Got my little Pas de Calais trip coming up on Sunday

[Dec66]

And, as a backup to my phone, I'm thinking of getting one of these

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/20...=VJT4636TGETYP8YX84R1&dpPl=1&dpID=91WzlN+sGwL

Any good?

 

[mjr]

No idea. For France near Belgium, I'd go for http://fietskaart.be/pagina32.html (Bestellen = Order, but it requires further Flemish) and for France in general, I'd look for IGN TOP75 or TOP100 maps - or Itinerance à Velo maps if doing one of the routes they cover.

 

[TheDoctor]

That's exactly the one I use. Enough detail to be useful, and covers enough terrain that you aren't continually changing and refolding it.
Top100 maps are 1cm:1 km IIRC, the Michelin ones are 1cm : 2 km. Either will be fine, but I use Michelin ones because I always have!

 

[mjr]

That's exactly the one I use. Enough detail to be useful, and covers enough terrain that you aren't continually changing and refolding it.

Does it show cycle routes, or is it mainly for road-only riders?

 

[srw]

And, as a backup to my phone, I'm thinking of getting one of these

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/2067209582/ref=pd_aw_sbs_14_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=VJT4636TGETYP8YX84R1&dpPl=1&dpID=91WzlN+sGwL

Any good?

It doesn't have contours, which for the Pas de Calais is less of a problem than the rest of the country. I'm a confirmed Top100 man myself.

 

[TheDoctor]

Pretty sure it shows cycleroutes if there are any - the Dieppe neck-o'-the-woods one shows the Avenue Verte to Forges-Les-Eaux.
I tend to ride mostly on roads myself.
Michelin doesn't show contours, but does show chevrons for steep hills, such the one up to Cassel, which is way harder than a climb up to 176m has any right to be. You do get a stupendous view from near the windmill though.