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themeldrews
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 Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 8:43 pm Post subject: caravanning in france |
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i will be towing my caravan in france next week.it will be my first time towing using my icn 520 satnav to navigate.
we hope to be travelling calais to quimper in brittany with a stopover at honfleur.
any helpful advice ref satnav settings and possible problems would be gratefully received.
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| Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 10:15 pm Post subject: Re: caravanning in france |
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| themeldrews wrote: | i will be towing my caravan in france next week.it will be my first time towing using my icn 520 satnav to navigate.
we hope to be travelling calais to quimper in brittany with a stopover at honfleur.
any helpful advice ref satnav settings and possible problems would be gratefully received.
terry |
I presume you have the french maps installed.  (If you havn't then the Base Map will give you directions. Just set your destination and follow the instructions - It's about 400 miles in total from Calais and mostly the reasonably good roads following the coastal outline. Drive on the right and enjoy your holiday. I have my Routing settings on Middle for Route type, Preference for Motorways - More often, and for Urban Roads one click down from more often. Set the Measurements and time to Kms and 2 hrs + GMT to get you in the continental mood.
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DRP
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| Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
I assume you will go via toll roads and main roads. I leave my GPS set up as for the UK preferences. ( the same as Gee Pee), any new roads will not be on the GPS, so with a bit of common sense, remembering you have a van on the back. Things are usually ok. I have not encountered any problems.
I have done the South of France using my 4410 & PDA. The Netherlands on numerous occasions, France using 510 and this year Avignon with 520 Pan Euro upgrade.
I have plotted this year’s trip to Avignon, including stop over, as multi stop route.
It takes a lot of stress out of continental driving, leaving you to concentrate on driving on the wrong side of the road. With no argument about the wife’s navigating.
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