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All Roads lead to the Gauge South of France


Wayney

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I'm probably gonna get slatered for this by the mods for putting this thread in Supra chat.

 

But I woke up this morning and decided to go the Gauge in the South of France for a bit of a road trip 1500 miles in 4 day, with 15 other supercars.

 

We're gonna be doing the same road trip Topgear done when they took 3 super cars to Paris followed by the Gauge & Milau Bridge. Will take loads of photos. Cant write much more as I've gotta shoot, gotta a 3pm train to catch. :D

 

See ya soon guys.

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I'm probably gonna get slatered for this by the mods for putting this thread in Supra chat.

 

But I woke up this morning and decided to go the Gauge in the South of France for a bit of a road trip 1500 miles in 4 day, with 15 other supercars.

 

We're gonna be doing the same road trip Topgear done when they took 3 super cars to Paris followed by the Gauge & Milau Bridge. Will take loads of photos. Cant write much more as I've gotta shoot, gotta a 3pm train to catch. :D

 

See ya soon guys.

 

Oh I see. You meant 'Gorge'. For a moment there I thought that the tiny porn star Gauge was doing a european tour or something! :)

 

Sounds like a fab idea. I'd like to drive over that new bridge that's for sure!

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Just rolled in at 11pm.

 

WOW!!!!!!

 

What a trip, this has made me fall in love with driving all over again. My car has been off the road for 8 weeks and to do a 5 days 1,500 miles road trip has made me firstly fall in love with it all over again and secondly learn to understand the true power and capabilities. I will post lots of pictures tomorrow with a full write up. Completely shattered, off to get some Kipp. See ya tomorrow. :)

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Fri

Blast down to the Eurotunnel, then head to Orleans. This is one hour out of Paris.

 

Sat

We headed to the Tarn Gorge, in the morning we drove up the twisty and challenging roads of a Volcano and had lunch at the top, with breath taking views. Later we headed to Millau Viaduct - the tallest bridge in the world. The roads in the region was very good, particularly the roads around the Gorge. We stayed in a 3* chateau with modern zen-inspired interior. The chateau sits right on the Gorge and boasts it's own stretch of private 'beach' on the Tarn River as well as a heated pool.

 

Sun

We drove over the Millau bridge, there was lots of low lying clouds when we crossed it, hence visibility was hugely reduced. We spent all day wizzing around the Languedoc region of Southern France, we drove on what seemed like endless twisty A roads through the forest. The challenging A roads gave me a chance to understands the cars true cornering capabilities. The roads was very similar to the ones in the hills of Monza, twisty, flowing wit lots of tight hair pin bends. The region was full of pristine, twisty new roads in preparation for the area's expansion. For now though, they were empty and very inviting. We ended the day at our 3* hotel, a 16th century converted mill, accessed by a 300m tree-lined drive way and set in 20 hectares of Provence countryside.

 

Mon

Monday began with a run up Mont Ventoux, which is 1,900 metres above sea level. The roads was silky smooth and flowing. I turned the boost down to .8 bar just so I did not over work the engine at that altitude, as the air is less dense and could play havoc with cooling. Once at the top it was truly spectacular. We was lucky enough that it was a clear day, you could see the Monte Blanc Tunnel, the French Alps and even Switzerland.

 

If there is one road you should drive on, before you die, this is definably one of them. There was points on the hill where it was a 45 degrees steep. We ended the day in a 14th century chateau in the Beaujolais-Burgundy region. The chateau sits in 65 hectares of vineyards - the chateau produces it's own wine - with cavernous, centuries-old wine cellars.

 

Tue

Straight Forward blast back to Calais, and trying to avoid as much of Paris during rush hour.

 

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Stunning photos matey. I'd like to know some of those hotels you stayed at, they look superb :)

 

Gaz, the hotel was breath taking, especailly the one in the valley of the Gauge, I'll pm u over the details.

 

Gaz.

 

Glad you enjoyed yourself mate but why put some pic's up of an ugly fella in a hoodie standing next to your car????

 

LOL, :p

 

:D

 

Nice one Wayne, plenty room for more pics! Looks like a fab trip, with good clear weather too!

 

Cheers Hogmaw, you would of loved the trip :D

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