Zut alors! Tour de France ‘25

[Quinten]

For Christmas my son gifted me an entry ticket to the Spa 24 race.  And because we both like driving, we planned a whole holiday around it.

 

 

 I set off today to Folkestone to stay in a hotel overnight to work around the thunderstorms tonight and will meet up with my son at the Eurotunnel tomorrow at 7.  From there we will drive to Reims to meet up with a couple of friends who will join us for the trip.

 

 

I’ll try to update the thread regularly 👍

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

Safe travels @Quinten

[Quinten]

 

Our friends have already arrived in Reims.  33C apparently 😲

[Quinten]

Saturday, 14th of June

 

 

After an eventful night, met up with my son and headed for the tunnel.  Then it was an easy trip to Reims where we re-united with the others.

 

 

A French friend from last year who isn't joining us this year decided he was going to say hello as well, whilst a German friend would meet us at the first stay in Andert-et-Condon.

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Sunday 15th of June

 

This was going to be a driving day, where we would get to our next stay almost directly, and then did the last 20 miles or so the very long way around.  It turned out a 9 hour exercise, including lunch, and many petrol stops for yours truly.

 

 

 

 

When we finally arrived at the 2nd stay in Saint-Georges-de-Commiers, the pool was a welcoming sight