aide et entraide pour voyager et se balader

Salut
l'année prochaine je souhaite continuer mon excursion de la côte méditerranéenne de la frontière avec l'Espagne à la frontière avec l'Italie. Je souhaite voyager de Calais à Perpignan, croisant au-dessus du pont de Millau, sur de bonnes routes - mais aucuns autoroutes ! des suggestions, svp ?

Garry.

Combien de jours as tu pour faire tout ça?
Pas de problème, nous pouvons t'aider. Peut être que quelqu'un pourait t'héberger sur le chemin?!


How many days have you for make all this?
No problem, we can help you. Maybe, someone could accomodate you on your way?!

si les dates coïncident, hébergement possible en seine et marne...

Idem,Par rapport aux dates, hebergement possible dans la marne, j'habite au bord de ce qui s'appelait "la route des anglais".A l'époque, les touristes anglais avaient pour habitude d'emprunter cette route quand l'autoroute n'existait pas. Aujourd'hui encore, c'est très fréquemment que je vois passer devant chez moi des immatriculations d'outre manche. ca reste un parcours touristique de la région champenoise

I also can accomodate you in Marne if holyday's dates are the same. I live at side of what is called "the road of English people".At the time, english tourists had to take this road when the motorway does'nt exist.
Today, I often see english registrations going by my house. It's still a touristic route of the Champagne region.

Si je peux juste donner un conseil, filez toujours un nom de ville avec la région proposée, c'est beaucoup plus facile pour les étrangers de se situer...

voui, alors tout près de Sézanne.

Salut
Je prendrai 18 jours pour accomplir l'excursion. Je recherche un bon itinéraire que j'apprécierai sur ma moto !
Il ferait beau de vous rencontrer pour partager un repas et pour boire en route, peut-être ?
Garry.

Je te prépare quelques roadbooks pour la partie sud.

merci beaucoup, Zifox.

Garry.

Here's a possible roadbook from Mende (middle of the Massif central) to Perpignan.

Here's a screenshot of the map:
http://zyfox.free.fr/ForumRF/Itineraires/roadbooktoperpi.jpg
It's quite large, i'd advise you to save it on your computer and not try to display it in your browser.

Let's get cracking:
From Mende the goal is to catch the "Gorges du Tarn". Follow the main road towards Florac.
Go through the Gorges, enjoy the view and the road , to Millau.

At the exit of the Gorges, i draw another possible route, if you don't have to go over Millau's bridge. This alternate route (in green), is far funnier and more beautiful, it's really the one i'd take.

Otherwise, the route goes near Millau, up on the bridge (pay the fee...), and then follow the highway. Exit at Le Caylar, then we go to Lodève, small roads, magnificent landscapes and pretty villages.

From Lodève we head towards Bédarieux. Again, a nice road on which you can ride at a nice pace. At Bédarieux, go straight through the city and head towards St Pons. Not the fastest route to Perpignan, but surely the best, the road is curvy, through forests and hills.
Before you arrive at St Pons ( like 200 meters before the sign ), turn left to catch the road to St Chinian / Beziers, and after a couple of miles, you should have a thought like "it's a f**king racetrack !" poppîng in your head.

Sadly the fun roads and there, the remaining one are quite straight, but the landscape is nice. At Narbonne, since there is no other route, follow Perpignan using the main road.

I have driven on most of these roads, apart from the millau bridge, they are clean and have only a few speed cameras.
I describe some of those roads in "Les meilleures routes du sud ouest", have a look, it's more detailed and includes pictures.

French version will come soon...

babibel a écrit:

I live at side of what is called "the road of English people".At the time, english tourists had to take this road when the motorway does'nt exist.

salut babibel!
ce qui est le nombre du " la route des anglais"?
merci
Garry

Salut Zifox!
J'aime l'itinéraire vert - c'est celui que je voyagerai
merci
Garry.

geekay a écrit:

babibel a écrit:

I live at side of what is called "the road of English people".At the time, english tourists had to take this road when the motorway does'nt exist.

salut babibel!
ce qui est le nombre du " la route des anglais"?
merci
Garry

c'est la D373.
From Sézanne to Troyes in Champagne

Salut chacun, nous allons en famille cette année en Normandie, quelqu'un peut-il nous recommander un endroit où séjourner?

Quelle ville ou village serait le meilleur, et quels hotels nous recommandez-vous?

Nous viendrons en août.
Merci,
Neil.

Hi everyone, We are taking our family holiday this year in Normandy, can anyone reccomend where to stay?

Which town or village would be best, and has anyone any hotels they can reccomend?

We will be coming over in August.

