A couple of years ago we drove our friends down to their villa in southern Spain, he had really wanted to do the trip himself in his new Freelander but about 8 months before he had a nasty stroke which left him unable to drive, we crossed at Calais and first night was in Honfluer a beautiful northern coastal town with a lovely town and harbour, then onto La Rochelle via Le Mans the next day we travelled as far San Sebastian just inside Spain ( you have probably got the message we were taking it very easy) while crossing Spain we stayed in Parador Hotels which are converted castles, monasteries and ancient buildings, amazing places but unfortunately no designed for the disabled! Beside this it was well worth the effort he absolutely loved to journey more then his Villa, we had two overnights in Spain as we went across country to see the real Spain and not just Motorways.....it almost converted my wife and I to liking Spain

It was a one off really as we took almost longer on the journey there and back than staying at his Villa.

Two ways to cross France.....fast and frantic, slow and deliberate....it all depends how you want to travel. David

Please let me know if my comments upset you, I may wish to upset you again.

mattlidster wrote:

.....a slightly naughty driver who may on occasion drive a little over the speed limit!

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Alistair wrote:

mattlidster wrote:

.....a slightly naughty driver who may on occasion drive a little over the speed limit!

That reminds me - make sure you have €90 in cash.

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mattlidster wrote:

The reason I ask is that my range rovers parking sensors were not very accurate so had some after market laser sensors fitted which allegedly may possibly interfere with laser speed guns!!!

Laser - but as stated, just pay the fine - there’s no points, so it’s only money.

You get a very detailed receipt - TBH I’d rather just hand over the cash and drive away than spend the 20 mins or so filling in the form - but they seem to take pleasure in holding you up for a while

Not had an issue with any camera tickets following me home.......yet.

50kmph over the speed limit is an instant ban

And remember the limits change with the weather!

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Waze worked well in Paris, not sure about elsewhere in France.

There was an article in last week’s Autoplus (a French car mag) testing Waze head to head with Coyote on 3 features: radar detection, traffic info and ease of use.

Although overall Waze performed reasonably for most types of radar, it apparently performed poorly for radars-tronçons (measurement of average speed over a section of motorway ; these are more and more common over here), warning of only 33% of them compared with Coyote’s 100%.
Coyote was awarded 5* overall for radar detection in France, Waze only 3*.

 It's "bébéchoon", ackcherly, with accents. 'Steve' to my chums.
20 years ownership of Solihull products, ALL GONE NOW, sniff!
Current motor: Suzuki S-Cross 4WD auto, 1.4 petrol. Oh so reliable! 5 years now and no problems. Oh, all right then, a leaking shocker replaced under guarantee.
Previous:
TD6 HSE L322 Auto FF
2.5 TDi 4-door Classic
Disco II
And my 1st Rangie: in 1995, a 2-door VM 2.5 diesel Classic
Not to mention the Lada Niva before those. (I said not to mention it!)

It's only the hand held radar I've really worried about - I try my best with cameras, but not had a ticket make it's way to the UK yet.

The hand held ones, however, have caused me to spend 20 mins by the roadside far too often

Can’t download coyote app in uk! Will I be able to when in France?

Mr Bébéchoon, with accents, will check it out thanks. In English option?

Bill Filters are in fact so good that in certain circumstances, when the ambient air is already polluted, a diesel car will tend to extract more particles from the air than it emits. Emissions Analytics worked with........etc etc

He who dies with the most toys wins...

I have the speed cameras installed on my built in Sat Nav as POI's - they seem very good for both fixed Gatso style and also the average speed cameras

https://www.pocketgpsworld.com

I have them on my Garmin but it’s useless compared to my road angel!

--> mattlidster & Bill
I haven’t followed the installation through to the end (I don't use it, driving - as I do - slowly, like the old fart I am ), but the Coyote App is stated as being free for the first 15 days, then 5.99€/month (no obligation – can be cancelled at any time).
Start by creating your account on https://www.moncoyote.com/fr/subscription-icoyote Afraid I don’t know if this can be accessed from the UK, sorry.
And there seems to be no English version of the site, so maybe the App will be in Frogese too …

 It's "bébéchoon", ackcherly, with accents. 'Steve' to my chums.
20 years ownership of Solihull products, ALL GONE NOW, sniff!
Current motor: Suzuki S-Cross 4WD auto, 1.4 petrol. Oh so reliable! 5 years now and no problems. Oh, all right then, a leaking shocker replaced under guarantee.
Previous:
TD6 HSE L322 Auto FF
2.5 TDi 4-door Classic
Disco II
And my 1st Rangie: in 1995, a 2-door VM 2.5 diesel Classic
Not to mention the Lada Niva before those. (I said not to mention it!)

--> mattlidster & Bill
It would seem that, when connecting from the UK using the link above ^^^ (I have a VPN which can make believe I am connecting from a UK server), you have a box to tick - which doesn’t show when connecting from a French server - requiring you to confirm you are resident in France.
I dunno what risk there would be (if any) if you were to tell a teeny-weeny fib …

 It's "bébéchoon", ackcherly, with accents. 'Steve' to my chums.
20 years ownership of Solihull products, ALL GONE NOW, sniff!
Current motor: Suzuki S-Cross 4WD auto, 1.4 petrol. Oh so reliable! 5 years now and no problems. Oh, all right then, a leaking shocker replaced under guarantee.
Previous:
TD6 HSE L322 Auto FF
2.5 TDi 4-door Classic
Disco II
And my 1st Rangie: in 1995, a 2-door VM 2.5 diesel Classic
Not to mention the Lada Niva before those. (I said not to mention it!)