Hi All - am going to be driving from Calais to Cognac region at the weekend and will be going through Le Mans. Other than LeM, are there any recommendable locations to stop off on route or on the way back ?
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Originally posted by kaiser78 View PostHi All - am going to be driving from Calais to Cognac region at the weekend and will be going through Le Mans. Other than LeM, are there any recommendable locations to stop off on route or on the way back ? -
That part of France is incredibly flat and featureless, so you're better off just putting your foot down and not looking out of the windows.
en route.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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When you get back to Calais, you may find some friendly, foreign looking, gentlemen asking for a lift to England. Be helpful and squeeze as many of them in to your car as you can.Comment
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostThat part of France is incredibly flat and featureless, so you're better off just putting your foot down and not looking out of the windows.
en route.
I've stayed many times at Le Mans when I used to go to the 24 hour bike races and there isn't much there that would cause me to return.
Keep going until you get to Tours, which has a lovely Old Quarter when you cross the bridge."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
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Originally posted by kaiser78 View PostHi All - am going to be driving from Calais to Cognac region at the weekend and will be going through Le Mans. Other than LeM, are there any recommendable locations to stop off on route or on the way back ?
Go for a lunch or dinner at the highly recomended Hotel de Ville Le Mans"A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George OrwellComment
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The official fuel prices in France:
Prix des carburants en France, site gouvernemental
Auchan Grand-Synthe - €1.07 for diesel, it's also where I'd buy wine. Far enough from Calais that the prices aren't hiked for Brits.
Between Le Mans and Cognac: Saumur is a very nice town, great white wines around there. Apart from that, not much worth going off the main road for.…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Originally posted by Eirikur View PostThat's exactly the one where I usually fill up before going through the tunnel
Gazole (Diesel) 1.099€ =0.799089 GBP (My local Tesco is £1.099 at the moment )
I'll be going that way in about a month. I'm dreading what Calais might be like on the way back.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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