I'll cross from Dover to either Calais or Dunkirk.
I'm currently thinking of crossing on Sun 30th Aug, maybe stopping in Reims the first night then 2 nights in Mulhouse to make time for the Schlumpf museum. But if you have better suggestions that would be great.
Then onto Grindelwald arriving on Wed night and I've booked into the Kreuz & Post
Hi Chris,
The route I have will take you mainly through small curvy inland roads which are very time consuming. Starting in Calais or Dunkirk heading to the Belgium Ardennes near Namur heading south east via the Meusse river towards the Vosges and Jura. For this route you need to calculate the full three days. But it's also all depending on the weather. The route will remain not to far from the motorway so if you're done with the winding road or the weather turns bad you change on the motorway and heading for Basel. Send me a PM with your private email and I send some suggestions over.
I'll cross from Dover to either Calais or Dunkirk.
I'm currently thinking of crossing on Sun 30th Aug, maybe stopping in Reims the first night then 2 nights in Mulhouse to make time for the Schlumpf museum. But if you have better suggestions that would be great.
Then onto Grindelwald arriving on Wed night and I've booked into the Kreuz & Post
Hi Chris,
The route I have will take you mainly through small curvy inland roads which are very time consuming. Starting in Calais or Dunkirk heading to the Belgium Ardennes near Namur heading south east via the Meusse river towards the Vosges and Jura. For this route you need to calculate the full three days. But it's also all depending on the weather. The route will remain not to far from the motorway so if you're done with the winding road or the weather turns bad you change on the motorway and heading for Basel. Send me a PM with your private email and I send some suggestions over.
Below you find my route suggestions. It's all depending on your time you want to take for this trip and the weather. Most of the route goes a bit parallel with the motorway heading from Belgium to Switzerland. So if the weather turns nasty you can easily pick up the motorway. This route is for 75% small scenic roads the other 25% you need to accept as feeder route.
Motorway to Namur ( south of Brussels) Heading south via E111 to Dinant. Follow river to Givet and Revin Follow river to Bouillon and via Herbeumont to Florenville Via Virton to Longuyon towards Metz Via Metz to Chateau Salins To Lorquin Via Col de Donon to Schirmeck Via Champ du Feu to Provenchères and Ste Marie aux Mines Via Col de Baganelles towards Col de Calvaire Turn right "Route des Crétes" towards Grand Ballon After Grand Ballon via Thann to Masevaux Turn right to Ballon d'Alsace At the Ballon take route Belfort After Belfort to St Hippolyte Via St Ursanne and the Corniche du Jura to Glovelier Towards Tavannes and later Biel Via Aarberg to Bern Via the motorway to Interlaken and Grindelwald
The best is you use the Michelin maps 53-56-57-62-66-70 to find this small detailed roads.
For a tour like this I search for this little scenic roads on the maps, make the route on my computer via Base Camp and after I did this, I load it on my Garmin 660 or 550. This makes it very relaxed to drive and you don't have to look on the maps during the tour.
I really want to do Reims and Mulhouse Cité de l’Automobile. So it looks as if from Reims I can pick up your route from Meta/Lorquin to Grand Ballon and then drop down to Mulhouse.
Then pickup your route again from Belfort to Grindelwald
Leaving on Sun 30th to get to Grindelwald Wed 2nd.
Hi guys, thought I better say that owing to illness I have had to postpone my exams which now coincide with grindelwald this year. This is a great shame as it is certainly a highlight of the year. I hope Chris that your journey runs smoothly and that you have packad your spare throttle cable and cam belt.
My tip to anyone doing a long journey is to buy a spare cam belt. CHange it before you set off and carry the old one with you. They are MUCH easier to instal when they have been used before.
Charles, you will be missed, but we will toast your good health and wish you the very best for exceptional exam results! Now the rest of us will have to plan a more comprehensive spare parts collection to cover what you normally carry!
