The Fridays Tour 2013 with added poll

[GrumpyGregry]

Knowing now what I actually used, next time I'll pack much lighter.....

Good point well made. For instance what made me pack my netbook in my panniers I'll never know.

 

[StuAff]

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]

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.

 

[mmmmartin]

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.....

 

[dellzeqq]

take a look at this and let me know what you think..

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=Brix&daddr=Quai+Tourville+to:Barfleur+to:49.69333,-1.36956+to:49.67788,-1.47431+to:Brix,+France&hl=en&ll=49.585607,-1.265273&spn=0.011046,0.01929&sll=49.587248,-1.266797&sspn=0.01099,0.01929&geocode=FfMB9AIdOefn_ynbuz_Wk5oMSDGeY297bxM_GQ%3BFbyc9AIdyrzs_w%3BFdjp9QIdarfs_ylDEKwA7GcLSDEghLlPSBQMBA%3BFZJC9gIdKBrr_yltyroyO14LSDFwPkM7SBQMEw%3BFTgG9gId-oDp_ym_I6XYgJ8MSDEw3UI7SBQMEw%3BFfMB9AIdOefn_ynbuz_Wk5oMSDGeY297bxM_GQ&dirflg=w&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=16&via=3,4&t=m&z=16

 

[theclaud]

take a look at this and let me know what you think..

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=Brix&daddr=Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, France to:Barfleur to:49.69362,-1.37191 to:49.67788,-1.47431 to:Brix, France&hl=en&sll=49.664517,-1.50238&sspn=0.324441,0.617294&geocode=FfMB9AIdOefn_ynbuz_Wk5oMSDGeY297bxM_GQ;Famk9AIdbaXs_ymFieGs0WULSDG5gVKqkhwXzQ;Fdjp9QIdarfs_ylDEKwA7GcLSDEghLlPSBQMBA;FbRD9gId-hDr_ykhVWjJOl4LSDGw4dw5SBQMEw;FTgG9gId-oDp_ym_I6XYgJ8MSDEw3UI7SBQMEw;FfMB9AIdOefn_ynbuz_Wk5oMSDGeY297bxM_GQ&oq=Brix&dirflg=w&mra=dpe&mrsp=3&sz=11&via=3,4&t=m&z=11

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.

 

[dellzeqq]

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?sadd...g=w&mra=dpe&mrsp=2&sz=14&via=2,4,5,6&t=m&z=11

 

[martint235]

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?

 

[Davywalnuts]

take a look at this and let me know what you think..

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=Brix&daddr=Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, France to:Barfleur to:49.69362,-1.37191 to:49.67788,-1.47431 to:Brix, France&hl=en&sll=49.664517,-1.50238&sspn=0.324441,0.617294&geocode=FfMB9AIdOefn_ynbuz_Wk5oMSDGeY297bxM_GQ;Famk9AIdbaXs_ymFieGs0WULSDG5gVKqkhwXzQ;Fdjp9QIdarfs_ylDEKwA7GcLSDEghLlPSBQMBA;FbRD9gId-hDr_ykhVWjJOl4LSDGw4dw5SBQMEw;FTgG9gId-oDp_ym_I6XYgJ8MSDEw3UI7SBQMEw;FfMB9AIdOefn_ynbuz_Wk5oMSDGeY297bxM_GQ&oq=Brix&dirflg=w&mra=dpe&mrsp=3&sz=11&via=3,4&t=m&z=11

Thumbs up. I would say, how many circular routes could you get out of that area without too much overlapping? 6?

 

[wanda2010]

I like circles.

 

[Davywalnuts]

I like circles.

little 650c circles?

 

[ceepeebee]

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?

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.

 

[dellzeqq]

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?

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]

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.

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]

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.

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.