Recomend me aeatery

[Peirre O`Bollox]

Recomend me a place for lunch
I`m heading off on my travels in July on the bike, travelling the 1st day from zeebrugge (the Hull - Zeebrugge ferry) towards Beze (Dijon) 350 miles, sticking mainly to the toll roads & ultimately heading towards the RGA & corsica on the following days
Can anyone recomend a rouitier, resturant or cafe roughly along (or just off) the route of the A26 / A5 / A31 in the Reims / troyes area, or maybe a little further south that they`d recomend for a lunch stop on the 1st day, as I`d prefer to eat sensible food, instead of grab & go food at the service areas.
If possible (as I don`t know the area) could you use google maps to pin point locations, then I can convert them into mapsource

Thanks in advance

 

[David Nimrod]

Recomend me a place for lunch

Blimey! just take a chance, surely that's what it's all about

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Blimey! just take a chance, surely that's what it's all about

Adventure travelling.......................it's great isn't it

 

[David Nimrod]

If the OP was serious, I really think he needs to consider junking the sat nav, and just traveling...

 

[Bury_Dave]

well, if he can't even spell Pierre correctly, what else could you expect ?

I suspect a 'wind-up' as if it was serious he'd have posted this in the 1200 section

 

[Peirre O`Bollox]

1st of all my apologies for making a mess of the OP
Pin pointing any locations would probably simpler that trying to tell me the address of a particular place

I suspect a 'wind-up' as if it was serious he'd have posted this in the 1200 section

Its not not mean't to be a wind up.
There are rouitier cafe's across France, albeit they're becoming a rare, they're the old fashioned roadside cafe's of the past, most are used by workers in the area and also uk truckers. The food is simple & good quality You generally find them just off major route nationals & motorway junctions. They generally serve a 2-3 course set meal or dish of the day. With drinks inc & altogether its cheap compare to some of the major chains you'd find enroute
I've used them elsewhere but not along that particular route. So I figured that some of you may have used them.
But if anyone thinks is a wind up, feel free to ignore the thread

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

1st of all my apologies for making a mess of the OP
Pin pointing any locations would probably simpler that trying to tell me the address of a particular place

Its not not mean't to be a wind up.
There are rouitier cafe's across France, albeit they're becoming a rare, they're the old fashioned roadside cafe's of the past, most are used by workers in the area and also uk truckers. The food is simple & good quality You generally find them just off major route nationals & motorway junctions. They generally serve a 2-3 course set meal or dish of the day. With drinks inc & altogether its cheap compare to some of the major chains you'd find enroute
I've used them elsewhere but not along that particular route. So I figured that some of you may have used them.
But if anyone thinks is a wind up, feel free to ignore the thread

It's true, travel down any trunk road in any country-France/Germany/Spain and you'll just find them, we did in Spain - a couple of years ago

All the fun of the fair - we couldn't speak much Spanish, they couldn't speak any English

So instead of deciphering the menu, the waitress just bought a tray full of each starter - we picked what we fancied and she took the others back

This went on for the main course and sweet in a similar fashion, much to the interest and consternation of the other diners, who thought it was a hoot

All part of the fun for 10 Euro's

Could I find the place again.....................probably not

However fear not, I bet there would be another 10 miles further along the road

Prepare to be unplanned and enjoy the adventure

I love to set off in the morning abroad on the bike and not know which road I might take, what I might see, where I will eat, where I will fill up and ultimately where I will lay my weary head that night, let alone in which town that be in

 

[Bury_Dave]

I love to set off in the morning abroad on the bike and not know which road I might take, what I might see, where I will eat, where I will fill up and ultimately where I will lay my weary head that night, let alone in which town that be in

Absolutely with you on that Johnny !

With the only company being my own and who i meet along the way

Peirre, I understand that you are after a particular type of cafe but are probably better off looking online for the french website and seeing if they have a map or better still, take your chances and see what you find. There may be other types of cafe that are as good if not better but you'll only find out by trying them. Little patesseries and boulongeries in small tows and villages.

Bon apetite !

Dave

 

[Wapping]

Have you tried Google, it's an amzing tool. You ask the world and the world replies, often without ripping the piss out of you, too..... But where is the fun in that?

You want Les Routier? Google those two words and a number of possible choices will present themselves. Pick one that looks like it may lead you somewhere.... I suggest you don't try the one relating to the UK.

Within the French Les Routier website there is an interactive map, broken up into the main areas of France. Chose the one you want and all the Les Routier restaurants will display themselves. I have done it for you in the second link. Zoom in and you'll find the exact location to put into your GPS, along with other bits and bobs to help you on your way, not least the opening hours.

http://www.relais-routiers.com/

http://www.relais-routiers.com/Relais_Routiers_region.asp?region=CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE

It really is a very good website.

Job done.

Bon appetit, as they say.



PS I like Beze. It used to be a very run down village where you could have bought a house for pennies. Then the motorway was at last joined up, Paris descended and the prices shot up.

Where are you staying and what are your plans in the Cote d'Or? It's a nice bit of France, that is for sure.

 

[Peirre O`Bollox]

Thanks Wapping for the response.
After some of the previous responses, I`d sumbled across the Routier website myself, and it is quite a good reference tool, there is also a routier POI file on the net for TT & mapsource that lists them all, and with the use of google earth to cross reference several locations on the "tour De corse" route, I`ve marked 3 or 4 possibles as waypoints on the way down, and 1 on the last day. There are several changes to the original route, but these are mainly accomodation, adding a couple of extra cols, tweeking the corsica routes, and time scale. The trip is now 22 days, due to the ferry timings during the day to corsica from Nice, and Bastia to Liv adding an extra day each to the overall plan.
As for Beze, I`m trying to stick to the "Tour de Corse" idea, as it ticks all the boxes for me, so I`m staying at hotel LE BOURGUIGNON http://www.lebourguignon.com/ and at 49 euro per night, with breakfast another 9 euros its within my budget range.
The following couple of days will see me staying at Annecy http://www.aubergeargonay.com/eng/accueileng.php then from Annecy- Briancon I`ve left myself the option of a side trip at Saint Jean de sixt up to col du colombiere and back down, adding the Col du pre to the route & after borg saint maurice I have the option to ride up/down the petit saint Bernard, before riding onto Briancon and staying at the Plein Sudhttp://www.hotelpleinsud.com/english/summer/
Then instead of heading to the Menton YHA as I`d orginally planned (they`ve permenently closed the YHA there, after I`d booked it) I`ve booked to stay at the Les Camelais YHA in Nice, so I`m turning right at Sospel and heading to Nice via the D2204, and missing out the D2566 route de sospel


Btw, I wasn`t specifically looking for les routiers establishments, but places of that type