Originally Posted by
waylander
so the obvious question for me is what's to do en-route? I know I want to see sir Norm's bridge and the Gorge du Tarn etc but just curious if there's anything PARTICULARLY special to see

The ideal way to do such a trip, as we do every year, keep off the motorways

we will be doing approx 3500 miles through 5 countries and wont use an inch of motorway

That way you see the 'real' country you are in. We have all hotels pre booked and make up the route between them as we go along.