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Re: French speed limits towing below 3.5 ton
We just look at what is the most relaxing crossing. Board at a reasonable time, nice meal in the restaurant , good nights sleep and arriving at a reasonable time. For us that’s the Portsmouth to St Malo. Certainly not the cheapest but a great start to the holiday.
SteveL
Re: French speed limits towing below 3.5 ton
Over 20+ years we've done a range of channel crossings with different providers, Dover Ferries, Eurotunnel, Newhaven-Dieppe and Plymouth-Roscoff. Our journeys have started in Essex, Merseyside and North Devon/Cornwall borders. What came as a surprise to me was when you look at the distances and times from the points of landing in France down to typically the Dordogne area then they are all comparable. The overnight crossing via Plymouth is the most relaxing we have had and the run down from Dieppe the least stressful we have encountered.
The crossing requirement are not the same for everybody, but I do think we have to keep a very open mind and look at all options. Yes Plymouth is typically an expensive crossing, but I think you need to give a fresh look at your destination and the different crossing providers each year.
Colin
Re: French speed limits towing below 3.5 ton
You did well @eribaMotters, I only managed an average of 42m.p.h. outward and overall 40m.p.h. on a very recent trip. The French are making it more and more difficult to use some of the old route nationals with the introduction of more and more 20m.p.h. limits enforced by sleeping policemen. In between many a route now has 50m.p.h. limits I also noticed a couple of 3,5 ton limits had also been introduced in two villages I have passed through twice before.
If you don't use the autoroutes, you don't have to be in a hurry, it can be slow going.
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Re: French speed limits towing below 3.5 ton
Hi Stephen,
You need to know the maximum POTENTIAL weights, so the MTPLM of the caravan and the Max Gross weight of the car.
If those weights combined COULD be more than 3500kg then you are limited to the lower speed limit 90kph/56mph.
If, like me, your MTPLM is 1450kg then any car with a max gross of 2051 would put you into the lower limit bracket-its not what the weight is, its what it could be.
Re: What have you seen
@Wherenext we get them here and the wasp ones as well always look like they are videoing you when hovering.
About 20-25 Swifts wheedling around our church this morning whilst we were looking at Maires noticeboard.
Still a lot of butterflies about been a good year for Fritillaries even more than I have seen before are the large Cardinals.
RedKite
Re: What are you all up to
Wonderful photos, David @DSB - it's also a very long time since we were there.
Had a good result this morning. You may remember my almost fruitless search for pilchards - for Princess Meg!! Ended up paying an extortionate £3.50 a can on the internet - which seemed to be the going rate. Well, yesterday one of my spies (a dog walking friend😂) told me she had seen some in Heron Frozen foods, of all places. Never been in there in the 12+ years we have lived here. Sure enough - a shelf was stacked with them at…….£1.09 a can😪!!!!! Cleared the shelf and came out with a very large carrier bagful. Should keep her going for a while!
Re: Swayed to explore Switzerland - Our First Ever Alan Rogers Rally!
One of my favourite childhood holidays was a summer holiday to Switzerland in our trailer tent. I remember being so in awe of the beautiful scenery, mountains and lakes. We went on lots of walks, cable cars and chair lifts and took the train up the Matterhorn. I loved the ice sculptures and the snowy mountain top. It felt like such an adventure.
Rowena
Re: Swayed to explore Switzerland - Our First Ever Alan Rogers Rally!
Just returned from a trip to Italy, crossed into Switzerland from France at Vallorbe to get back into France from Geneva. What stood out was €2.00 a Ltr for Diesel...LOL..! Luckily we did not need fuel in Switzerland. Jokes aside, Lake Geneva is impressive. The cheapest we got Diesel was San Marino, €1.39 a Ltr.
Rockybay
Re: Swayed to explore Switzerland - Our First Ever Alan Rogers Rally!
We visited Switzerland on a C&mC holiday rally in 2002. Its a stunning country to visit but very expensive at the time and probably still is. We were based at Camping Lazy Rancho, Interlaken for 13 nights and used public transport to get around the area using a Berner Oberland 15 day pass, by far the cheapest way to see some of the most outstanding sights in the area. It is difficult to single out one in particular but trips to the top of the Jungfraujoch, the Schilthorn, and a mountain walk which was overlooked the north face of the Eiger, the Monch and the Jungfrau provided lasting memories. I note the AR rally only spends three days in this area. Apart from cost it would be difficult to do all these trips in three days. As a rally it looks as though it offers a good introductory taster of Switzerland. However, I think it would have been preferrable to have not included ferry fares but to have left the Channel crossing to indivual choice and to have joined the rally at some point on the Continent. This would have given the freedom of choice of routes to and from the rally and the opportunity to extend the tour on ones own.
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