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On The Subject Of Driving In France Motorways

Linda asks…

can i drive on motorways with a fully automatic uk drivers licence ?

want to know if i can use motorways in the uk with an automatic licence for cars, also can i rent cars abroad in spain and france ect.. on an auto licence ??? please help ??

Stewart McIntosh answers:

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Posted by Stewart McIntosh - March 7, 2011 at 6:05 am

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Dordogne Gets a TGV Boost

The Dordogne (dept. 24) is placed to take advantage of speedier rail links to Paris and Spain – so enhancing tourism – as strategies for TGV routes for the South West are revealed.

The new proposed tracks for the Lignes à Grandes Vitesses connecting Bordeaux-Toulouse and Bordeaux-Spain could very well cut journey time from Dordogne to Paris to three hours and Dordogne to Spain to four hours.

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Posted by Kevin Phoenix - February 1, 2010 at 10:00 am

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Tour de France 2010

Tour de France 2010

Tour Route 2010

The 2010 Tour will be launched from the south side of Rotterdam, for a prologue time-trial. The launching pad will actually be set up in Zuidplein, from where the riders will move north.

The choice of Rotterdam, a vast urban centre with one million two hundred thousand inhabitants, is directly in keeping with the special start of the Tour in London in 2007. The proposed project – “Rotterdam and the Tour, a new energy” – seduced us. It fits into an overall policy that aims to an even bigger place for the bicycle in the city’s heart, while leaning on the popularity of the biggest cycling race in the world, the Tour de France. From the banks of the Thames to the biggest port in Europe: the same desire, the same will.

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Posted by Kevin Phoenix - January 19, 2010 at 12:13 pm

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Lance Armstrong Seeks Victory at 2009 Tour de France

Lance Armstrong believes he can win an eighth Tour de France title, well aware that after 4 years of retirement, his ageing legs are not as strong as they used to be.  The 37-year-old Armstrong won the last of his record seven straight Tours in 2005, and his unexpected comeback has fans worldwide eager to see if he can add another victory to his cycling legend.

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Posted by Kevin Phoenix - July 2, 2009 at 1:00 pm

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What hotels in Montpellier, France can reasonably accommodate a family of 5?

Two adults and three children traveling in Spain and France. We have an apartment in Barcelona, but what about when we travel into France? Is there a reasonable way for a family of 5 to stay in Montpellier or Narbonne?

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Posted by Travel - February 8, 2008 at 3:56 am

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