Well it was a chilly and damp weekend away from the 6th to the 10th of September.
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Day one went pretty much like clockwork - we left our meeting point only 4 minutes late and arrived at Maidstone services for a fuel top-up in plenty of time (Re-planning for another time as we won't be stopping for fuel at Maidstone as even Dick Turpin wore a mask. Robbing sods were charging £1.52.9 for basic fuel our local Tesco's was £1.32.9). The train left about dead on time 20 minutes late which is normal.
Arriving in Calais it was a very short ride to an edge of town McDonald's for a quick bite to eat before taking the coast road (with great views of the channel but this time not the English coast due to the poor weather) Down through the harbour area of Boulogne and onward to Le Tourquet turning inland to Montreuil-Sur-Mer (I know that sounds daft but Montreuil was a port in Medieval times before its access river silted up).
Day two and a ride out taking us inland to the south and east was arranged we had ten minutes of heavy rain before we were back to overcast skies and occasional drizzle.
Day three and another ride out down the coast via the Edge of Dieppe to Vueles-Les-Roses for Moules et Frites for lunch and some rare sunshine.
Day four and a latish start from the hotel back via the "Chaudron Licquois Cafe Maire" in Liques for a pre-arranged set menu lunch (arranged via Facebook Messenger and Google Translate). Then on to Calais. (Did you know if you look for them you can find hairpin bends in this part of France great fun except for the loose gravel).
Finally back into the UK where the misery began with about 35 miles of average speed cameras on the M20 followed by traffic at the Dartford Crossing followed by the A13, the A127 and the A12 all full of slow traffic (I know I tried them all). Another time we must decide whether to leave France later or earlier to avoid the home time traffic.
My trip meter showed 685 miles for the whole trip we took 17 people on 11 bikes (with two in a car) we managed all the routes using TomTom sat navs, we used the marker system so no one got lost or left behind, we had no breakdowns or punctures and all got ho,me safe and sound. So here's to next May and the trip to wales already being planned.
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I'll try to remember to record the daily rides out so I can share the maps.