Thanks,

Neil.

hi Brad you're welcome !
first of all you have to precise your journey. because of DDAY landings commemorations in june, many hostels are complete. then, take care of the waether, wich is as old england'one, summer really comes in july.
Normandy is a big country...
here are some view of normandy places i prefer
arromanches, part of dday landings near caen


etretat, near le havre


falaise, south of caen, birthplace of william the conqueror, king of england and duke of normandy


jumieges, (abbey of) near rouen

how long do you plan to stay in normandy?
here is the WWII memorial of caen (with a british RAF typhoon)



caen, the men's abbey (town's hall)


chateau gaillard, plantagenet's castle near evreux

best idea will probably to try finding an hostel or a bed and breakfast near caen. you will have some opportunities some 10 km around caen, if you intend to visit this area.
if you wih to enjoy sea water, try granville (not expensive, good beaches...) or, if you can (but expensiver !) deauville is a good choice (american movie festival)
here is the haras du pin (horse institution) near argentan


or the norman swintzerland (rafting, bugee jumping...)


here is the cherbourg area


i will look for another adresses

Merci sansvisage, ces images sont belles. Quel beau pays. Nous prévoyons de venir dans la première semaine d'août , pour 7 nuits du samedi au samedi. Le but principal est de visiter les emplacements WW2, mais ma fille plus âgée aime tout ce qui est Français et étudie le français pour ses examens finaux. Ainsi nous avons pensé qu'une semaine pour découvrir votre culture serait un grand avantage pour elle. Nous emprunterons l' Eurotunnel,puis nous rendons en Normandie, idéalement Deuville/Caen, quelque part autour de là.

Je suis désolé au sujet de la traduction. le babelfish semble avoir une certaine forme de panne mentale. *


I am sorry about the translation.. babelfish seems to be having some form of mental breakdown..

Thank you sansvisage, those pictures are great. What beautiful country.

We are wanting to come over the first week in august, for 7 nights Saturday to Saturday.
The main purpose is to visit the WW2 sites, but my eldest daughter loves anything French and is studying French for her final exams so we thought a week of experiencing your culture would be of great benefit to her.

We will be travelling over on the eurotunnel, then driving down to Normandy, ideally Deuville/ Caen, somewhere around there.

*Bab'Edit : Oui mais heureusement, le Babibelfish (excellent poisson) est bien plus performant!

note : beware of Bab' he's a real wizard !
So you have to make this journey
caen-benouville-arromanche-bayeux-saint laurent-pointe du hoc.
near la sorellerie, you'll find some V2 sites, without any tourists. WWII was my speciality as I passed my master's degree.
you will find many military cemetaries, some of them british between caen and falaise.
you also could follow the 11 armoured division from caen to putanges in the norman switzerland.
you also could find many individual memorials due to crashed airmen.

D'ailleurs sansvisage y a quelques belle route autour de chateau gaillard et sont secteur ( la monter de chateau gaillard est assez sympa, quoique un peu dur pour un 600 4 pattes.)

En tout cas Sansvisage tu as selectionné à Bradlad de jolie coin

lam ontee de chateau gaillard j'en garde un très bon souvenir un matin à 7h00 alors que le jour se levait, la brume dans les boucles de la seine...

sansvisage a écrit:

lam ontee de chateau gaillard j'en garde un très bon souvenir un matin à 7h00 alors que le jour se levait, la brume dans les boucles de la seine...

en effet je l'ai fait aussi un matin d'aout avec la brume aussi

sansvisage a écrit:

note : beware of Bab' he's a real wizard !
So you have to make this journey
caen-benouville-arromanche-bayeux-saint laurent-pointe du hoc.
near la sorellerie, you'll find some V2 sites, without any tourists. WWII was my speciality as I passed my master's degree.
you will find many military cemetaries, some of them british between caen and falaise.
you also could follow the 11 armoured division from caen to putanges in the norman switzerland.
you also could find many individual memorials due to crashed airmen.

Merci est exactement qui ce que je veux.
Je m'exerce actuellement pour devenir un professeur d'histoire, et mon degré se spécialise dans WW2 tellement quelque chose qui n'est pas sur la traînée "de touristes" est bon.

Thank you thats exactly what i want.

I'm currently training to become a history teacher, and my degree is specialising in WW2 so anything thats not on the " tourist" trail is great.

Many thanks.

Je dois maintenant faire un effort spécial d'apprendre le français.
Je peux pouvoir participer à cet emplacement plus souvent trop si je.

I now need to make a special effort to learn French..

I may be able to take part in this site more often too if i did.

you will probably take the ferry?
so you'll land in ouistreham, part of the dday landings.(2nd british army)
from east to west
juno beach
then go to benouville (pegasus bridge, airborne action)
finally try caen (many museums, 3rd division action, restaurants...)
sword and gold beaches
on the second day, you could try arromanches (wrecks of artificial port)
then bayeux (cathedral, queen mathild 's tepessry, british cemetary)
omaha and utah beaches
this is a part of american sector, you could visit saint laurent american cemetary, and the pointe du hoc (rangers action)
then go on to utah beach and sainte mere eglise (us airborne actions)
but the thing is, normandy battle is one of the WWII greatest : from june to september, 1944.
about 50000 german soldiers and as much allied soldiers were killed. 3 millions allied soldiers passed on Normandy, 400000 german !
you can find many histories, from campagn airfield to hidden blochaus, from towns'sacrifice to secret weapons..., anywhere you'll go, you'll find something. don't forget 5OOO civilians were killed and 365 towns and villages destroyed by bombings.
I hope of some help
regards