27-03-12, 06:26 PM
hiya
to add my 2 centimes worth, I live in south central France and there are loads of decent routes around, in fact Ride mag recently published 2 which pass near me...., as I dont want to restrict my 1000, I return each year to the UK (fortunately I get it MOTed the same time as the Wetherspoons real ale festival - love frog food but really miss brit beer) I take a diff route every time and although I have done mine to Calais in one go I usually have one stop over in an ETAP hotel, roughly £35 a night inc simple brekky, also there are almost always cheapish restaurants very close to the hotels.
My last trip I took the back roads and had a great time
If you are thinking of passing near Figeac, or Aurillac then pop in for a cuppa, there is a really great restaurant 2 mins walk that does rooms too, and the route from Aurillac to Calais isn't bad at all!!
to add my 2 centimes worth, I live in south central France and there are loads of decent routes around, in fact Ride mag recently published 2 which pass near me...., as I dont want to restrict my 1000, I return each year to the UK (fortunately I get it MOTed the same time as the Wetherspoons real ale festival - love frog food but really miss brit beer) I take a diff route every time and although I have done mine to Calais in one go I usually have one stop over in an ETAP hotel, roughly £35 a night inc simple brekky, also there are almost always cheapish restaurants very close to the hotels.
My last trip I took the back roads and had a great time
If you are thinking of passing near Figeac, or Aurillac then pop in for a cuppa, there is a really great restaurant 2 mins walk that does rooms too, and the route from Aurillac to Calais isn't bad at all!!