France May 2009

[Wapping]

Roll-call as at today


(A) ONE DAY JAUNT

Wapping
Chas M with son, as pillion
Intermediate
Budweiser
Kev B
NC Pierce
Robin

Maybe list, waiting to hear:
NC Pierce's brother-in-law
Martinc.d and wife as pillion


(B) FOUR DAY JAUNT


Chas M with wife, as pillion
Adamneeds with wife, as pillion
Wapping
The-other-bradders
Intermediate
Budweiser
Kev B
NCPierce
BrianMaslen

Maybe list, waitng to hear:
Pathalogic
Physiojo (aka Mrs Pathalogic) - riding her own bike
Martinc.d and wife as pillion
Axeumlidlp

 

[Wapping]

(A) ONE DAY JAUNT (25th April)



Wapping
Chas M May bring son as pillion
Intermediate
Budweiser
Kev B
NC Pierce
Robin

Maybe list:
NC Pierce's brother-in-law
Martinc.d and wife as pillion


(B) FOUR DAY JAUNT (22nd May - 25th May)



Chas M May bring wife as pillion
Adamneeds Wife as pillion
Wapping
The-other-bradders
Intermediate
Budweiser
Kev B
NCPierce
BrianMaslen
Axeumlidlp Meet in France - Staying on afterwards

Maybe list:
Pathalogic
Physiojo (aka Mrs Pathalogic) - riding her own bike
Martinc.d and wife as pillion

 

[Budweiser]

(A) ONE DAY JAUNT (25th April)



Wapping
Chas M May bring son as pillion
Intermediate
Budweiser
Kev B
NC Pierce
Robin

Maybe list:
NC Pierce's brother-in-law
Martinc.d and wife as pillion


(B) FOUR DAY JAUNT (22nd May - 25th May)



Chas M May bring wife as pillion
Adamneeds Wife as pillion
Wapping
The-other-bradders
Intermediate
Budweiser
Kev B
NCPierce
BrianMaslen
Axeumlidlp Meet in France - Staying on afterwards

Maybe list:
Pathalogic
Physiojo (aka Mrs Pathalogic) - riding her own bike
Martinc.d and wife as pillion

Definitely doing the single day but not the 4 day

 

[Wapping]

Definitely doing the single day but not the 4 day

OK. No prob's.

 

[martinc.d]

Hi Wapping,
I'm Sorry to say but i'll have to come of the maybe list for both the 1 & 4day trips.
Maybe another time?

Regards
MD

 

[ncpierce]

Since someone has pushed this one back to the top(ish).

Any news on the first nights hotel for the May trip and/or proposed route?

Thanks

Nigel

 

[Wapping]

Update - One day jaunt - 25th April

One day jaunt - 25th April

I have put the route together.

It is in three legs, named (imaginatively) as Leg1, Leg2 and Leg3. I have attached a Garmin file.

Leg 1 - Magenta - is 37.5 miles from Eurotunnel to Cassel and coffee

Leg 2 - Red - is 69.8 miles from Cassel to Boulgne and lunch

Leg 3 - Green - is 24.6 miles from Boulogne to Eurotunnel and home

Total distance 131.9 miles = 132.

The different route colours show up quite well on Google Earth. If you open the file in Mapsource and click View click then click Google Earth it will open in a new window, matching the scale.

You may like to change the colours of the routes as sometimes they do not show up too well on some GPS devices. You can do this through Route Properties.

For anyone with a TomTom I will try to get the file converted.

I will make a separate route plan and post it up.

I will be riding the route in late March, just to check out any obvious glitches. Most particularly I want to re-check the road numbers and the place names signposted. There are some fairly small roads in Leg 2 but nothing off-road or unmade, that's a promise. You could ride them all on anything from a pushbike to a FireBlade.

Roll call:

Wapping
Chas M May bring son as pillion
Intermediate
Budweiser
Kev B
NC Pierce
Robin

Maybe list:
NC Pierce's brother-in-law

Any problems, questions or comments post 'em up or PM me.

Richard

PS I will now set about confirming our hotels for the longer excursion and working out the routes.

