Your route down to Le Mans

[nicke999]

Ok here is mine

Euro tunnel departs 9.20am Thursday

Calais - Abbeville - Rouen (all motorway)
Rouen - Bernay - Gace - Sees - Alencon (local roads D438)
Alencon - Le Mans (motorway) - to Houx

enjoy the run down !!

[5potTurbo]

ALL MOTORWAY!

Luxembourg
Thionville
Amnéville
Verdun
Reims
Paris
Le Mans

- no Channel crossing required.

Drive carefuly and enjoy the (looooong) weekend.

Edited by 5potTurbo on Friday 4th June 14:04

[Chr1sch]

Tunnel at 12:20

Calais - Rouen

Rouen - Le Mans!

Thats it lol

[Man-At-Arms]

the original N138

job done

[Scott330ci]

I want to go on the N138 but can't find it on a map as it appears to have changed names.

Can anyone paste a map or the directions here for the noobs.

[wrightyrs]

Starts as D138 then goes to D338 and D438

Check this route out:-

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&a...

Edited by wrightyrs on Friday 4th June 16:00

[blueST]

wrightyrs said:

D338 is its designation now i think

It's also called the D438 in places.

You can get on at Bourgtheroulde-Infreville, just south of Rouen. Easy enough to find with a satnav or map. Once onit, it goes all the way to Le Mans from there.

[blueyonder]

Hull - Zeebrugge
Zeebrugge - Abbeville to rendezvous with the Calais boys
Abbeville - Honfleur for lunch via a few A/B roads
Honfleur - Le Mans PCGB Pirelli Village!

[Gingerbread Man]

Right folks, there is an old abandoned/ closed/ forgotten motor racing circuit in France. Just a few grandstands are left standing and the road goes between them.

Where is this, as I'm sure I herd someone say somewhere, some when that it's not too much of a detour to go see it from the drive to Le Mans (from the UK)?

[Hoolio]

Gingerbread Man said:

Right folks, there is an old abandoned/ closed/ forgotten motor racing circuit in France. Just a few grandstands are left standing and the road goes between them.

Where is this, as I'm sure I herd someone say somewhere, some when that it's not too much of a detour to go see it from the drive to Le Mans (from the UK)?

Do you mean Montlhery? Check out Evo issue 145.

[peaktorque]

Gingerbread Man said:

Right folks, there is an old abandoned/ closed/ forgotten motor racing circuit in France. Just a few grandstands are left standing and the road goes between them.

Where is this, as I'm sure I herd someone say somewhere, some when that it's not too much of a detour to go see it from the drive to Le Mans (from the UK)?

This one?

Click here

Edited by peaktorque on Friday 4th June 21:33

[Gingerbread Man]

peaktorque said:

Gingerbread Man said:

Right folks, there is an old abandoned/ closed/ forgotten motor racing circuit in France. Just a few grandstands are left standing and the road goes between them.

Where is this, as I'm sure I herd someone say somewhere, some when that it's not too much of a detour to go see it from the drive to Le Mans (from the UK)?

This one?

Click here

Edited by peaktorque on Friday 4th June 21:33

Aye I did a bit more searching. It's in fact no where near Le Mans. I must have herd of a circuit and jumped to conclusions.

Oh well thanks for the answer.

[donk r8]

Called into Reims a couple of years ago, well worth it if your going down that side of Paris................

Edited by donk r8 on Friday 4th June 22:55

[Johno]

We're stopping at the only old F1 circuit I know of that is on the route to Le Mans, that of Rouen. It doesn't have the grandstands or anything else left these days, but we stopping this year to have a look.

I've got the waypoints if you want them .. . .

[toby182]

Can anyone give me a rough idea of how much of a time difference there is between taking the motorway all the way vs peeling of after Rouen and taking the old N138 route??

[fatboy18]

According to my route Google reckons it should take 7hrs 43 mins

Its a bit complaciated but goes something like this
Dunkirk - St Omer
D928 - Abbeville
Not made my mind up about the next bit, but either
D928 Neufchatel en Bray,
D915 cut accross country to Gournay en Bray, or from Abbeville D901 to Gournay en Bray.
D915 - Magny en Vexin
D983 - Mantes la Jolie
D928 - Dreux
D928 - Nogent le Rotrou
D923 (N23) Tet Rouge, Le mans

Not one bit of motorway

[e7nos]

Leaving Barnsley in 30 min heading to Silverstone for MG LIVE then overnight in andover, overnight in eastbourne, ferry to boulogne tue, overnight in ouistreham then non motorway to Le Mans, no point rushing.

[vetteheadracer]

Thursday 09:20 Eurotunnel
Calais to Rouen motorway, then usually the motorway to Alencon and then on to Le Mans but going to head off for some lunch somewhere this year so no idea which route we will take after Rouen.......so don't follow me

[LeightonBuzzard]

I went on the Toll road last year which one is that?

cheers

[MrH]

wrightyrs said:

Starts as D138 then goes to D338 and D438

Check this route out:-

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&a...

Edited by wrightyrs on Friday 4th June 16:00

Is this the route most of you will take that arent using the motorway???