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Well, the day is almost upon us. A route is hashed and hotels booked for each night. Plan is:
Cherbourg - Tours - Toulouse - Andorra - Barcelona - Valencia - Almeria - Gibraltar with the return journey being :
Caceres - Eucisia (Portugal) - Leon - Bilbao - Bordeaux - Mehun sur Yevre - Alencon - Cherbourg.
With a night at my daughters in Dorset at the start and finish.
I'll try to post pics along the route, but the mileage varies between 290 for the longest day and 112 for the shortest, so we'll just have to see what happens!
Cherbourg - Tours - Toulouse - Andorra - Barcelona - Valencia - Almeria - Gibraltar with the return journey being :
Caceres - Eucisia (Portugal) - Leon - Bilbao - Bordeaux - Mehun sur Yevre - Alencon - Cherbourg.
With a night at my daughters in Dorset at the start and finish.
I'll try to post pics along the route, but the mileage varies between 290 for the longest day and 112 for the shortest, so we'll just have to see what happens!
Edited by Sideways Tim on Friday 26th April 14:43
Sounds most excellent!
I'm not too familiar with anything south of, well, France really, but on your way you could take a detour to cruise down the Mulsanne straight at Le Mans about 300km/h slower than the race cars do, and, depending on what your route looks like, Perigeuex is lovely.
Bonus points if you can find a freshly-ploughed field to drive across while not breaking any eggs.
Bon voyage!
I'm not too familiar with anything south of, well, France really, but on your way you could take a detour to cruise down the Mulsanne straight at Le Mans about 300km/h slower than the race cars do, and, depending on what your route looks like, Perigeuex is lovely.
Bonus points if you can find a freshly-ploughed field to drive across while not breaking any eggs.
Bon voyage!
Turbobanana said:
Sounds most excellent!
I'm not too familiar with anything south of, well, France really, but on your way you could take a detour to cruise down the Mulsanne straight at Le Mans about 300km/h slower than the race cars do, and, depending on what your route looks like, Perigeuex is lovely.
Bonus points if you can find a freshly-ploughed field to drive across while not breaking any eggs.
Bon voyage!
Yeah, the Europa will love that I'm not too familiar with anything south of, well, France really, but on your way you could take a detour to cruise down the Mulsanne straight at Le Mans about 300km/h slower than the race cars do, and, depending on what your route looks like, Perigeuex is lovely.
Bonus points if you can find a freshly-ploughed field to drive across while not breaking any eggs.
Bon voyage!
OP. Just go for it! It'll be amazing in the 2CV. I made the journey to the S of France in a green and white Dolly in the summer of 1986 and it was one of my most enjoyable journeys ever. Overnight we managed to crack Calais to Cavaliere beach on the Cote D'Azur. The car just kept going. Enjoy the trip. The French love a Dolly!
JM
JM
Edited by Johnniem on Friday 26th April 17:25
Sideways Tim said:
Well, the day is almost upon us. A route is hashed and hotels booked for each night. Plan is:
Cherbourg - Tours - Toulouse - Andorra - Barcelona - Valencia - Almeria - Gibraltar with the return journey being :
Caceres - Eucisia (Portugal) - Leon - Bilbao - Bordeaux - Mehun sur Yevre - Alencon - Cherbourg.
With a night at my daughters in Dorset at the start and finish.
I'll try to post pics along the route, but the mileage varies between 290 for the longest day and 112 for the shortest, so we'll just have to see what happens!
Sounds like it's going to be a great adventure - good luck and enjoy. Keep us updated with some pictures and notes.Cherbourg - Tours - Toulouse - Andorra - Barcelona - Valencia - Almeria - Gibraltar with the return journey being :
Caceres - Eucisia (Portugal) - Leon - Bilbao - Bordeaux - Mehun sur Yevre - Alencon - Cherbourg.
With a night at my daughters in Dorset at the start and finish.
I'll try to post pics along the route, but the mileage varies between 290 for the longest day and 112 for the shortest, so we'll just have to see what happens!
Edited by Sideways Tim on Friday 26th April 14:43
Sounds like a nice relaxed driving/touring holiday TBH, you might find Gib a bit underwhelming as a destination in some respects but there's lots of interesting historical bits to look at away from the urban sprawl. In the 90s my old man and I went to Germany in his 2CV on a similar jaunt, although the primary objective was visiting friends of his.
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