French Classic 2023 Day 2
Friday 16 June From Evreux to Montluçon via the Matra museum at Romorantin-Lanthenay. Continue reading French Classic 2023 Day 2
Friday 16 June From Evreux to Montluçon via the Matra museum at Romorantin-Lanthenay. Continue reading French Classic 2023 Day 2
A four hour drive to the ferry at Newhaven and then France! Continue reading French Classic 2023 Day 1
The plan, the map and the rationale. Continue reading French Classic Open Rally 2023
Maps, plans, a steering wheel cover and a boot floor. Preparations for the rally. Continue reading Preparations for France
Regular readers of this blog will recall from the post DS to Normandy Days 5,6 & 7 that Jacqui’s Ami broke down in France. We now have it home. I wrote the following for a club magazine but will add … Continue reading The Ami comes home
Our main purpose for going to France again so soon after our last trip in the Civic Tyre R was to collect a UK-registered,1977, Ami 8 Break. The seller of this car lived just half an hour from our friends … Continue reading DS to Normandy 2022, Days 5, 6 & 7
We continue to meander down though Normandy on minor roads, through little towns and villages. It’s hot – about 28C – but the DS isn’t overheating and with the windows down it’s quite comfortable. I’m glad we don’t have vinyl … Continue reading DS to Normandy 2022 Days 3 & 4
With glorious weather in both England and France it’s the ideal time to go on a roadtrip in an old classic car with the windows wound down. This morning we crossed the channel through the Eurotunnel to Calais and drove … Continue reading DS to Normandy 2022 Day 2
The plan is to drive to Normandy in the DS20 to collect an Ami 8 Break I bought unseen on eBay as a 30th wedding anniversary present for Jacqui and for her to drive it back home. But first stop … Continue reading DS to Normandy 2022 Day 1