It's Brix, Normandy - 15th to 22nd June
Chateau Le Mont Epinguet is now booked and filled. Chateau Le Val http://www.chateau-le-val-brix.com/accommodation.htm is now available, but we have only a day or two to hold on to the reservation, and with only eight takers and a minimum of fifteen to make it work, we're up against it.
Cost £150 to £230 for the accommodation only - you book your own ferry crossing. Self-catering on a communal basis unless you want to opt out
Location - Cherbourg - 10 miles
Cycling - coastline, markets, sweet villages, 20 miles to 125 miles with alternative rides on some days.
If you've got questions - this is the place to ask
We discussed a moving-on tour going from London, up the east coast of England and over to Cumbria. There would be a mix of days with some long rides and some shorter rides, and the opportunity for the tyros amongst us to zip off and crack a few passes.
We then went on to a centred tour, arranged around a country house or chateau.
There was some interest in Yorkshire, but, for the moment we're looking at two alternatives, although both are works in progress, and there's still space for different ideas.
- Lincolnshire, using a modern holiday home in Tetford and a country house in Skendleby offering accommodation for 46, plus camping in the grounds at Tetford. Both are in the same ownership. We'd pay £7600 for the week plus a bit for the campers, so you're looking at something around £180 each, less for the campers, plus transport plus self-catering costs. We'd probably have a van which might cost about twenty pounds each, there would be a long night/day start, and we'd combine the two house groups for some meals. http://premierpartyproperties.com/ for details, and note that while the place in Tetford doesn't have the charm of the Hall, it does have a pirate ship and an indoor swimming pool.
- Brix, about ten miles south of Cherbourg. Ferries from Poole or Portsmouth, probably no van. The main centre would be at the rather spiffy Chateau La Monte Epinge http://www.simplychateau.com/chateau-details/view/126-villa-vieux-caribe/region/23-normandy/ (£3635), with subsidiary accommodation at http://www.chateau-le-val-brix.com/groups.htm (euro4550/£3640) and/or http://www.locasun.co.uk/63427-Rental-House-Brix.htm (euro500) all of which is probably less expensive than Lincolnshire, but further away and a little pricer to get to.
Chateau Le Mont Epinguet is now booked and filled. Chateau Le Val http://www.chateau-le-val-brix.com/accommodation.htm is now available, but we have only a day or two to hold on to the reservation, and with only eight takers and a minimum of fifteen to make it work, we're up against it.
Cost £150 to £230 for the accommodation only - you book your own ferry crossing. Self-catering on a communal basis unless you want to opt out
Location - Cherbourg - 10 miles
Cycling - coastline, markets, sweet villages, 20 miles to 125 miles with alternative rides on some days.
If you've got questions - this is the place to ask
