Yet another TdF gallery

guinea

This time mine.

http://www.podiumcafe.com/2011/7/27/229 ... -the-dream

jonginge

Excellent work, Guinea. Some great pics there.

The before and after shots of LTD :shock:

Mac9

Well that was an absolutely fantastic read! Thank you very much for sharing.

I feel like completely wasted my time sitting at home watching it on telly!

Right that's settled it, I'm going next year! If you don't mind me asking, how much did it set you back for the month?

guinea

I spent about £5-600 on diesel, but the Landrover is quite thirsty. £100 on the ferry. Camping ranged from free on the mountain tops, to €19.50 in Bourg d'Oisans. Mostly about €12 a night.

Didn't really have any other costs other than food which you can do as cheeply or expensive as you like. I did no hot cooking and mostly lived on pastries, breads, cheeses and salads. It's cheap. Remember this isn't extra money, you'd eat at home too

I probably spent around £2-2.5k which included some cycling gear and souvenirs. And beer. You could do it far cheaper if you wanted, I spend money very quickly.

Mac9

Cheers, that's really good considering you got to see the whole of France!

I'm going to start planning it myself when the route comes out for next year.

Do you reckon it'd be much more difficult without a car?

guinea

I think it would be a lot harder without a car.

Whilst not impossible, you'd need to plan everything far better. With the car, if a campsite is full, then you find another. Dunno if I'd fancy walking to the next town to see if they could fit me in.

I like the freedom of having the motor, but it's doable without.

alan_a

Nice to see Mr Millar getting some Scots encouragement. He was a true gent last year when this bunch of Scots verbally pushed him up to Avoriaz.

Mac9 wrote:

Cheers, that's really good considering you got to see the whole of France!

I'm going to start planning it myself when the route comes out for next year.

Do you reckon it'd be much more difficult without a car?

We did it last year in a campervan. Until I saw Simon's hitchhiking efforts on ITV4 I would have said it was impossible without a car.

If you can't get a car then my advice would be to make a week of it at a campsite in the Pyrenees or Alps.

Horses for courses.

Bronzie

Nice write up - sounds like a decent way to spend 3 weeks of the summer.

Love this shot by the way........quality

guinea

Thanks. The game faces are definitely on.

Bronzie

Especially TV Tommy's

smithaay

great photos good too see some of us scots gettin to the tdf

thomasmc

Great pics there & a nice blog of your trip.

Especially like the bit at the end where you pretend to miss the wife so much you go home early. Good brownie point collecting there!!

durhamwasp

quality read! hope i can do it one summer too!

Omar Little

good photos and a really enjoyed reading the write up too

pottssteve

An entertaining read and some nice photos - thanks.


Steve

mididoctors

cool