possible to buy a weekly motorway pass?
- are service stations marked like in Germany for example (next station in xx miles)?

LP, I'll probably bug you about this with a road map at the GM as well if you don't mind

Originally Posted by dyzio

Another set of questions, mainly for the motorway:
- is it possible to buy a weekly motorway pass?
- are service stations marked like in Germany for example (next station in xx miles)?

LP, I'll probably bug you about this with a road map at the GM as well if you don't mind

Service stations every 10kms and marked, just use you credit card at the tolls (keep it in handy pocket)

[dyzio]

Originally Posted by Triton

Service stations every 10kms and marked, just use you credit card at the tolls (keep it in handy pocket)

Looks like this won't be necessary after all, if things go well we might avoid motorways unless necessary.


How do these routes look to you?

Staying in Chambery for 2 days:
- day 1
- day 2

Then ride to Gap, and head towards Nice the next day and stop for 2-3 days. Could go for a ride like this as well: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&so...10%3Cbr%20/%3E

I'm also thinking about heading towards Millau.


What do you think? Routes are about 200 miles and can easily be shortened or lengthened. Have I missed some good roads or can you suggest some alternative routes?

dyzio, cant really help with your routes as we ride more south and west of where you headed, certainly Millau is worth a look, but make sure you see it from underneath, also the town itself is worth a look, one thing to bear in mind, Sunday and monday are very slow days in France with many petrol stations shut and only taking credit cards at the pumps, many of these wont accept UK bank cards (esp the smaller ones).....

If you do come across this problem (which i did when we first arrived) wait for a french car to pull in and give the guy cash and use his card to operate the pump (never been refused this)

Bon Voyage!
P.s if you venture into the tarn / aude departments give me a shout

[dyzio]

Originally Posted by Triton

P.s if you venture into the tarn / aude departments give me a shout

Was thinking about it, but it would increase the mileage too much. Next year
Thanks!

[dyzio]

We're down to 2 after some rather expensive bike problems :/

Tickets booked

[dyzio]

The plan was to stick to F1 and B&B's but were changing that to tents and camping.
Think we'll book the F1 for 1 night in Dijon on the way down, and 1 night on the way back up.

New question I'm looking for campsites, web sites, a guide with campsites or a gps database

We'll be stopping somewhere around:
- Chambery,
- Gap,
- Nice,
- Montpelier/Nimes,

Oh, one more thing, do I need my baffles?

Cheers