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June 2001 to The Dordogne, France in the 1948 Drophead VTK 862.

 

Day                              From                            To                                           Hotel                                           Comment

Mon 11 June        Portsmouth               Ouistreham (Caen)       Overnight ferry                       Dep 23.15/Arr 06.15

Tues 12                    Ouistreham              Buzancais                     L’Hermitage                             90 km SE of Tours on N143

Wed 13                     Buzancais                Les Eyzies                    Moulin de la Beaune         60 km SW of Brive-la-Gaillarde

Thur 14                           “                                   “                                        “                                       

Fri 15                               “                                   “                                        “                                      

Sat 16                        Les Eyzies                  Montbron                     Chateau Ste-Catherine           30 km E of Angouleme

Sun 17                             “                                   “                                        “                                      

Mon 18                      Montbron                 La Rochelle                  Trianon                                Town centre (used  ’94 & ’98)

 Tues 19                            “                                    “                                      “

Wed 20                      La Rochelle              Chateaubriant             La Ferriere                               S side of town (used in ‘94)

Thur 21                      Chateaubriant        Ouistreham                   Overnight ferry

Fri 22                          Ouistreham                Portsmouth                   Overnight ferry                               Arr 06.00

Total direct distance in France without touring = 813 miles.  Actual total mileage (including UK) of 1300.