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Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 1:18pm

Vijack

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Location: Albox

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Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 1:18pm

truenudist wrote on Wed May 27, 2020 12:36pm:
Hi All
In one of my original posts in this topic I advised not to travel any where Paris for congestion reasons. Well here is another very good reason. And this time it applies to route 2. This has reinforced my opinion that the ONLY route is 1 unless you can be sure you would travel through these place...

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...s outside of the hours stated.
Just found this on the Gov.UK website.
Air pollution sticker
All vehicles, including motorbikes, driving in central Paris, Lyon and Grenoble now need to display a special ‘pollution sticker’. You must display a sticker to drive in central Paris from 8am to 8pm on Monday to Friday. The requirement to display a sticker can be implemented at any time, depending on pollution levels. Some older vehicles don’t qualify for a sticker at all due to their high emissions; these vehicles can’t be driven in central Paris at all from 8am to 8pm on Monday to Friday. In order to manage air pollution levels, cities may also limit vehicle access to town centres and main roads, including the Paris region. For more information, and to apply for a sticker, visit the French Ministry of Environment website (in English).
Take care all.

Nice one! Well done....yes, Paris to be avoided unless you have nerves of steel...

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Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 1:25pm

Lesleymeadows

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Location: Mojacar

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Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2020 1:25pm

Jenni wrote on Sun May 17, 2020 12:14pm:
I have friends travelling to the UK as we speak with 4 dogs, they have travelled thru Spain and France without being stopped, they are now at the tunnel waiting to board, there were no hotels open that would take dogs and only one campsite that offered anything,very basic no loos or showers no fo...

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...od, so they had to use the Aires. But the journey was relatively easy.
Hope this info helps someone.
Stay safe Jenni

Hi all I started the original post and forgive me for not getting back sooner with an update. We left Mojacar staying in Girona the first night at hotel Costabello which accepts dogs and was very comfortable. The drive took 8.5 hours with a couple of comfort stops. Left the next morning crossed the border at la jonquera with no queues or incident. Drove 8 hours and 45 minutes to Chartres stayed in a Campanile hotel which accepted dogs and was clean comfortable but basic. Next morning just short of 4 hours Chartres to The Chunnel 30 minutes later we were in England. Worst traffic was back in England. It was a long drive but not unpleasant and this will probably be the route we will use coming back. Most of the Aires were open in Spain and France. The only difficulty we had was having to have a KFC for dinner in Chartres because France had yet to open anything but drive through restaurants.