HillSpecial
HillSpecial
- Location
- North West England
Companions sought. South West France Cycle camping tour, 2 ½ weeks approx dates Mon 19th Aug 2013 To Wed 04th Sep 2013 flying to and from Toulouse
PM ‘HillSpecial’ {North West England based. } Or e-mail hillspecial@rocketmail.com
50 to 60 miles per day - flexible, cycling, canoeing, sightseeing sampling French wine , beer and food etc
Possible routes
http://goo.gl/maps/nnHiq
Dordogne and Lot valleys - less than 500 miles, or circa 600 with Albi etc, plus day rides
or longer route
http://goo.gl/maps/Qbdxc Dordogne and Pyrenees.
Cycle around Dordogne, Western Pyrenees, over some of the big passes; Aspin and Tourmalet etc and also the Atlantic coast.
Possible train from Dordogne to Pyrenees via Toulouse to save around 200 miles
PM ‘HillSpecial’ {North West England based. }
Or e-mail hillspecial@rocketmail.com
Some links below for some places of interest in SW France.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavarnie_Falls
http://www.canoe-france.com/en/dordogne/index.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dordogne
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biarritz
PM ‘HillSpecial’ {North West England based. } Or e-mail hillspecial@rocketmail.com
50 to 60 miles per day - flexible, cycling, canoeing, sightseeing sampling French wine , beer and food etc
Possible routes
http://goo.gl/maps/nnHiq
Dordogne and Lot valleys - less than 500 miles, or circa 600 with Albi etc, plus day rides
or longer route
http://goo.gl/maps/Qbdxc Dordogne and Pyrenees.
Cycle around Dordogne, Western Pyrenees, over some of the big passes; Aspin and Tourmalet etc and also the Atlantic coast.
Possible train from Dordogne to Pyrenees via Toulouse to save around 200 miles
PM ‘HillSpecial’ {North West England based. }
Or e-mail hillspecial@rocketmail.com
Some links below for some places of interest in SW France.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavarnie_Falls
http://www.canoe-france.com/en/dordogne/index.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dordogne
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biarritz