And I can thoroughly recommend this place, I’ve stayed there 3 times and could not have wished for better hospitality.
Back there again in June.
Just came across this, I thought France had very little offroad.
Only issue is post brexit you cannot just put a bike in a van and transport it - well you can, but have to hope customs don't spot it.
The off road/Chemin riding around here is virtually non stop. Minimal roadwork and you see hardly anyone out on the lanes.
No visitors since Brexit have had any issues with bikes on trailers or in vans. Who have been coming here.
As pointed out you carry all the documents with you which is a requirement in France.
Certainly off-road riding is popular in France.
Rasher is right though in that the regulations vis-a-vis the temporary importation of vehicles (in this example, off-road bikes in a van or on a trailer) changed post-Brexit.
Of course:
a. The chances of being pulled over are low.
b. If the driver / occupants of the pulling vehicle have their original V5 documents (along with insurance and driving licences, which they’ll need anyway) and at least sound as if their reason for crossing over is legitimate, then there is a very good chance that the customs authorities will take no further action, nor delay the person(s) progress too long. Wind up the local customs man with ‘smart Alec’ backchat or sulky strops and it might be different. But hey, that’s life.
That thought is not to say that the post-Brexit regulations have vanished. For race teams (taking 10’s or 100’s of thousands or maybe millions of pounds worth of kit) it is different again, as it is for hauliers of vehicles who offer the A to B shuttle runs.
Recently I posted up available dates on the main TRF Facebook page. As up to now it has mostly been Hertfordshire TRF riders coming over to ride the lanes.Thanks Paul, for also clearing up that misinformation too
I will check out your place in detail, for a bit of trail riding
Sounds ideal and not too far from the French ferry port either - do you get people for long weekends of trail riding?
Recently I posted up available dates on the main TRF Facebook page. As up to now it has mostly been Hertfordshire TRF riders coming over to ride the lanes.
Customs always look in our vans , whatever is inside it. It seems more to check if you have additional people inside. Just the same for roof boxes and motorhomes.
Mountain bikers are ok to ride the main forest, but not motorbikes…..