Decent route from Cherbourg to Le Mans

[ben_c]

Evening all. As the title suggests we are travelling down from Cherbourg and are trying to plan a good/fun route down. We usually do the run from Calais so this is the first time from Cherbourg. We are catching the 9am ferry from Portsmouth if anyone wants to convoy. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

[Pericoloso]

Google maps ,tick avoid highways and toll routes.

3 choices ,about 4 hours and 160 to 170 miles.

D roads.

[ben_c]

I have already had a look at that but thought some seasoned Lemaners may have a better route with some good stops on the way possibly? Thanks for the reply though.

[ThirstyMonk]

Have a look here, there are some good routes courtesy of lowdrag https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[LayZ]

According to that site up there, it's on:

[stevetav]

Depends how much time you have.. I guess you arrive at 13.00 today? We took the scenic route down though Domfront And stopped in the beautiful town of Mayenne a couple of years ago and I would reccomend that. Only problem is it can be a bit of a drag and sometimes you just want to get to the circuit and get pitched up as soon as you can!

[blueg33]

I am afraid that I tend not to publicise my Le Mans routes, more people using them = higher risk of Gendarmes and even though we try not to transgress its easily done.

Safest and best route we have used to date, started in Santander

[LFB531]

We tend to head towards St Lo from Cherbourg, then cross country joining the A84 South for a while. Then across towards Fougeres, Ernee and down to Laval eventually ending up on the A81. It's a mix of nice roads and motorway, total journey just under 200 miles and pretty stress free.

Plenty of stop off points to be found and only the A81 is toll.

Been doing this for years and only ever had one encounter with local law enforcement. Our five car convoy passed an on-ramp parked police car probably looking quite guilty with me running point. He overtook us all waving to each of us to back off a bit but we were all cruising around the legal limit so maybe too much paperwork for a solo car.