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Post by Barry B'stard on Jul 31, 2014 7:24:08 GMT
Does it exist? Every year we have people on aires or online running around telling me we will be entombed for all eternity if we venture out on the roads on the first Saturday in August in France. 100 mile traffic jams etc.
Is it complete bollocks as all I ever encounter is maybe one or two extra 2cvs or clusoe vans with pissed up grumpy farmers in the. But then I'm usually where I want to be by then.
We are 70 miles south of Calais and will be heading towards Chartres, Orleans and limosin but will either set off From here Friday morning or Saturday. Bonkers or bollocks? Always use none tolls.
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Post by fatwelshbuddha on Jul 31, 2014 10:11:39 GMT
I think most of the problems are either around Paris as they all escape the city, or further South as they head for the Med. the A6 (Autoroute du Sud) is a right snarl up heading south with the worst around and beyond Lyon - they can get horrendous traffic jams, plus loads of accidents that only make matters worse. stay off the major A and N roads and you're probably OK.
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Post by JP on Jul 31, 2014 16:36:08 GMT
We once spent an hour queued on the A6 to get through a toll booth near the Porte du Soleil on black Saturday !
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Post by Barry B'stard on Jul 31, 2014 19:08:46 GMT
What about slightly pink Friday? Can someone send a Chinook as I cannot be arsed to drive the van to the south bit.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2014 19:34:07 GMT
Try Lyon to the South of or even just the south of.
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Post by Barry B'stard on Jul 31, 2014 20:09:45 GMT
Try Lyon to the South of or even just the south of. Thank you. Try it for what? Ice cream? Or just no traffic? How does one get to Lyon over the weekend during Bollock Saturday from North Western FRance without avoiding said bollocking traffic? Actually I figured it out. Ill just stay here and get pissed.
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Post by JP on Aug 1, 2014 16:25:52 GMT
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Post by GB584 on Aug 1, 2014 20:44:02 GMT
What the fuck is so special about Black Friday? We spent hours creeping around Bordeaux at the beginning of the week in the poring rain watching the silly fuckers carving each other up to gain a meters advantage. Funniest part was watching the twat with the manual soft top trying to get his roof up whilst his car turned into a swimming pool. We had that smug moment when he looked up to see me sipping my coffee and eating a slice of cake as the rain drummed down on his head. He pissed past us a couple of kilometers later with the water still dribbling out of the cockpit.
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Post by Miculo on Aug 1, 2014 20:45:03 GMT
If they just went to where they want to be instead of fucking circulating it might ease things. Daft buggers.
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