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Monday, July 21. 2008

Itinerary


Day numberOvernight stay locationCountryMileage for leg (approx)Cumulative mileage
0March HouseUK00
1Bretagne, cabin 6307La Manche1212
2MimizanFrance404416
3MimizanFrance0416
4Andorra La VellaAndorra328744
5BarcelonaSpain123867
6BarcelonaSpain0867
7BeziersFrance1761043
8ToulonFrance1801223
9MentonFrance1121335
10AostaItaly2401575
11LichtensteinLichtenstein2601835
12StrasbourgFrance2042039
13MaastrichtNetherlands1822221
14Den HaagNetherlands1432364
15StuttonUK402404
16March HouseUK1722576

The car is cleaned.  The headlight deflectors, red triangle, spare bulbs, GB sticker and high-viz jacket are armed and ready.

I think I'm the most apprehensive about the numbers in red.  The first one is the second longest leg, and goes up through the Pyranees.  It could take about 8 hours of concentrated driving.  The second is similar, but up the Alps instead, and the third one involves a long journey travelling the length of Switzerland.

Given that we'll also be passing through countries not listed because we aren't having an overnight stay in them (Monaco, Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, and a quick foray into Austria) that's 13 countries - unlucky for some but hopefully not for us.

The total mileage is also a lower bound of my estimation.  It doesn't include the distance the two ferries travel.  Also it is based on most direct route from place to place, and therefore avoids all the detours we have planned (e.g. heading North a bit from the South coast of France to drive over the Millau Viaduct, going around the Monaco Grand Prix circuit a few times, or navigating the St Bernard Pass out of The Italian Job).

Watch this space.

Posted by Rich in Diary at 18:32 | Comments (9)
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But have you managed to get all the luggage in.

Also can you please tell me how to persuade a family of ants into an antery?? It's more difficult than getting Sam into bed!
#1 Grandma on 2008-07-21 19:52 (Reply)
Miss Morrison at Bovingdon Juniors did an ant farm. You have to dig the nest out of the ground and make sure you get the queen.
#1.1 jeremyp on 2008-07-21 23:00 (Reply)
Haha! I can't believe that! Have you tried a care package?
#2 elo15e (Homepage) on 2008-07-21 20:07 (Reply)
Try 4333.8 miles in 14 days :-)

Enjoy your trip!
#3 Omally on 2008-07-21 21:16 (Reply)
We were going to drive to St Gervais, France (from UK not USA) catching a ferry from Newhaven but Easy Jet have a 55gbp fare to Geneva, so now we are flying (unless EJ go bust).
Have a great time!
#4 jane on 2008-07-21 22:58 (Reply)
Looks absolutely fantastic. Have a good trip!
#5 Stu (Homepage) on 2008-07-22 09:38 (Reply)
Where did you say you worked?
#6 Lois on 2008-07-22 10:37 (Reply)
Wow! I am jealous to a level of 7 out of 5!
#7 sweavo on 2008-07-22 14:29 (Reply)
Just come back from Toulon. Recommend a trip to Hyeres, up the road. And dont forget a ride on the Nice tram (that's the new tram at Nice, not a general comment about a really good bit of public transport)
Millau Viaduct is Awesome
Sete is worth a visit after Beziers (canals and stuff)
Enjoy. Hope you arent being too ambitious
#8 lordhutton on 2008-07-22 20:22 (Reply)
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