 

[Deleted Member I]

 

[Wapping]

LEG 1

Leave Eurotunnel D306 Guines
D127 Guines
Turn left D231 Bremes
D231 Ardres
D943 (A26 / St Omer)
D943
Turn left D221 Bleue-Maison
D221
Turn left D213 Watten
D213
Turn right D26 Lederzeele
D26 Wemers-Capel
D26 Cassel Tea / coffee


LEG 2

Return D26 Cassel
Fork left D933 Bavinchove (St Omer)
D933
Roundabout D942 (St Omer ring road)
Roundabout D77 (Therouanne)
Turn left D189?? Heuringhem
D189 Ecques
Turn right D201
Turn left D77 (Therouanne)
Turn right D201 Inghem
D201 Herbelles
Turn right D341
Turn left D928 Aroult
D928 Fauquembergues
Turn right D92 (Campagne les Boulonnais)
Turn left D132 Beaussart
D132 Rumilly
Turn right D148 Wicquinghem
D148 (Hucqueliers)
Fork left D131 Maninghem
Turn right D126
Cross roads D939 Attin
D939 Beutin
D939 Enocq
D939 Etaples
Turn right D940 Camiers
D940 Dannes
D940 Neufchatel-Hardelot
D940 Boulogne-sur-Mer Lunch
D940 (Wimereaux)

LEG 3

D940 Boulogne-sur-Mer
D940 Wimereaux
D940 Audresselles
D940 Audinghen
D940 Wissant
D940 Escalles
D940 Sangatte
Turn right D243 Peuplingues
Eurotunnel

 

[ncpierce]

Thanks Wapping.

NC Pierce's brother-in-law - definite no show


Regards

Nigel

 

[Wapping]

Excel version of route, in earlier version of Excel.

 

[Wapping]

Thanks Wapping.

NC Pierce's brother-in-law - definite no show


Regards

Nigel

OK. Thanks.

 

[oldrascal]

PM sent.

 

[dxtans]

PM sent

 

[Pathologic]

Room for two more?

Hi Wapping,

Thanks again for organizing these bimbles.

I can confirm my PM and have booked Eurotunnel for Physiojo and me with a bike each for 25 April and 22-25 May. Let us know about accommodation when you know.

Eurotunnel is a pain if you want to book multiple vehicles. Would I have done better over the phone? Ended up with four confirmations for two trips. My credit card is steaming gently

This should be a blast. See you then.

Regards,

Path.

 

[LBL]

one dayer to French France

Hi All,

If its ok with Wapping and all the others i would like to put my name forward for the one dayer, if its fully subscribed and you have the maximum number thats cool, but perhaps i could be 1st reserve in case anyone drops out.

I could do with the practice as im giving it a go trying to sort out a trip in May.

cheers all

 

[Wapping]

ONE DAY JAUNT

ONE DAY JAUNT

I rode the One Day Jaunt route today with ChasMill of this parish and have made a couple of changes.

The changes are to leg 2 and leg 3.

Leg 2:

We now finish the leg in Le Touquet, for a late lunch.


Leg 3:

We now take a short stretch of motorway to skirt Boulogne and Wimereux.


Fresh Garmin route attached.


I will try to get it converted to suite TomTom.


I will redo the Excel route plan.


Could anyone who does NOT have a GPS device let me know, please.


Richard

 

[jimbogs1200]

Hi,
I have just joined the forum today, after getting my 1200gs on Thursday and breaking down on Fri due to the FPC problem...
I have not read through all of the posts yet, but I would be interested...have you settled on a date yet?
Cheers,
Jim.

 

[Wapping]

Hi,
I have just joined the forum today, after getting my 1200gs on Thursday and breaking down on Fri due to the FPC problem...
I have not read through all of the posts yet, but I would be interested...have you settled on a date yet?
Cheers,
Jim.

Hi Jim

Both rides are full I'm afraid.

Richard

 

[Wapping]

One day jaunt - Route Excel

ONE DAY JAUNT


Here is the route in Excel.

One tab for each of the three legs.

Richard