Calais to La Rochelle

[wezo]

Does anyone have any good roads they could suggest for the West side of France, as I'm off there in a couple of weeks and don't want to use the autoroutes unless I have to....

[porschecrazy321]

Hi m8
I use mostly former national routes in france as wide loads are not allowed on most motorways,from calais you are better off heading down to rouen ,this can be achieved not using the auto route just look at any good map and you will see the old road (before the auto route was constructed) running parallel to the auto route and in most cases criss-crossing it,most approaches to any toll road will give you the par RN (route national) option,you will find a lot of options to get you down to rouen ,the great thing about france is the so called side roads are truly great with the only problem being me in your way!!!,just to add from the 1st july all wide loads no matter how large or small are prohibited from using most motorways,go enjoy.

[wezo]

Thanks mate,

You have sort of confirmed what I thought, I've been to Le Mans a few times and will just follow that route down on the N roads etc. Great news about the lorris though, really looking forward to my trip, just 2 weeks to go now!!