GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
Good point well made. For instance what made me pack my netbook in my panniers I'll never know.
The Fridays Tour 2013 with added poll
- Thread starter dellzeqq
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StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Have voted for Normandy and somewhere else in the UK, would prefer somewhere in Blighty tbh but I agree with Greg, where The Fridays go, so will I (leave permitting). And Normandy would be very nice.
MarkA
Über Member
I'm in agreement with Greg on this. I don't mind where it is; I just want in!
Having said that both of the suggested options look fabulous so i've ticked both. The idea of a single base with a variety of rides seems to make for a more relaxed type of holiday, probably resulting in more time eating, drinking and making merry. Which can't be a bad thing in such excellent company.
Roll on next June/July.
Having said that both of the suggested options look fabulous so i've ticked both. The idea of a single base with a variety of rides seems to make for a more relaxed type of holiday, probably resulting in more time eating, drinking and making merry. Which can't be a bad thing in such excellent company.
Roll on next June/July.
mmmmartin
Random geezer
And another idea is that I can do a DIY audax in France and have it verified by my local DIY man. I have asked him and even if the ride is in France he can still validate it if i produce a decent GPS track of the ride. So if we go to France I will work out a couple of 200k rides, and with pre-dawn start they would make a couple of really superb days. Not to mention fine excuses for doing nothing the day afterwards, to recover and rehydrate......
Oh - and as for getting there....a ride down would make an excellent day or two from Calais.....
Oh - and as for getting there....a ride down would make an excellent day or two from Calais.....
Never having ridden on French roads, I don't have anything helpful to suggest, but I just Streetviewed a few bits of that and it looks a delight.
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Both look fun to me.
Can someone remind me, it's "A" roads we're not allowed on in France isn't it? We can cycle on N and E?
Can someone remind me, it's "A" roads we're not allowed on in France isn't it? We can cycle on N and E?
Davywalnuts
Chief Kebab Taster
- Location
- Staines!
Thumbs up. I would say, how many circular routes could you get out of that area without too much overlapping? 6?
Davywalnuts
Chief Kebab Taster
- Location
- Staines!
ceepeebee
Veteran
- Location
- Some imaginary Flanders
don't think you can cycle on Es or Ns either - both are pretty major - and feature a lot of heavy loads...
I did a bit of riding in April in Picardy and as I mentioned on the other thread - it's such a treat to ride in France - smooth roads, and most of the D routes are blooming quiet too.
Looks like we're heading to Normandy for the last two weeks of August, but the other end near Lisieux. Haven't negotiated a pass for the bike yet, if only I had a Brompton...
It's doubtful I'll have the leave to make this at all - but it'd probably need to be in School holiday time to get me out the country on a weekday.
that's right, but the prefix of the road is less of a guide than it is here. Some D roads are hellish. Some N roads are ok.
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Yeah I remember that your average French truck driver will drive down the narrowest of roads at speed if it saves him from having to pay a toll.
ceepeebee
Veteran
- Location
- Some imaginary Flanders
I thought I was going mental for a second there, but what I thought was the E17, is also the A26 (see also E44/A29 - why do they do that?). It's a payage, and cycling on that bugger would be foolhardy at best.
