‘Tour de France’
September 2010
Chris & Jackie Rix
Paul & Ros Harkness
1. Faites une Liste
• Route • Bike• Bike gear• Luggage• Medical• Insurance• Documents• Tickets• Clothes
2. Moto Preparation• Get new tyres• Get the good lady an Airhawk seat pad • Tyre sealant, tools, torch, tie wraps, chain lube, tyre
repair kit, black tape, spare rider visor• Caberg’s + Scala’s, Draggin jeans, winter gloves, air-flow
jackets, waterproof summer boots• Euro medical, AA/RAC & debit cards, Euros cash• Travel insurance• Inform motorcycle insurance company of dates in each
country• Load up and test ride well before leaving
3. L'itinéraire
Plan to avoid more than 250 miles in a day & stop every 45 mins • Belfast to Dublin• Dublin to Holyhead• Holyhead to Gloucester • Gloucester to Plymouth• Plymouth to Santander, Spain• Santander to Saint-Savin, Pyrenees• Pyrenees to Fleurac, Dordogne• Dordogne to Loches• Loches to Caen• Caen to Cherbourg• Cherbourg to Rosslare• Rosslare to Belfast
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4. La Carte d'Itinéraire
5. Les motos / les femmes
100 miles
Skylon £60 p.n.
6. Les Bagages
Tank Bag• Wet trousers, over-mits, jackets• Sunglasses, ipod, camera, spare keys, adaptors, chargers, rope lock,
towel• Dry zip pocket: passports, driving lic., bike ownership, routes,
tickets, insurance details, cash• One night’s clothes + wash kitTop Box• Light shoes, shorts, light trousers, light fleece, swimmers, sun hat, 4x
polo shirt, 6 x T-shirts, boxers, socks, jeans, summer glovesPanniers• Her stuff
La deuxième nuit
+ 188 miles
Holiday Inn, Gloucester
£100 double
Irish Ferries
£40 p.b. to Holyhead
Pont-Avon à Santander
Brittany Ferries
£247 for 3 berth
+ 145miles
To Plymouth
7. Prendre Garde les Signes de Route
• 50kph = 31mph in towns• 80-100kph = 62mph on open roads• 110-130kph = 81mph motorways• Signs for the lower limit when raining
(Spot fines - exceed by 40kph = license confiscated)• Red triangle – approach to roundabout• Town name – start of 50km/hr speed limit• Town name with strike through – end of 50km/hr• Diamond shape – you have right of way• Priorite a droite – give way to traffic from right• Cedez le passage – traffic on roundabout has priority• Drink driving limit is 50mg/100 lower than UK 80mg• Unleaded is SP95 (Gazole is Diesel / SP98/95-EO ethanol added)• Never go on motorways without topping off with fuel first
L'hôtel Les Rochers
+272 miles
Euro 100 p.n. double
Le chat souriant
La Saint-Savin Ville Scénique
Pastiche à La Poste
Le Haut Pyreenes
Pont d’Espagne
Le Tour de France
Col d’Aubisque
Pyrenees très élevé
Pic du Midi d'Ossau
9,462ft
La Villa dans Fleurac, Dordogne
+ 200 miles
Villa £1,200 p.w
Dordogne Scénique
Esquivez foi gras ou des gésiers?
La Maison de Moulin à Loches
+ 196 miles to Caen
Euro 70 double
+ 204 miles
to Loches
Le Nec Plus Ultra Sacrifice
+ 76 miles to Cherbourg
Irish Ferry Euro 179 p.c.
Normandy
La Fin
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