How not to pay the Toll for crossing the bridge...............
I've just got back from a 3500 mile Spanish Odyssey, taking in Santander, Portugal, Spain, Andorra, France, Spain, France, Spain, France etc, culminating with a journey to Caen.
On the way we crossed over the Millau bridge, travelling north.
The motorway up to it is spectacular as is the bridge.
We then stopped in the rest area immediately after the bridge.
The car park there is split in to two, ie. for north bound and south bound traffic. The two are seperated by a locked gate and a kerb edge.
As our car park was very busy we crossed the kerb in to the southbound car park and dined on our supermarket bought grub.
We then realised that we could head south again from this car park and re cross the bridge and thus avoid heading north and getting captured by the Peage point (which is to the north of the bridge).
I've no idea what the toll would have been, but the sense of victory over Rip Off France was immeasurable.
There is also an adjacent non-motorway network road that can be accessed by going between a couple of large boulders: big enough for a GS and panniers.
I've just got back from a 3500 mile Spanish Odyssey, taking in Santander, Portugal, Spain, Andorra, France, Spain, France, Spain, France etc, culminating with a journey to Caen.
On the way we crossed over the Millau bridge, travelling north.
The motorway up to it is spectacular as is the bridge.
We then stopped in the rest area immediately after the bridge.
The car park there is split in to two, ie. for north bound and south bound traffic. The two are seperated by a locked gate and a kerb edge.
As our car park was very busy we crossed the kerb in to the southbound car park and dined on our supermarket bought grub.
We then realised that we could head south again from this car park and re cross the bridge and thus avoid heading north and getting captured by the Peage point (which is to the north of the bridge).
I've no idea what the toll would have been, but the sense of victory over Rip Off France was immeasurable.
There is also an adjacent non-motorway network road that can be accessed by going between a couple of large boulders: big enough for a GS and panniers.