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Le Mans 24 hours?

Le Mans has more to offer than a 24 hour motor race #France

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Rétromobile, vintage car show in Paris

#Paris February 2013

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New Bordeaux Bridge

A new bridge is to open (18 March 2013) in Bordeaux in Spring 2013. The Pont Chaban Delmas is a lifting bridge – i.e. the central section lifts to allow shipping to pass underneath(un pont levant)

With a capacity of 43,000 vehicles a day this should ease traffic on the existing Pont d’Aquitaine (E5/A630) which

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Touring the RN7

Following the longest main road in France, the route to the sun from Paris to Provence, cyclist Adam Ruck makes the most of the vineyards and foodie pit stops that have been refuelling travellers for centuries- see article in Guardian (8 July 2012)

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Speed Cameras & Sat Navs

According to the Automobile Association, French law has now changed making it illegal to use a Sat Nav which identifies speed camera locations in France.

Effective from 3 January 2012 French laws prohibiting drivers from carrying devices capable of detecting speed cameras have been  extended to include devices able to warn or inform

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Speed Cameras & Sat Navs

According to the Automobile Association, French law has now changed making it illegal to use a Sat Nav which identifies speed camera locations in France.

Effective from 3 January 2012 French laws prohibiting drivers from carrying devices capable of detecting speed cameras have been  extended to include devices able to warn or inform of

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New Dover-Calais ferry operator

DFDS takes over from SeaFrance on Dover-Calais route

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Carry a breathalyser

Motorists to carry a breathalyzer in France from Spring 2012

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Carry a breathalyser

Motorists to carry a breathalyzer in France from Spring 2012

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Seafrance closure

So, that’s the end of SeaFrance, the downside of which is that competition on the short sea Dover- Calais route is now reduced. Norfolkline/DFDS (Dover-Dunkerque) offers great value and the slightly longer crossing and more northerly destination does not add too much to your journey, and the links to the French (and Belgian) autoroutes are

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