We always go down the West of Rouen and stop of at the lovely port of Honfleur for lunch. Fantastic roads across the open rolling countryside and then through the forests. You do end up coming in with all the other traffic from the North and, I don't know what happened last year but it took us about three hours to do the last couple of miles, the traffic chaos was ridiculous.
Calais - Blangy-sur-Bresle: 85 miles – 1.25 hrs
- Leave the terminal, keep left up to big roundabout and head left on A16/E402 (Boulogne sur Mer/Abbeville)
- Before Abbeville bear right on A28 peage (Rouen) and continue to J5 (Blangy-sur-Bresle)
Blangy-sur-Bresle - Pommereval: 25 miles – 0.75 hrs
- Come off peage and take D49 (Monchaux Soreng/Inchville) then after about 1.5 miles left on D149 (Grandcourt/Fresnay Folny)
- Just through Fresnay Folny turn left on D1314 to Londinieres, through Londinieres onto D12 to Silo and Bures-en-Bray (crossing over D1) and down to Pommereval (nice twisty bit).
Coffee stop somewhere between Bures-en-Bray and Pommereval
Pommereval - Honfleur: 65 miles – 1.25 hrs
- From Pommereval cross over D99/D915, still on D12 to St Saens (another nice twisty bit ☺ ).
- From St Saens take the D929 right, which runs parallel with the A29/E44 peage heading West to Yerville then, just through Yerville drop onto the A29/E44 peage to Honfleur.
Lunch by the harbour in the centre of Honfleur
Honfleur - Lisieux: 21 miles – 0.5 hrs
- Leave Honfleur on D579 (Pont-l’Eveque 8 miles). This is where it needs a bit of care to get onto the nice road as opposed to the main road
- As we approach Pont-l’Eveque, we pass under the main A132 to the junction.
- Turn left on the D677 into town centre to a roundabout and turn right onto D675 (Rue Launay).
- Go under the railway bridge and about ½ mile later turn left onto D48 (Coquanvilliers/Lisiuex).
- Stay on D48 right into Lisieux where we need to pick up D579 (Livarot/Vimoutiers).
Lisieux - Vimoutiers: 18 miles – 0.5 hrs
- Take D48 past Livarot to Vimoutiers.
Vimoutiers - Carrouges: 35 miles – 0.75 hrs
- Just before entering Vimoutiers bear right on D916 to Argentan (via Trun).
- At Argentan turn right on D958 for about two miles then turn right on the D924 (Ecouche/Flers).
- After about one mile bear left on D2 (Fleure/Bouce) to Carrouges.
Coffee/beer stop at Carrouges (we ended up heading to Gace as Carrouges was a bit quiet).
Carrouges - Alencon: 20 miles – 0.5 hrs
- At Carrouges left onto D908 (Sees).
- After about 8 miles turn right onto D26 (Alencon).
Alencon – Le Mans: 40 miles – 1 hrs
- At Alencon pick up the A28/E402 and hoof it down to Le Mans.
As a guide, leaving Calais
at 9am, you should reach Le Mans about
5pm allowing a good hour for a relaxing lunch at Honfleur.
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