Right,
Have an extra weeks holiday at the end of August - any ideas for a decent location within a couple of hours drive of Calais?
Cheers!
Paul
Suisse Normande would be a good shout.
That was one of my thoughts too...
maybe a bit further than a couple of hours, but have a look at the Vosges.
Or the Surrey Hills! 😀
nedrapier- I live in the Surrey Hills!
Good call on the Vosges- any suggestion for a base?
Staycation? 😀
We were in Gerardmer - for a wedding, rather than for a mtb destination. Took bikes, stayed for a week, did some nice routes. Some nice bimbles, and some pretty steep tech too.
The main Vosges NP is further south, there's been a bit of chat on here about it - worth doing a search.
Sorry I can't be more help - bikes were a bonus add-on to that trip, rather than a focus.
Surprisingly enough, there is some cracking biking around Paris. The forests of Fontainbleau to the south-East (famous for bouldering) and Rambouillet to the south-west are full of techy singletrack stuff. OK, it's not the Alps, but there is definitely a week's worth of entertainment with the fleshpots of the Big Smoke not far away.