Well, with all the help from some members here my son and his friends had a fantastic weekend. Saw 2 stages on Friday, 3 on Saturday and 2 on the Sunday along with a visit to the SP. Could not believe the speed of the cars and crews. They only used the official spectator areas twice and managed to hike and climb across fields and hill sides to catch the other stages. On some stages they were the only ones to be seen. An app on his phone showed that they had walked 40 kms (26 miles) over the weekend (oh to be young again...).
So again, thanks for the help, it made a massive difference and he's already talking about Germany/Finland along with RGB again next year.