The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Motor Routes of France
Title: The Motor Routes of France
Author: Gordon Home
Release date: May 10, 2018 [eBook #57133]
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Language: English
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THE MOTOR ROUTES
OF FRANCE
·
TO THE CHÂTEAUX OF TOURAINE, BIARRITZ, THE
PYRENEES, THE RIVIERA, AND THE
RHONE VALLEY
ALREADY PUBLISHED IN THE
SAME SERIES
MOTOR ROUTES
OF ENGLAND
SOUTHERN SECTION
(South of the Thames)
With 24 Illustrations in Colour
Cloth, 5s. net (by post, 5s. 4d.)
Leather, 7s. 6d. net (by post, 7s. 10d.)
“The touring motorist ... will find Mr. Home exactly the sort of companion who will add sensibly to the pleasures of the day’s run. All along the main roads he gossips brightly of history, architecture, and archæology, and manages to convey a large amount of information without being unpleasantly didactic.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
TO BE PUBLISHED SHORTLY
MOTOR ROUTES
OF ENGLAND
WESTERN SECTION
A. AND C. BLACK, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON
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THE
MOTOR ROUTES
OF FRANCE
BIARRITZ, THE PYRENEES, THE
RIVIERA, & THE RHONE VALLEY
BY
G O R D O N H O M E
WITH
16 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR, 16 IN
BLACK AND WHITE, AND 60 MAPS & PLANS
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
SOHO SQUARE, LONDON · MCMX
PREFACE
The fascination of a motor tour through France can scarcely be exaggerated. It is a country eminently suited to the new method of road travel, for with the spaces between the towns traversed by wide national ways going to their objectives as straight as the contours of the country will permit, no one feels that the presence of a rapid car is destroying the peace or beauty of the neighbourhood. And yet in the tour described in this book there is a huge diversity of scenery, from the wheat plains of the North to the mountains and sea of the South.
Great pains have been taken to embody in the small compass of a book that will easily slip into an overcoat pocket all that is essential for the motorist to know both before and during the tour. At the same time, the large clear type of the first volume of this series has been retained in order that there may be no difficulty in reading while the car is in motion.
Dr. Kirk’s practical notes are the result of much experience, and they need only be supplemented by a word as to hotel charges. In every case the wise tourist discusses prices with the manager or proprietor before he takes his car into the courtyard or garage. By doing so he knows exactly what his bill will amount to in the morning, and he is quite sure of no overcharge. If no arrangement is made on arrival, one must be prepared for any charge, notwithstanding the prices given in guides or the hotel books published by the Touring Club de France.
For those who either do not possess cars or do not wish to take their own abroad, the simplest method is to hire a car in England. The author’s experience of hiring from the Daimler Company has been so satisfactory that he is glad of this opportunity of recommending their cars. To Mr. A. H. Hallam Murray the author is greatly indebted for permission to reproduce four of his delightful pictures from ‘On the Old Road through France to Florence.’
As in the previous volume of this series, a list of dates of prominent events in French history and of the Kings of France is given in the Appendix.
The author would greatly appreciate any suggestions for improving the book, and would much like to hear of any inaccuracies which may have crept in.
GORDON HOME.
43, Gloucester Street,
London, S. W.
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE
MOTOR ROUTES OF FRANCE
ERRATA
The amount of ‘£48 10s. 0d.’ on page 420 should read ‘£89 3s. 4d.’; and the grand total at the foot of the page should be ‘£102 16s. 4d.’
(OMITTING JUMIÈGES, 89 KILOMETRES)
DISTANCES ALONG THE ROUTE
| Kil. | Miles. | |
| Havre to Harfleur | 7 | 4½ |
| Harfleur to Lillebonne via St. Romain de Colbosc | 29 | 18 |
| Lillebonne to Caudebec | 16 | 10 |
| Caudebec to Jumièges | 14½ | 9 |
| Jumièges to Duclair | 7 | 4½ |
| Duclair to St. Martin Boscherville | 9 | 5½ |
| St. Martin Boscherville to Rouen | 11 | 6¾ |
THE
MOTOR ROUTES OF FRANCE
TO THE CHÂTEAUX OF TOURAINE, BIARRITZ,
THE PYRENEES, THE RIVIERA, AND
THE RHONE VALLEY
SECTION I
HAVRE TO ROUEN, 58¼ MILES
(93½ KILOMETRES)
(OMITTING JUMIÈGES, 89 KILOMETRES)
DISTANCES ALONG THE ROUTE
| Kil. | Miles. | |
| Havre to Harfleur | 7 | 4½ |
| Harfleur to Lillebonne via | ||
| St. Romain de Colbosc | 29 | 18 |
| Lillebonne to Caudebec | 16 | 10 |
| Caudebec to Jumièges | 14½ | 9 |
| Jumièges to Duclair | 7 | 4½ |
| Duclair to St. Martin Boscherville | 9 | 5½ |
| St. Martin Boscherville to Rouen | 11 | 6¾ |
DIEPPE TO ROUEN, 36 MILES
(58 KILOMETRES)
DISTANCES ALONG THE ROUTE
| Kil. | Miles. | |
| Dieppe to Tôtes | 29 | 18 |
| Tôtes to Maromme | 24 | 15 |
| Maromme to Rouen | 5 | 3 |
BOULOGNE TO ROUEN, 109½ MILES
(176 KILOMETRES)
DISTANCES ALONG THE ROUTE
| Kil. | Miles. | |
| Boulogne to Montreuil (via Samer) | 35 | 21½ |
| Montreuil to Abbeville | 40 | 25 |
| Abbeville to Neufchâtel | 56 | 35 |
| Neufchâtel to Rouen | 45 | 28 |
| CALAIS TO BOULOGNE | ||
| 1. By the coast | 39 | 24 |
| 2. By Marquise | 36 | 22 |
NOTES FOR DRIVERS