We're close to the details now, and I've been plotting the routes, looking on google streetview at the road surfaces etc and plotting elevation. (Total ascent hurts).
UK Part
My thinking is that we need to get out of London on a Friday afternoon as cleanly as possible. The Brighton Road allows us to part company and not really get lost and I see it in two parts: inside the M25 and outside the M25. Simplicity says that as just stick to the A23, then A22 until just before the M25. These are well posted and have a lot of bus lanes. (4-7pm is buses, taxis and bikes only). From a distance perspective, it's about 20 miles to the M25, and 40 after.
From the M25, we can be a little more adventurous and take a series of back roads that are broadly parallel to the A22 to Newhaven.
The stats for the route I've chosen are:
Total distance: 58 miles
Total ascent: 2354 ft
BikeToaster est.: 5.5 hours
French Part
We're going to be early in the morning, and there's a series of D roads that take us into Paris, following the towns: Saint-Aubin-le-Cauf, Neufchatel-en-Bray, Forges-les-Eaux, Gourneay-en-Bray, Gisors, Paris. Apart from my desire to cycle into towns when the D road bypasses them, this is plain sailing.
The stats on the French side are:
Total Distance: 106 miles
Total ascent: 2,333 ft
BikeToaster: 8.5 hours
Notice that the scale on the French chart only goes up to 600ft; compared to 900ft in the UK.
I'll have a Garmin, and can share TCX if anyone else has one and wishes to have sat nav.
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