Assorted pictures from the recent run in France over 5 days and 1600 miles. Thanks to Simon and Joel for an

unforgettable experience.

 

Day 1 - Home to Eurotunnel then Le Mans to meet up with Simon and then on to our first night's stop at Berry-Bouy.

 

 

 

Day 2 - South to the Millau Viaduct and then our second night's stop at Saint Jean de Cuculles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 10, 201510 yr by AndrewG

Day 3 - South to the mediterranean coast at Montpellier and then north to the Gorges de L'Ardeche followed by

our third night's stop at Valence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 4 - North to our fourth night's stop at Appoigny.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 5 - North to Calais and the Eurotunnel and home.

 

 

 

 

 

Some fantastic photos there Andrew, thanks for sharing. Some very fond memories from that trip [emoji106]

Thanks for sharing, would love to do a trip next year, in the past i enjoyed the Amsterdam trip with some club members and its great to go for a drive out with fellow enthusiasts/friends :thumbup1:

Awesome photos Andrew

Ok here goes, this might get a bit pic heavy! They're not the best definition and some could do with editing to look a bit better but here are some as I took them:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have a few photos here if anyone is interested [emoji106] http://s153.photobucket.com/user/Joely-P/library/Cars/Le%20Road%20Trip

 

Here's a few more captured on my phone for those that aren't utterly bored of seeing the same 3 cars by now!:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unfortunately, this became a familiar sight for all the wrong reasons during the trip as my lower of the 2 upper radiator hoses decided to split open after 8 years reliable service! Hacking nearly 2" of pipe off to get a decent seal and forcing the pipe up and over was the final temp repair, which saw it lap up another 1000+ miles, it now sits in my garage "awaiting spares"!:

 

 

It's typical that it drives faultless for so many years and other high mileage trips and it decides to defect in the furthest southern point of our trip! Ironically, I replaced this radiator hose with a silicon coupler and hard pipe kit a few years ago but I ended up with blue couplers and that top coupler was an eyesore. So it couldn't be seen, I cut off the top section of the long OEM hose so it looked stock, this weak spot was waiting to pounce, Doh!

Edited September 10, 201510 yr by Joely P

Great thread, love the pics and thanks for sharing guys :thumbup:

 

I suspect this happened a lot! :lol:

 

Looks like you had a great trip. I think a Monte Carlo trip needs planning, possibly to coincide with the F1?

Hehe yeah, cruising at relatively high speed along the autoroutes makes for rather thirsty driving! We talley wanted to incorporate a visit to Monaco but we just didn't have the time, another day and we could've possibly squeezed it in [emoji17]

 

The route we took seems to look like a penis!

 

The route north of Lemans and Auxerre was only Andrew and I on the first and last day, Simon came from the west, crossing on the ferry. Like a fool, I managed to curb both my mint rear wheels on the train (Chunnel crossing), oops!

 

 

Here's a little time lapse video of a rather busy autoroute as a wave of German cars were heading home from their holibobs:

 

 

And just some cruising drive-by action, such tasty cars to have the pleasure of travelling long distances with [emoji106]

 

Edited September 10, 201510 yr by Joely P

Brilliant pics.... would liove to do something similar at some point:)

Here's a little collage of the trip:

 

Just totalled up the fuel consumption for the trip - 1600 miles used 61 gallons giving 26.2 mpg.

Just totalled up the fuel consumption for the trip - 1600 miles used 61 gallons giving 26.2 mpg.

 

Wow, that's a pretty good return. Mine was slightly worse but Simon must have been doing 27/28 maybe higher? 26.2miles is also the exact distance of an official marathon Andrew, now you can get yourself a tattoo:

 

Wow, that's a pretty good return. Mine was slightly worse but Simon must have been doing 27/28 maybe higher?

26.2miles is also the exact distance of an official marathon Andrew, now you can get yourself a tattoo.

 

No thanks! I doubt it was 26.2mpg in the Gorges de L'Ardeche.

Edited September 10, 201510 yr by AndrewG

Did you not fancy going through the heart of paris lol...

I just came back from Spain and used a similar route to you,

But I went straight from rouen towards orleans,

On the way home I went straight through paris but is was around 6am sunday morning so was not busy at all...

 

I left alicante at 11am Saturday and drove around 1200miles with only 3 coffee breaks,

was home around midday sunday so drove for over 20hrs with boat from calais to dover

I love driving abroad and one day the zed will be doing the trip but for now im to poor lol.

pictures are really nice and could never be bored of seeing them 3 cars...

Great post and great pictures. Looks like you guys had a great time.

Some great pictures but my particular favourite :).

 

Fantastic post and photos

Great pictures as always.