The tour will leave from our classroom at Taunton Market on Thursday 15th May at 4:40pm sharp. We'll ride to the ferry terminal in Portsmouth, sail to St. Malo France overnight, then make our way down to Jupilles near Le Mans for the weekend. After the races we make the return trip getting back to Taunton the following Tuesday, arriving about midday (but read on).

Fees include your ferry tickets, a shared cabin onboard and overnight accommodation in the gite at Jupilles near Le Mans. The long weekend is more about the people and the journey than it is the racing. Have a look at the photos from previous years, they will give you a flavour of the good time had by all. Most important to know is than many people in the photos have been doing the trip for years; so they must enjoy it.

The price includes use of swimming pool sauna etc. B-B-Q on the Friday, Taxis to Chateaux du Loir on the Saturday and our banquet on the Sunday. Please note Gordon will only be accompanying you to the lunch stop on the return journey. 

Follow this link to a map of the Jupilles area.

France is a great experience. Open roads, fantastic scenery, friendly people and some of the best riding you'll ever enjoy. French motorists are very biker friendly, vehicles stop at roundabouts to let the convoy through and people stand at the roadside and wave as if they've never seen bikes before, but remember this is Le Mans weekend, there are tens of thousands of bikes there.

photos from 2007 click here

For those of you without luggage fitted to their bikes, don't worry, we always have a van with us to carry bags etc, it's also there just in case anyone breaks down and can't fix their bike at the roadside (this applies to the Le Mans trip only) for the bridge trip you are advised to have full European recovery insurance and must have the ability to carry your own luggage.