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Jul 26, 2024 7:43:57 GMT
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Post by dixinormus on Jul 26, 2024 7:43:57 GMT
Normandy would be a bit too cloudy and damp for me. Need to be south of the Loire to have a better chance of drier, warmer weather.
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Post by bromptonaut on Jul 26, 2024 8:04:00 GMT
Paris shouldn’t be too busy until the weekend of 17 August when all the French return from their hols? Or will the Olympics somehow cause extra traffic? Sometimes it’s simpler to aim for the peripherique than it is to try to navigate the maze of outer suburbia motorway routes around the east of the city. The motorways close to Paris are a 'mare as a lot of sections are in tunnel and even a Berlingo with a roof box is too high never mind a caravan. From the west La Francillienne is pretty straightforward between Versailles and the A16.
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Post by Alanović on Jul 26, 2024 8:18:41 GMT
Normandy would be a bit too cloudy and damp for me. Need to be south of the Loire to have a better chance of drier, warmer weather. Yes, Vendée has always struck me as the absolute dividing line. Many a summer we've been in St Jean de Monts, and occasionally day tripped up to Noirmoutier and Pornic (which was in Brittany before geographical vandalism put it in Pays de la Loire) - just a few miles but immediately cooler, damper, cloudier weather appeared. Irish families queuing for things in cagoules. Which is fine by me. Vendée coast also has the advantage of being mostly protected from any inland heatwave horrors - we've seen temps around high 20s/low 30s whilst a few miles inland they've been over 40. I love St Jean de Monts. I think, in climate and sunshine hours terms, it is my favourite place on Earth. Sunny every day, seldom too hot. Brilliant place. We're only going further south this year because daughter wants a guaranteed tan and Mrs A wants to go in the Med.
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Jul 26, 2024 8:52:11 GMT
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Post by Humph on Jul 26, 2024 8:52:11 GMT
There’s a little mini forest at the back of St Jean de Monts that’s nice for a gentle bike ride away from the traffic. Used to go there a lot years ago. Sea can be bracing there.
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Post by Alanović on Jul 26, 2024 8:56:41 GMT
Route options according to Google this morning: Clearly won't be going the Dijon/Lyon route. Unless Paris get nuked in the meantime.
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Jul 26, 2024 9:34:30 GMT
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Post by Humph on Jul 26, 2024 9:34:30 GMT
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Post by EspadaIII on Jul 26, 2024 9:46:37 GMT
So without knowing about the French train problems this morning, I sought Google's help on the train route from CDG to Giverny (for Monet's garden), as Espadrille and Son #2 fancy a day trip. Six hours!
I then read the news, adjusted the date to the proposed date and it reduced to 2 hours 30 minutes. Still not overly quick but reasonable.
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Post by Alanović on Jul 26, 2024 9:46:59 GMT
It's OK, I'm not going this week. Kind of glad I'm not on the tunnel though now...although the car shuttle probably won't be impacted.
If Paris does become a smoking crater, I can use the Dijon/Lyon route, or even Rouen/Poitiers.
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Post by WDB on Jul 26, 2024 10:30:11 GMT
I misread ‘sabotage’ as ‘sausage’.
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Post by Alanović on Aug 1, 2024 10:59:10 GMT
Here's how old I'm getting. I've not only written a list of things not to forget to do/pack before holidays, but one of those things on the list is to take my own pillow with me. Everywhere I stay, either one provided pillow is not enough, or two is too much, and my night's sleep is ruined, and I end up with a cricked neck. I have one single perfect pillow at home, so it's coming with me this time.
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Aug 1, 2024 11:17:51 GMT
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Post by Humph on Aug 1, 2024 11:17:51 GMT
Christ and I thought I was getting old! 😂
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Post by Alanović on Aug 1, 2024 11:23:44 GMT
Yeah I'm really susceptible to neck and shoulder issues, they can put a proper kink in my day...
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Aug 1, 2024 11:30:41 GMT
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Post by Humph on Aug 1, 2024 11:30:41 GMT
Take up an extreme sport. It won’t help with your back and neck problems, but usually you’ll have some other ongoing more painful injuries that take your mind off the minor ones. 😜
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Post by Alanović on Aug 1, 2024 11:49:06 GMT
Always fancied cross-country billiards.
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Aug 1, 2024 13:17:57 GMT
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Post by dixinormus on Aug 1, 2024 13:17:57 GMT
That’s the beauty of going by car - you can take the kitchen sink with you! OTOH I am feeling very liberated travelling with hand luggage only to LHR today. Might have to wear everything I have packed to stay warm 😂
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