After the success of Laissez Faire in 2025, we're doing it again in 2026...
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All on Tarmac
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Ride your own bike
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Suitable for any bike capable of national speed limits
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Camping accommodation with two hotel nights along the way.
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Highlights include Millau Viaduct, La Rochelle, Gorge Du Tarn, Oradour-sur-Glane, Pyrenees, Picos, Sad Hill Cemetery and many more riding delights!
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£1495 inclusive of ferry and accommodation.
If you want an easy going road tour that takes a gentle meander through France and down through Spain then this tour is from you.
After crossing from Plymouth to Roscoff on the overnight ferry, we'll make our way down through Brittany towards La Rochelle. From there we'll head inland to the abandoned town of Oradour-sur-Glane, where SS troops murdered 642 souls back in 1944. A place to reflect before pushing onto the magnificent Millau Viaduct, riding over it, or underneath it if you prefer, as we descend on Spain for our loop around to Santander for the ferry hope.
We'll cross the Pyrenees, riding the incredible N260 through magnificent mountain roads, flattening out as we head west, taking in Sad Hill Cemetery; the movie set from the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. We'll finish off with a meander through the Picos and out to the ferry. Ten incredible days of riding and scenery. Total mileage around 1450.
WHO'S IT FOR?
Anyone who just wants an easy going adventure with manageable days, averaging 175 miles. All Tarmac. Lots of twisties in parts. No motorway.
WHAT BIKE?
Any bike capable of maintaining national speed limits (50-55mph)
WHEN?
We'll sail the evening of Friday 4th September on the overnight ferry from Plymouth to Roscoff and return to Plymouth the afternoon of Tuesday 15th September.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED?
Basic camping kit - sleeping bag, tent, roll mat, pillow. General protective riding gear including rain gear just in case. Basic tool kit inclusive of tyre repair (tyre seal if tubed, plug kit if tubed).
WHAT'S THE COST?
£1495 includes ferry costs, with cabin beds (twin share) in both directions, all route mapping, and nine nights of accommodation on the loop around, including two nights in hotel accommodation (twin share). Pillions welcome and charged at £400. Single supplement available for ferry cabins and hotel rooms for £250.
HOW TO BOOK:
Click on the link below to pay a £100 non refundable deposit. Final payment will be due end of June 2026
Some photos of the 2025 run below. This trip works so well because the daily mileages are manageable, giving plenty of time to stop and enjoy the scenery. The riding is fantastic throughout and the campsites are well serviced with restaurants and some with swimming pools. The hotels work well to give people chance to unwind, whilst the journey between the ports of France and out through Spain give the sense of being on an adventure with a purpose and a destination to aim towards. One of my favourite rides of the last few years.
