Continental excursion

Challenger · 6th May 2014, 17:44

Since 2008, as an active member of the Citroen Car Club - in particular a rather odd bunch of BX owners - I have arranged continental road trips for like-minded fans of driving on relatively empty, exciting (sometimes pretty wild) roads roads, in particular French culture, some nice stop-overs and the occasional unexpected adventure/treat...

October 2009 saw the BXagon - a rather oddly named (an amalgamation of L'Hexagone; as the French often refer to their country geographically) and BX) which saw a handful of BXs of various kinds, travel from Calais, back to Calais around the edge of the country, passing through about 47 Departments and covering 2,800 plus miles in 10 days of driving. We raised a shade over £10,000 for Cancer Research UK (about half via JustGiving which proved a very useful method).

Then, in 2012 I organised The Citroen Classic Challenge - this took us from Calais to south of Lyon, via the upper Loire, to Provence, the Alps, Switzerland and the Vosges Mountains across to the Channel coast and back. This time individual teams sorted their own charitable efforts - a few grand went to a variety of charities and the 2,500 miles was I have to say optimised for driving fun and it has become a bit of a legend amongst those who took part...

There was a Scottish tour arranged in 2013 (which in the end I missed out on) but now my effort is directed towards organising another epic trip, this time in June 2015. This is The Citroen Classic Challenge 2015 (imaginative, I know!) and this will take us through the heart of France to the Med and into the Pyrenees and up through Aquitaine back via the Loire Valley to Normandy and back to the UK.

Now I am a Rover convert I have to admit, that although these adventures are great and suit the old car/slightly banger French car owner (I know there are some amongst you - I'm not the only ZX owner

) there is an opportunity to possibly arrange a Road Trip in France that is best suited to the Rover 75 fraternity, with it's own character.

Would anyone be interested in hearing some suggestions?

6th May 2014, 17:44	#1
Challenger Loves to post Rover 75 Connoisseur CDTi Tourer Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Chelmsford Posts: 262 Thanks: 21 Thanked 22 Times in 20 Posts	Continental excursion Since 2008, as an active member of the Citroen Car Club - in particular a rather odd bunch of BX owners - I have arranged continental road trips for like-minded fans of driving on relatively empty, exciting (sometimes pretty wild) roads roads, in particular French culture, some nice stop-overs and the occasional unexpected adventure/treat... October 2009 saw the BXagon - a rather oddly named (an amalgamation of L'Hexagone; as the French often refer to their country geographically) and BX) which saw a handful of BXs of various kinds, travel from Calais, back to Calais around the edge of the country, passing through about 47 Departments and covering 2,800 plus miles in 10 days of driving. We raised a shade over £10,000 for Cancer Research UK (about half via JustGiving which proved a very useful method). Then, in 2012 I organised The Citroen Classic Challenge - this took us from Calais to south of Lyon, via the upper Loire, to Provence, the Alps, Switzerland and the Vosges Mountains across to the Channel coast and back. This time individual teams sorted their own charitable efforts - a few grand went to a variety of charities and the 2,500 miles was I have to say optimised for driving fun and it has become a bit of a legend amongst those who took part... There was a Scottish tour arranged in 2013 (which in the end I missed out on) but now my effort is directed towards organising another epic trip, this time in June 2015. This is The Citroen Classic Challenge 2015 (imaginative, I know!) and this will take us through the heart of France to the Med and into the Pyrenees and up through Aquitaine back via the Loire Valley to Normandy and back to the UK. Now I am a Rover convert I have to admit, that although these adventures are great and suit the old car/slightly banger French car owner (I know there are some amongst you - I'm not the only ZX owner ) there is an opportunity to possibly arrange a Road Trip in France that is best suited to the Rover 75 fraternity, with it's own character. Would anyone be interested in hearing some suggestions?