Royal Ivory

[lambroving]

Allan,

Thanks! It's only money...

Did you miss the link I posed above?

Is your shadows/highlights tool in PSE2?

No pix for a while. I have to get a month going to pay for this recent expedition and the exchange rate and petrol prices were horrid!

[earleygallery]

Great shot, great car!

[lambroving]

Originally Posted by earleygallery

Great shot, great car!

Brother James!

Yes, enjoyed it except that I never quite got used to the four-seater seats which were ordered by the original owner who must have been a dwarf. They were ~ 4" shorter than the standard seats I'm used too and didn't give quite enough support.

Sent this picture to a friend who replied, "Nice pictures. I presume that the "Morgan in Cream" or whatever you called it is your rental - I had the same one when I went to France. Made it all the way from Cognac to the tunnel at 150-160 km/hr.... " We were a bit more conservative. HE was a former navy test pilot!

[stunsworth]

One of the great things about driving on the motorway in France as opposed to the UK is that you can more or less guarantee that you'll be able to travel at a decent speed - even if the speed limit in the dry is 130 kph :-)

Paris is the exception to this, but even so it's still usually better than here in the UK. When I travel from North London to Manchester the distance is 200 miles, motorway all the way, and the journey usually averages just under 5 hours!

[andybarton]

I have heard that there are a LOT of cameras on the Autoroutes these days, just waiting to catch Brits belting home on the A1. The cameras aren't nice friendly yellow jobs over there, either.

There is also some recipricol arrangement in place now whereby you can be prosecuted at home for speeding abroad.

The days of cruising at 130 mph on the A6 near Dijon are long gone

However, as you say, it is a pleasure to join an autoroute knowing that you will be able to drive all day at the speed limit, even if it does cost you a year's road fund licence to get to the South Coast and back...

[stunsworth]

Andy, yes there are quite a few speed cameras about, and they're not highly visible, but there's usually a sign a couple of kms before them saying something along the lines of 'for your safety this road is under video survailance' or words to that effect.

Although the tolls are a pain there are gaps, so from Orleans to north of Toulouse on the A20 is free. Being a cheapskate I tend to follow the signs using the N roads - 'Orleans par RN' for example when driving from Paris.

Actually the _real_ pleasure of driving in France are the D roads. I try to use them as much as possible.

[andybarton]

I tried driving from Calais to Bordeaux on N roads once - I even paid the RAC thirty quid for a route plan.

After 2 hours and 30 miles on the N roads, we saw a sign for the autoroute and never looked back!

The N roads are great if you don't want to get anywhere and fancy loosing off a few rolls on the way. If you have to be somewhere by a certain time, then the autoroute and your VISA card is the only option.

Pity it's not like that over here...