6 days in France 🇫🇷 in Sept 25

[MikeS]

Or chuck your mid size bikes in a van and do the gravel Alps passes.

I will be doing them again this year, I have not been for a while now.

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Maybe take a couple of extra days and go visit Cinque Terres?
Often missed by 'tarmac noses' !

Not heard about those before (although I have visited the Genoa coast before)
Unfortunately the 6 days are pretty fixed as it was a BF special offer, so on this occasion is too far

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Or chuck your mid size bikes in a van and do the gravel Alps passes.

I will be doing them again this year, I have not been for a while now.

Thanks
But booked the bigger >1000cc bikes this trip
Another time in the Tenere though

 

[stever1]

Last time I went to Ile de Ré was 1985 - so after 40 years I am maybe due a re-visit

I had a couple of nights in st Martin de Rey . Very nice. Spent a day walking around and drinking beer. A bad job, but someone has to do it.

 

[Mad Hatter]

Last time I went to Ile de Ré was 1985 - so after 40 years I am maybe due a re-visit

I suspect you’ll find it a lot busier down that way these days

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

I suspect you’ll find it a lot busier down that way these days

40 years ago it was mainly undiscovered….barring locals I expect

 

[wessie]

I suspect you’ll find it a lot busier down that way these days

And not compatible with a Yorkshire purse. I looked at the Ile but hotel prices are a bit salty. Found a place in the Old Town of La Rochelle

 

[ikkje]

I prefer the spoken (written) word from fellow GS’ers

Yes I have done a lot of France (and most of Europe) since the 1980’s etc …..but nothing for last 6 years whatsoever (due to the Covid years & looking after my aged Mum, until recently) so pretty rusty on accommodation front and places that I might have missed altogether /not seen fully and hence the question

Volcane region is a good shout, as is CF area

Me in 1997 in the Ardeché, on my first GS - bought new 6 weeks earlier & en route to Bol D’Or

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You haven't changed much JB

 

[stever1]

And not compatible with a Yorkshire purse. I looked at the Ile but hotel prices are a bit salty. Found a place in the Old Town of La Rochelle

Oh I don’t know. I stayed last may. £165 for two nights b and b

 

[J biker]

Another option would be to go across to north eastern France and explore the Vosges mountains and Alsace. I’ve been there a few times and the grand ballon area is spectacular

I would agree, if starting from Calais..

 

[wessie]

Oh I don’t know. I stayed last may. £165 for two nights b and b

have you looked at rates for 2025? Quite some increase in the last year in France & Spain

 

[jasp]

Ile d'Oleron is much cheaper but the smaller Ile de Noiemoutier is quieter...All fairly close and the Pineau de Charente is fabulous. I could eat my way round France
Eglade de moules on the Ile d'Oleron,
Mussels cooked on a pine plank under flamed pine needles!

 

[stever1]

have you looked at rates for 2025? Quite some increase in the last year in France & Spain

No, I’ve not looked this year.

 

[Wapping]

 

[Wapping]

Day 1 - 196 miles

Day 2 - 194 miles

Day 3 - 182 miles

Day 4 - 175 miles

Day 5 - 215 miles

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Day 1 - 196 miles

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Day 2 - 194 miles

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Day 3 - 182 miles

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Day 4 - 175 miles

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Day 5 - 215 miles

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Thank you
MRA man can sort it out

 

[Wapping]

Let us know if you ride it and / or better still, enjoy it.

Take a day off between days two and three or, better still, ride around on the D roads, south and east of Angoulême.

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Let us know if you ride it and / or better still, enjoy it.

Take a day off between days two and three or, better still, ride around on the D roads, south and east of Angoulême.

I will and we’ll discuss your plan, in detail

I fancy Auvergne areas too

 

[Wapping]

If you don’t head to the Auvergne, maybe have a look at this:

https://www.myrouteapp.com/en/social/route/10903883?mode=

 

[Wapping]

Or across to the East, war cemeteries , trenches, and across into Belgium

I’m not sure I’d start from Caen, when coming from Yorkshire.