Well this one's slightly different in that it's a plan for our family's 2011 main summer holiday... Thought I'd share it with fellow touring-fans (and also put out an appeal for any knowledge of the Spanish section: I only know a bit of the Barcelona area - as for the rest of the 'section' I don't know anything except a few pointers from Wikipee'.
With the intention to get a fair distance in the first three days, we drive down on an early Monday morning to cross at Dover (90 mi), then (Day one; 200mi) it's off from CALAIS to around CHATEAU-THIERRY (E of Paris). Day two; onwards to MOULINS - that's another 232mi. Day three, it's off to RODEZ (210 mi). Day four/five*; cross the Sky-bridge at Millau and on to *TWO nights in or near AGDE/NARBONNE-PLAGE (125 mi). Day six (187 mi); lunch in Perpignan and on to a villa W of Barcelona, Spain (area of MANRESA) booked for one week from Saturday to Saturday, taking us to; Day twelve/thirteen*; on to ZARAGOZA (165 mi) - spend *TWO nights there - so; Day fourteen; cross the Pyrenees to PAU via Jaca (there is a plan to do Bilbao instead... but for now Pau is favoured), that's 160 mi. Day fifteen/sixteen*; Pau to BISSCAROSSE/ARCACHON (160 mi), *TWO nights there. Then it's a couple of longer-distance drives; Day seventeen; on to TOURS (248 mi), Day eighteen; continue to AMIENS (232 mi), then Day nineteen; on to CALAIS (99 mi) cross that day and on to home.
Overall about 2,200 miles in 11 days of driving; that's quite a lot less than the BXagon did - albeit a fair distance considering it's meant to be a holiday. But with a solid week of 'doing nothing' in the middle of it plus some days off either side, it should make for a memorable holiday.
Now, HOW THE **** am I going to afford it?! Ah well, something to aim for.
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I expect I'll get a couple of days dan Margate again
It wasn't my intention to boast We do without so much compared with some, it's nice to be extravagant every other year or so. I do wish I could shoot off to the Bahamas, but hey!
My Cars: 1999 Xsara LX 2.0HDI (90) Hatch - Fern 2002 C5 2.0 HDI (110) Estate - Jasmine - SORN 2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD 2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement 1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - SORN 1992 TZD Turbo Estate - SORN 1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired - SORN 1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped 2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car 1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014 1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN 1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN
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Postby MULLEY »
scarecrow wrote:Go on then Tim - we can give it a go, but I'm on top
That did make me giggle.
2002 C5 2.0 HDI Estate - Jasmine - Now SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - My daily
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired.
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN
We do without so much compared with some, it's nice to be extravagant every other year or so. I do wish I could shoot off to the Bahamas, but hey! 
Not your fault I'm a lazy bastard 
