Discussion
We went back that way once to see the old circuit, which is great by the way, we went round the periphery, eastern edge route.
To be honest its not that much of a bind, but i'd guess it would depend hugely on what time and what day you hit it. For us on the Monday late morning/ early afternoon it was OK.
To be honest its not that much of a bind, but i'd guess it would depend hugely on what time and what day you hit it. For us on the Monday late morning/ early afternoon it was OK.
Massively looking forward to this now.
1st Tickets doing a great job of sorting out my group for the campsite again.
3rd year in a row, 3rd time in the range rover (not the hardest core of enthusiasts wheels but bloody comfy for munching the miles). It was that or an F10 M5 and a Jaguar XKR-RS (the blue one with all the spoilers, not mine!)
See you all there !
1st Tickets doing a great job of sorting out my group for the campsite again.
3rd year in a row, 3rd time in the range rover (not the hardest core of enthusiasts wheels but bloody comfy for munching the miles). It was that or an F10 M5 and a Jaguar XKR-RS (the blue one with all the spoilers, not mine!)
See you all there !
Was sat watching the TV last night with the Paul Hollywood Aston Martin Le Mans programme on (normally I'm not allowed to watch such things) & up pops Brian on the tv!! MrsC was quite surprised when I pointed out Brian & that they'd showed some parts of the PH/1st Tickets campsite - I don't think she'd actually believed the AMOC shared the site with the PH members! It reminds me it's just over 19 weeks until we go......
ellroy said:
We went back that way once to see the old circuit, which is great by the way, we went round the periphery, eastern edge route.
To be honest its not that much of a bind, but i'd guess it would depend hugely on what time and what day you hit it. For us on the Monday late morning/ early afternoon it was OK.
We are likely to go on Thursday on the way to Le Mans. The route will be Calais, Reims and then Le Mans. It does get very close to central Paris. I'm hoping the road around is like our M25. Just don't hit it in rush hour and we will be fine.To be honest its not that much of a bind, but i'd guess it would depend hugely on what time and what day you hit it. For us on the Monday late morning/ early afternoon it was OK.
http://www.rac.co.uk/press-centre#/latest_news/tag...
Just seen this on another site, may be worth looking into if going via Paris.
Just seen this on another site, may be worth looking into if going via Paris.
You shouldn't be touching the périphérique. That's the inner ring road which you would only use when going to central Paris. They don't have an equivalent of the M25 yet. All they have is a series of dual carriageways that link up the other motorways coming into Paris. A86 makes up a lot of it. It's very disorientating and there are numerous splits, forks and feeder lanes. You can quite easily find yourself being shunted off down the wrong road if you get in the wrong lane. Also it's a carpark during rush hour and Sunday afternoons.
Frequently my GPS used to unnecessarily send me round the périphérique. To avoid this when heading to Le Mans just ignore your GPS and follow the blue AutoRoute signs to Bordeaux (you will start to see signs for Le Mans when you pop out the other side). Likewise, when heading back follow the signs to Lille. Again, signs to Calais will start to appear once out the other side.
I've been driving back from Le Mans to Brussels on a Sunday afternoon for the past 14 years and 3 hours to cross Paris is not unusual. That was until I discovered the Grand contournement. This is a huge detour that completely bypasses Paris to the south, mainly designed to keep road freight between Spain and Germany away from the area. It's countryside all the way and completely empty on a Sunday. You can easily cruise at 100 units for almost the entire distance (slowing for cameras of course). The only slight problem is your GPS would never plan it as a route and it's not signposted as a through route (just signs for each town as they come up). So you have to do a bit of forward planning and map it out yourself. Basically the route is Le Mans - Tours - Orleans - Troyes - Reims or vice versa.
Frequently my GPS used to unnecessarily send me round the périphérique. To avoid this when heading to Le Mans just ignore your GPS and follow the blue AutoRoute signs to Bordeaux (you will start to see signs for Le Mans when you pop out the other side). Likewise, when heading back follow the signs to Lille. Again, signs to Calais will start to appear once out the other side.
I've been driving back from Le Mans to Brussels on a Sunday afternoon for the past 14 years and 3 hours to cross Paris is not unusual. That was until I discovered the Grand contournement. This is a huge detour that completely bypasses Paris to the south, mainly designed to keep road freight between Spain and Germany away from the area. It's countryside all the way and completely empty on a Sunday. You can easily cruise at 100 units for almost the entire distance (slowing for cameras of course). The only slight problem is your GPS would never plan it as a route and it's not signposted as a through route (just signs for each town as they come up). So you have to do a bit of forward planning and map it out yourself. Basically the route is Le Mans - Tours - Orleans - Troyes - Reims or vice versa.
RC1807 said:
t1grm: you mean La Francilienne?
I use that as I'm ciruiting Paris to/from Luxembourg, so to/from Reims, effectively.
No it's one further out than that. I still hit traffic on the Francilienne last time I tried it. For the Contournement you basically head south to Tours on the A28, take the A10 to Orleans and then take the A19 (the new bit) to Troyes. Then A26 up to Reims. It's a big detour. Almost 200 kms but it's totally empty and you make up so much time it's worth it.I use that as I'm ciruiting Paris to/from Luxembourg, so to/from Reims, effectively.
I take the A1/A86 going there as I usually drive down Thursday night and it's relatively clear but I've had some hellish drives back on a Sunday afternoon.
Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_contournement_...
Edited by t1grm on Wednesday 25th January 15:03
Hello everyone just booked on the speed chills private site .....hopefully made a good choice ...Stayed with 1st tickets last year but on the general camping site for the classic. ......Heard lots of story's about the 24 having issues with theft's etc so hoping the extra cost will be worth while ....??
Cheers
Cheers
Jon6531 said:
Hello everyone just booked on the speed chills private site .....hopefully made a good choice ...Stayed with 1st tickets last year but on the general camping site for the classic. ......Heard lots of story's about the 24 having issues with theft's etc so hoping the extra cost will be worth while ....??
Cheers
I'm returning to SC for the third time, food was excellent last year. Previously stayed with 1stTickets twice too. Which site?Cheers
t1grm said:
RC1807 said:
t1grm: you mean La Francilienne?
I use that as I'm ciruiting Paris to/from Luxembourg, so to/from Reims, effectively.
No it's one further out than that. I still hit traffic on the Francilienne last time I tried it. For the Contournement you basically head south to Tours on the A28, take the A10 to Orleans and then take the A19 (the new bit) to Troyes. Then A26 up to Reims. It's a big detour. Almost 200 kms but it's totally empty and you make up so much time it's worth it.I use that as I'm ciruiting Paris to/from Luxembourg, so to/from Reims, effectively.
I take the A1/A86 going there as I usually drive down Thursday night and it's relatively clear but I've had some hellish drives back on a Sunday afternoon.
Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_contournement_...
Edited by t1grm on Wednesday 25th January 15:03
Since we usually have 1 last night on the lash before going home, we stay in Chartres on Sunday before mates head to the Channel Tunnel on Monday a.m.
Gassing Station | Le Mans | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff