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‘Tour de France’

‘Tour de France’. September 2010 Chris & Jackie Rix Paul & Ros Harkness. 1. Faites une Liste. Route Bike Bike gear Luggage Medical Insurance Documents Tickets Clothes. 2. Moto Preparation. Get new tyres Get the good lady an Airhawk seat pad

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‘Tour de France’

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  1. ‘Tour de France’ September 2010 Chris & Jackie Rix Paul & Ros Harkness

  2. 1. Faites une Liste • Route • Bike • Bike gear • Luggage • Medical • Insurance • Documents • Tickets • Clothes

  3. 2. Moto Preparation • Get new tyres • Get the good lady an Airhawkseat pad • Tyre sealant, tools, torch, tie wraps, chain lube, tyre repair kit, black tape, spare rider visor • Caberg’s + Scala’s, Draggin jeans, winter gloves, air-flow jackets, waterproof summer boots • Euro medical, AA/RAC & debit cards, Euros cash • Travel insurance • Inform motorcycle insurance company of dates in each country • Load up and test ride well before leaving

  4. 3. L'itinéraire Plan to avoid more than 250 miles in a day & stop every 45 mins • Belfast to Dublin • Dublin to Holyhead • Holyhead to Gloucester • Gloucester to Plymouth • Plymouth to Santander, Spain • Santander to Saint-Savin, Pyrenees • Pyrenees to Fleurac, Dordogne • Dordogne to Loches • Loches to Caen • Caen to Cherbourg • Cherbourg to Rosslare • Rosslare to Belfast ()

  5. 4. La Carte d'Itinéraire

  6. 5. Les motos / les femmes 100 miles Skylon £60 p.n.

  7. 6. Les Bagages Tank Bag • Wet trousers, over-mits, jackets • Sunglasses, ipod, camera, spare keys, adaptors, chargers, rope lock, towel • Dry zip pocket: passports, driving lic., bike ownership, routes, tickets, insurance details, cash • One night’s clothes + wash kit Top Box • Light shoes, shorts, light trousers, light fleece, swimmers, sun hat, 4x polo shirt, 6 x T-shirts, boxers, socks, jeans, summer gloves Panniers • Her stuff

  8. La deuxième nuit Irish Ferries £40 p.b. to Holyhead + 188 miles Holiday Inn, Gloucester £100 double

  9. Pont-Avon à Santander + 145miles To Plymouth Brittany Ferries £247 for 3 berth

  10. 7. Prendre Garde les Signes de Route • 50kph = 31mph in towns • 80-100kph = 62mph on open roads • 110-130kph = 81mph motorways • Signs for the lower limit when raining (Spot fines - exceed by 40kph = license confiscated) • Red triangle – approach to roundabout • Town name – start of 50km/hr speed limit • Town name with strike through – end of 50km/hr • Diamond shape – you have right of way • Priorite a droite – give way to traffic from right • Cedez le passage – traffic on roundabout has priority • Drink driving limit is 50mg/100 lower than UK 80mg • Unleaded is SP95 (Gazole is Diesel / SP98/95-EO ethanol added) • Never go on motorways without topping off with fuel first

  11. L'hôtel Les Rochers Le chat souriant +272 miles Euro 100 p.n. double

  12. La Saint-Savin Ville Scénique Pastiche à La Poste

  13. Le Haut Pyreenes Pont d’Espagne

  14. Le Tour de France Col d’Aubisque

  15. Pyrenees très élevé Pic du Midi d'Ossau 9,462ft

  16. La Villa dans Fleurac, Dordogne + 200 miles Villa £1,200 p.w

  17. Dordogne Scénique Esquivez foi gras ou des gésiers?

  18. La Maison de Moulin à Loches + 204 miles to Loches + 196 miles to Caen Euro 70 double

  19. Le Nec Plus Ultra Sacrifice Normandy + 76 miles to Cherbourg Irish Ferry Euro 179 p.c.

  20. La Fin

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