Just came back from doing the Avenue Verte again 11 years later. It's in really great condition and was a lot of fun. 4 days was just right.
The main complication is the return leg, but we found an alternative to the Eurostar that took a little longer but worked really well for our group of 6. We didn't want the faff of disassembly and bike bags, so we took a couple of bike friendly TER trains from Paris to Calais (via Amiens), then the DFDS ferry and high speed from Dover Priory direct to Stratford.
Happy to post more details if anyone is thinking of doing it.
Just came back from doing the Avenue Verte again 11 years later. It's in really great condition and was a lot of fun. 4 days was just right.
The main complication is the return leg, but we found an alternative to the Eurostar that took a little longer but worked really well for our group of 6. We didn't want the faff of disassembly and bike bags, so we took a couple of bike friendly TER trains from Paris to Calais (via Amiens), then the DFDS ferry and high speed from Dover Priory direct to Stratford.
Happy to post more details if anyone is thinking of doing it.