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kands · Account Deactivated

Hi all
I have only had 3 replies to my request for a PM giving the details of people interested in partaking of this trip to Spain.

Surely there are more of you than that????

Please can you PM me as soon as possible with the info so we can get on with the organisation of this trip.....

Many thanks

Keith

Enodreven

Hi,

I'm still trying to get the over night stops sorted, can you please let me know what you think the daily milage should be, as without it I can't start finding the Campsites/Aires/parking spaces, while I appricate the idea of taking in the views etc. please think about it being January and the strong possiblity of the weather not being to good ?

I think the daily millage needs to be near the 200 as if we take the west coast route it will still take 7 days ?

Please let me have your thoughts

Brian

Fireman

Hi folks. For discussion of this under a different thread, see

mike800966

We would definitely recommend a site near Poitiers at Jaunay Clan, we were there last Jan and it was wet and 'orrid (bit like outside at the moment)
The thing I remember is the heated shower block floors, they were luvly.

vicdicdoc

The 'saga' so far . . .
We're booked to leave Dover 4th Jan & returning 8th Feb, so the far end of Spain 'may' be a touch optimistic but we should be able to get as far as Barcelona & still have 14 days to enjoy the sunshine [shouldn't say sun - when I waz a boy scout we used to say 'nus' - that way murphy didn't hear you and bring on the clouds & rain Wink

]

With the aid of the routes received, I have varied them slightly and I'm now in the process of marking up free Aires/ overnight stops whilst trying to keep to approx 200 miles a day driving;
The [provisional] route is :- Calais, Arras, skirting east of Paris, Orleans, Chateauroux, Limoges, Brive-la-Gallarde, Montauban, Toulouse, Carcassonne, Narbonne, Perpignan, Barcelona [then if we feel like it down to Alicante/Denia/Almeria] . . . main road but avoiding toll roads.
The night stops I'm sorting are [where necessary] within 10 or so miles off the main route . . with 3 different Aires books [all in French Shocked

], the Aires download, and other sources - it takes a bit of juggling ! but hopefully within a couple of evenings I'll have it sorted.

kijana

Good work, Vicdicdoc.

Will be hot on your heels (or maybe even a bit ahead of your heels), so very interested to see your aires lists, if you're prepared to share them. As ever, if they contain some indication of suitability for larger motorhomes (oh, alright then, RV's) this would make them even more irresistable.

Cheers

Bruce

Enodreven

Great vicdicdoc

Let us know where you will be and we will try to meet up along the way or in Spain, I have the Campingcar CD POI loaded on my Autoroute if you like I will try to identify aires every 200'ish miles on your route if it will help ? do you want Lat?long positions, the only problem is I can't find a way of checking if they are open all year ?

I didn't notice the time of your ferry will your first stop be around the 200 or are you looking for something closer for the first night ?

Brian

sng

Nice work Vic... although we'll be going a few weeks after you return, we're very interested in your route.... details would be very much appreciated...

Enodreven

Hi,

I just tried to post a route with overnight Aires from Calais to Barcelona but it didn't transfer over from Excel to this post, is there a way of posting an Excel listing on here, if not and you would like a copy PM me,

Brian

vicdicdoc

I've sat & mused over the map[s] of France & played with Autoroute and tried to work out night stops on free Aires [in villages off of the main route] every 200 miles or so . . . I will post once I've 'refined' it - I've a mind to include night stops at lesser distances incase of (a) bad weather, (b) laziness, (c) touch of sightseeing; I guess that a days start at 9am & ending around 3.30 / 4pm will be sufficient [inc lunch stop], - from my limited experience I've found that even at a steady 55mph - I only average around 40 miles Rolling Eyes

[due no doubt to some mathematical law of inverse time/distance ], or more prob because we prefer not to use toll roads, anyway we're not intending doing a frantic dash to the sun, just a nice comfortable plod.
My knowledge & experience of Computers & Autoroute may limit me sending the info as an Autoroute file but I'll do my best to lay it all out with route/roads/GPS locations of night stops.