Where next?

[PaulSB]

I think that you might mean 1000 - 1200 kilometres.

It's around 650 - 700 miles from Calais to the Med, a surprisingly short distance. If the European bike bus serice is used you can get dropped off at Calais and picked up at Montpellier.

I'm sure you're correct on the Calais Montpellier distance as a quick glance at a map shows it is surprisingly short.

With the 1000-1200 miles I was thinking of St Malo to Nice which is, from memory, around 1050 miles depending on how much one meanders!

 

[mikey951r]

I also completed LEJOG this summer (solo, unsupported, camping) and was looking for another challenge for next spring. I've done some research and have almost decided on the Channel to Med. I bought the France en Velo book, which provides a really detailed route description for a route that curves from St Malo to Nice covering around a thousand miles. In fact I nearly set off on it during the last week of September but decided against it, which was just as well because the weather in the South of France was shocking then. I priced the train from Newark to Portsmouth at £40, the channel crossing from Portsmouth to St Malo at £45 and the train back from Nice to London at £90 and £25 from London to Newark. All quite reasonable I thought. I planned to stay in camp sites or wild camp and use the odd hotel if the weather turned foul or at the half way point as a treat. Does anyone have any experience of this route?

 

[vernon]

I also completed LEJOG this summer (solo, unsupported, camping) and was looking for another challenge for next spring. I've done some research and have almost decided on the Channel to Med. I bought the France en Velo book, which provides a really detailed route description for a route that curves from St Malo to Nice covering around a thousand miles. In fact I nearly set off on it during the last week of September but decided against it, which was just as well because the weather in the South of France was shocking then. I priced the train from Newark to Portsmouth at £40, the channel crossing from Portsmouth to St Malo at £45 and the train back from Nice to London at £90 and £25 from London to Newark. All quite reasonable I thought. I planned to stay in camp sites or wild camp and use the odd hotel if the weather turned foul or at the half way point as a treat. Does anyone have any experience of this route?

You'd be better off starting a new thread with this query. It will get a lot more focussed attention.

 

[clid61]

How about Flanders to Istanbul via 4 very challenging checkpoints lol