As some know, I like France and lived there for a while. I did, years ago, wonder what it would be like to drive around 'the Hexagon': That is, it is acknowledged (in France anyway!) France is roughly hexagonal, with three sides on the coast and three sides running along (largely) mountains.
I have looked at a possible route. It is between 2,230 and 2,300 miles in length with the principle way points being: (It doesn't mean driving through the center of all these places, but you get the idea):
(START) Calais - Lille - Metz - Strasbourg (1st STOP) - Mulhouse - (Jura Mountains, passing west of Lake Geneva and Mt Blanc) - Grenoble (Just south of here, 2nd STOP) - Nice - Marseilles - Montpellier - Perpignan (3rd STOP plus one day rest and maintenance stop) - Pau - Biarritz (4th STOP) - Bordeaux - La Rochelle - Nantes - Rennes (5th STOP) - Avranches - Caen - Dieppe - Calais (END)
I appreciate that Brittany is 'left out', but we could include it I guess (does rather spoil the Hexagon shape though... )

So it could be done safely in a week. In my BX (whichever one I have at the time!).
The idea would be to finance the trip myself/ourselves (BX crew), allowing £500 for fuel and other car-related stuff, £50 for tolls (although we would avoid doing all of this on boring - but fast - payage roads) and £300+ per head for stop-overs/grub. The crossing would be paid for by Tesco vouchers

I would aim to collect sponsorship to the tune of £2,000 or (much) more (otherwise it's not worth doing) to put to a suitable charity (TBA).
Anyone interested in becoming a member of the crew? Or indeed joining the trip in another BX?!
2010, spring. After the snows have gone from the Pyrenees... and before it gets too hot.
Thoughts?
What to call it? Hex and BX etc. offer possibilities.
BXagon Run?