Your favourite way to the Ring ???

[Glenn mcmenamin]

Keep it clean chaps

Just wondered, as i know there are a few different routes there.

I usually go Brussells, Liege, past Spa, and off the motorway through Prum then
Gerolstein etc...

Upsides:

Motorway nearly all the way there
Love the road from Gerolstein to the Ring
scenery as above
I 'think' it's the most direct route....


Downsides:

So much motorway is a drag
The section before or after Liege is screaming at you to do stupid speeds
There seems to be more Police there nowdays
The Brussells ring road, is enough to make you want to self harm



Any other routes you prefer guys ??


Cheers


G.

Edited by Glenn mcmenamin on Wednesday 4th April 21:07

Edited by Glenn mcmenamin on Wednesday 4th April 21:07

[iguana]

No anywhere near Brussels thats for sure.

The french route, lille, mons, namur, liege, spa, then road to hell (not that bad now) I find much better

Still dull tho other than last bit, cant do much about that.

[fergus]

G

I don't think you can avoid the m'way bit if you want to get there in a reasonable amount of time (even in your '7RS). I usually go right round brussels to Eupen, then down through monschau and schlieden down the B268. Great road (about 100kms long).

When are you next over. I'm going over for a long weekend over 21st april. I can't do the UK bank holidays anymore - they're becoming a joke in lots of respects!!

cheers

[glenn mcmenamin]

fergus said:

G

I don't think you can avoid the m'way bit if you want to get there in a reasonable amount of time (even in your '7RS). I usually go right round brussels to Eupen, then down through monschau and schlieden down the B268. Great road (about 100kms long).

When are you next over. I'm going over for a long weekend over 21st april. I can't do the UK bank holidays anymore - they're becoming a joke in lots of respects!!

cheers

Hi mate,

May have to look at your route then...

I'll be there for a few cheeky laps 15th Apr hopefully....

Then whole weekend 4th-6th May

Then RMA weekend in July

Then one day in August after an Alpine trip with the GT3 boys (not sure exact date).


G.

[oola]

For once living in North is much easier. We used to drive down to the Chunnel but its neither time nor cost effective putting about 600 miles on the car each way and taking the best part of 12 hours behind the wheel. Now its a 45 miles drive to Hull ... overnight Ferry, then 200 mile drive to the Ring from Rotterdam ... less fuel and less stress on the car plus a few beers on the overnight Ferry.

[John Laverick]

oola said:

For once living in North is much easier. We used to drive down to the Chunnel but its neither time nor cost effective putting about 600 miles on the car each way and taking the best part of 12 hours behind the wheel. Now its a 45 miles drive to Hull ... overnight Ferry, then 200 mile drive to the Ring from Rotterdam ... less fuel and less stress on the car plus a few beers on the overnight Ferry.

Thats exactly what I'm doing this evening!!

Just make sure you're got your sea legs [and stomach] ready for the crossing.

[oola]

John Laverick said:

oola said:

For once living in North is much easier. We used to drive down to the Chunnel but its neither time nor cost effective putting about 600 miles on the car each way and taking the best part of 12 hours behind the wheel. Now its a 45 miles drive to Hull ... overnight Ferry, then 200 mile drive to the Ring from Rotterdam ... less fuel and less stress on the car plus a few beers on the overnight Ferry.

Thats exactly what I'm doing this evening!!

Just make sure you're got your sea legs [and stomach] ready for the crossing.

Lucky sod!! Enjoy it. A few of those beers in the dodgy cabaret area should help the sea legs.

[John Laverick]

oola said:

John Laverick said:

oola said:

For once living in North is much easier. We used to drive down to the Chunnel but its neither time nor cost effective putting about 600 miles on the car each way and taking the best part of 12 hours behind the wheel. Now its a 45 miles drive to Hull ... overnight Ferry, then 200 mile drive to the Ring from Rotterdam ... less fuel and less stress on the car plus a few beers on the overnight Ferry.

Thats exactly what I'm doing this evening!!

Just make sure you're got your sea legs [and stomach] ready for the crossing.

Lucky sod!! Enjoy it. A few of those beers in the dodgy cabaret area should help the sea legs.

We're coming back via Amsterdam also which is another advantage of taking this route :-)

[glenn mcmenamin]

John Laverick said:

oola said:

John Laverick said:

oola said:

For once living in North is much easier. We used to drive down to the Chunnel but its neither time nor cost effective putting about 600 miles on the car each way and taking the best part of 12 hours behind the wheel. Now its a 45 miles drive to Hull ... overnight Ferry, then 200 mile drive to the Ring from Rotterdam ... less fuel and less stress on the car plus a few beers on the overnight Ferry.

Thats exactly what I'm doing this evening!!

Just make sure you're got your sea legs [and stomach] ready for the crossing.

Lucky sod!! Enjoy it. A few of those beers in the dodgy cabaret area should help the sea legs.

We're coming back via Amsterdam also which is another advantage of taking this route :-)

To have scenic walks along the canals

[John Laverick]

glenn mcmenamin said:

John Laverick said:

oola said:

John Laverick said:

oola said:

For once living in North is much easier. We used to drive down to the Chunnel but its neither time nor cost effective putting about 600 miles on the car each way and taking the best part of 12 hours behind the wheel. Now its a 45 miles drive to Hull ... overnight Ferry, then 200 mile drive to the Ring from Rotterdam ... less fuel and less stress on the car plus a few beers on the overnight Ferry.

Thats exactly what I'm doing this evening!!

Just make sure you're got your sea legs [and stomach] ready for the crossing.

Lucky sod!! Enjoy it. A few of those beers in the dodgy cabaret area should help the sea legs.

We're coming back via Amsterdam also which is another advantage of taking this route :-)

To have scenic walks along the canals

Yea something like that

[gtdc]

Same way as you Glenn.

Melindi
www.goldtrack.co.uk

[ph123]

I always used to turn off after Spa at Eupen and run down through Blanckenheim, Monschau etc.
The roads great, villages very pretty and undiscovered.
Good drive, except the rough bit out of Eupen, but hey, it reminds you that this area had hard time a few years ago.

[damianc4s]

glenn mcmenamin said:

fergus said:

G

I don't think you can avoid the m'way bit if you want to get there in a reasonable amount of time (even in your '7RS). I usually go right round brussels to Eupen, then down through monschau and schlieden down the B268. Great road (about 100kms long).

When are you next over. I'm going over for a long weekend over 21st april. I can't do the UK bank holidays anymore - they're becoming a joke in lots of respects!!

cheers

Hi mate,

May have to look at your route then...

I'll be there for a few cheeky laps 15th Apr hopefully....

Then whole weekend 4th-6th May

Then RMA weekend in July

Then one day in August after an Alpine trip with the GT3 boys (not sure exact date).


G.

Glenn, I took this route when we were there last year, caught up with you guys at Eupen.

[hammerwerfer]

Ryanair to Hahn. Cheaper than staying at home.

[911mot]

Only been once and took ben lovejoy's route. Piece of cake found it easy. 4.5 hrs 'ring to calais on return

[phatgixer]

The Brussells to Liege section at Leuven (Stella!) is great when not chocka-block with traffic. Had some horrible hours at a standstill there.

Once, 4 of us had "the whole of Belgium" looking for us as there was a plain clothes police car that was passed by 4 fast cars at over 300kmh...

Nearly spent the night in jail, eh Glenn