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‘Tour de France’ September 2010 Chris & Jackie Rix Paul & Ros Harkness

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‘Tour de France’. September 2010 Chris & Jackie Rix Paul & Ros Harkness. 1. Faites une Liste. Route Bike Bike gear Luggage Medical Insurance Documents Tickets Clothes. 2. Moto Preparation. Get new tyres Get the good lady an Airhawk seat pad - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: ‘Tour de France’

‘Tour de France’

September 2010

Chris & Jackie Rix

Paul & Ros Harkness

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1. Faites une Liste

• Route • Bike• Bike gear• Luggage• Medical• Insurance• Documents• Tickets• Clothes

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2. Moto Preparation• Get new tyres• Get the good lady an Airhawk seat pad • Tyre sealant, tools, torch, tie wraps, chain lube, tyre

repair kit, black tape, spare rider visor• Caberg’s + Scala’s, Draggin jeans, winter gloves, air-flow

jackets, waterproof summer boots• Euro medical, AA/RAC & debit cards, Euros cash• Travel insurance• Inform motorcycle insurance company of dates in each

country• Load up and test ride well before leaving

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3. L'itinéraire

Plan to avoid more than 250 miles in a day & stop every 45 mins • Belfast to Dublin• Dublin to Holyhead• Holyhead to Gloucester • Gloucester to Plymouth• Plymouth to Santander, Spain• Santander to Saint-Savin, Pyrenees• Pyrenees to Fleurac, Dordogne• Dordogne to Loches• Loches to Caen• Caen to Cherbourg• Cherbourg to Rosslare• Rosslare to Belfast

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4. La Carte d'Itinéraire

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5. Les motos / les femmes

100 miles

Skylon £60 p.n.

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6. Les Bagages

Tank Bag• Wet trousers, over-mits, jackets• Sunglasses, ipod, camera, spare keys, adaptors, chargers, rope lock,

towel• Dry zip pocket: passports, driving lic., bike ownership, routes,

tickets, insurance details, cash• One night’s clothes + wash kitTop Box• Light shoes, shorts, light trousers, light fleece, swimmers, sun hat, 4x

polo shirt, 6 x T-shirts, boxers, socks, jeans, summer glovesPanniers• Her stuff

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La deuxième nuit

+ 188 miles

Holiday Inn, Gloucester

£100 double

Irish Ferries

£40 p.b. to Holyhead

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Pont-Avon à Santander

Brittany Ferries

£247 for 3 berth

+ 145miles

To Plymouth

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7. Prendre Garde les Signes de Route

• 50kph = 31mph in towns• 80-100kph = 62mph on open roads• 110-130kph = 81mph motorways• Signs for the lower limit when raining

(Spot fines - exceed by 40kph = license confiscated)• Red triangle – approach to roundabout• Town name – start of 50km/hr speed limit• Town name with strike through – end of 50km/hr• Diamond shape – you have right of way• Priorite a droite – give way to traffic from right• Cedez le passage – traffic on roundabout has priority• Drink driving limit is 50mg/100 lower than UK 80mg• Unleaded is SP95 (Gazole is Diesel / SP98/95-EO ethanol added)• Never go on motorways without topping off with fuel first

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L'hôtel Les Rochers

+272 miles

Euro 100 p.n. double

Le chat souriant

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La Saint-Savin Ville Scénique

Pastiche à La Poste

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Le Haut Pyreenes

Pont d’Espagne

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Le Tour de France

Col d’Aubisque

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Pyrenees très élevé

Pic du Midi d'Ossau

9,462ft

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La Villa dans Fleurac, Dordogne

+ 200 miles

Villa £1,200 p.w

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Dordogne Scénique

Esquivez foi gras ou des gésiers?

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La Maison de Moulin à Loches

+ 196 miles to Caen

Euro 70 double

+ 204 miles

to Loches

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Le Nec Plus Ultra Sacrifice

+ 76 miles to Cherbourg

Irish Ferry Euro 179 p.c.

Normandy

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La Fin