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[gmp]

Cheers ! From bitter experience your advice applies equally when leaving Alicante airport in the middle of the night after queuing for about 2 hours to pick up a hire car, which you couldn't start for 1/2 hr because it had one of those daft keyless credit card jobbies which meant you had to keep your foot on clutch when pressing start button. Needless to say a memorable map reading arguement ensued and got last years holiday off to fine start  

[Baron Von Spongebob]

Cheers ! From bitter experience your advice applies equally when leaving Alicante airport in the middle of the night after queuing for about 2 hours to pick up a hire car, which you couldn't start for 1/2 hr because it had one of those daft keyless credit card jobbies which meant you had to keep your foot on clutch when pressing start button. Needless to say a memorable map reading arguement ensued and got last years holiday off to fine start  

All will become clear when you make the trip..

Seriously the first itersection will make the difference..A few names on the signs for the first time traveller a nightmare..A16/A26 as well as saying E road E15/E40 etc..Just follow A26 Riems then Dijon later on..

Have fun and enjoy European roads that are far superior to ours and better drivers too..Remember no roundabouts like our motorways to correct a mistake so be prepared for some extra sightsighing...Lol..

Its easy to say when youve done it many times but given the choice id rather deliver in Europe than the UK..

[Jay w]

As spongebob has said keep an eye out for the first intersection, A26 and it's plain sailing from there. i didn't find it too much hassle as it is quite well signposted

don't forget that your passenger will have to do all the tolls, we travelled through the night and i had to keep waking the wife up so as to pick up the ticket and pay the tolls  

[TheBoy]

Yeah thought about GPS but don't really go far enough afield in UK to probably warrant buying one . Anyway a good arguement with wife about her failing to read map properly is normally a traditional part of holiday experience for us!

In our glorious ignorance we are planning route via Reims/Dijon/Lyons/Montpellier to avoid Paris but I'll take any experience/advice willingly

Still recovering from costs of MOT/Service (including 1st cambelt change) from main stealer in advance of trip  

Thats the route I take. Worth taking the bypass around Lyon - longer but far quicker.

GPS can be a Godsend

[gmp]

Excellent advice received, thanks very muchly