A busy departure day.

[Mr porky]

Hi everyone
We are currently parked at Shrewsbury after fitting in what seems like a week of things into 1 day.
The list includes

A meeting in Manchester
A site visit and measure in manchester
A pick up of wheel studs from a trailer company in Chester
A supermarket top up of silly things food wise which are sometimes difficult to find in continental Europe.
A filling at the dentist in Middlewich
A missed delivery of a new rim for a trailer
A conversation with rim supplier as the DHL app won't work
A conversation with farmer Jeff where I store some trailers, he's going to swap my tyre and fit the new rim (great relief)
2 pints of delicious Butty Bach beer In a local pub near to our sleepy spot
A well needed meal at Hickorys smokehouse
Waking up 2 hours ago thinking to myself I hope DHL find the farm/storage next time

Not too bad a start but it did seem as we deserved the beer and food last night, it should be a decent drive today to the camc site next to Folkestone.
We are looking forward to this trip as it seems we have been in the uk too long over this summer.
This was due to family time which is always nice and a bit of dental work that was overdue.
We decided to use the chunnel which does seem to have gotten quite pricy but when I gave Phil the options he insisted on tunnel even when I would have been happy with irish ferries.
Looking forward to a easy time in france with no set path just sticking to the east side as we are off to Dusseldorf salon to view electric bikes and other bits we need.
We may call into Luxembourg as its been over 5 years since we where last there and possibly the mosel region again, not sure we will see where the wind blows.

 

[Mr porky]

Cobra is same price as 2 years ago

Yes I clocked that as well, hence 4 each hic

 

[Mr porky]

I forgot how beautiful and fantastic this city is.
We had a good mooch about and just picked a random restaurant.
It was delightful, 1 1/2 bottles of wine, water, three courses of food plus coffee came in at €87 not including the tip.
Such a marked improvement on the food after germany.
Don't get me wrong we love to visit any country but france can edge forward with regard to cuisine (as long as you figure out your eating times to correspond to the French limited times).

We have booked for 2 nights so tommorow we have another great day looking at stunning buildings and eating great food.

 

[cliffanger]

We have just arrived in the French city of Nancy.
Staying right in the city at the only aire in the city right next to the canal. Unfortunately we are roadside not canal side but if it gets into walking distance for the city centre we are happy.

We stayed there too, after reading other Funsters recommendations.

A beautiful city, stunning architecture and a lovely vibe.

We never seem to find gorgeous restaurants like you do though!

 

[Mr porky]

When we visited this aire in Nancy last time it was when we had our 9m eura mobile tag axle motorhome, this time we are in our 8.2m length morelo and we barely fit in the space.
We must have been very lucky and the harbour master who runs these spots obviously took pity on us (newbies at the time) and squeezed us in.
Even though we are parked on the roadside we both had a great night's sleep, ready for a little shopping I think.
Although we are in the lovely situation where we don't need anything and we have a long term policy of 1 in 1 out with regards to clothes and shoes.
However I did see some interesting deli shops yesterday, it may be a upsetting day for the wallet.

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[Mr porky]

We are booked in for lunch at the Brasserie L'excelsior.
We did dine in this stunning art decor restaurant last time, I remember having a wonderful Dover sole done in a classic French way which is just basically grilled with butter and served with lemon and sometimes capers, if this is not available I'm sure I can find something to our tastes.
You don't see many classic restaurants with the French brigade style of service I just hope the quality is still there.

Brasserie Excelsior Nancy

La Brasserie Excelsior Nancy, un art de vivre nancéien. Véritable temple de l'art nouveau et de l'art déco en France. Ce restaurant à proximité de la gare et de la Place Stanislas, vous accueil dès le petit-déjeuner, au déjeuner et au diner avec de délicieux fruits de mer et une carte de brasserie a

www.excelsior-nancy.fr

 

[scousebird]

The restaurant looks wonderful and anywhere that does a café gourmand must be good

Enjoy your meal.

 

[Carpmart]

We are booked in for lunch at the Brasserie L'excelsior.
We did dine in this stunning art decor restaurant last time, I remember having a wonderful Dover sole done in a classic French way which is just basically grilled with butter and served with lemon and sometimes capers, if this is not available I'm sure I can find something to our tastes.
You don't see many classic restaurants with the French brigade style of service I just hope the quality is still there.

Brasserie Excelsior Nancy

La Brasserie Excelsior Nancy, un art de vivre nancéien. Véritable temple de l'art nouveau et de l'art déco en France. Ce restaurant à proximité de la gare et de la Place Stanislas, vous accueil dès le petit-déjeuner, au déjeuner et au diner avec de délicieux fruits de mer et une carte de brasserie a

www.excelsior-nancy.fr

If my memory serves me well, have dined at one of these in Reims earlier this year… it was a great Brasserie luncheon, their equivalent of a plat de jour….

Edit: Just looked on the website, Paris, Reims Nancy so it must be it! Enjoy!!

 

[Mr porky]

We had a look around a local indoor food market before lunch but found the prices to be very expensive so didn't pick any bits and bobs up.
Quick visit to a church before lunch.
Lunch was spectacular in food quality, the ambience, the buiding and yet they were so busy we had a disjointed service even though the staff are professional,

saying that we would go again.
We had to have a siesta this afternoon and are now drinking water

 

[Mr porky]

We are now undecided where to go for the weekend, I did see this lake area (Lac de dur) which is apparently Europe's largest man made lake.
I reckon the bike riding would be good.
Any other suggestions, we would like to have a boozy sunday using camping behaviour.

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[Wanders from Glos]

We went to Lac du Der earlier this year. It is a large lake and at one end there is a casino. The area around the casino is not tatty or anything, but we felt was all a bit like an English town centre on a Saturday night. Lots of shirts off, drinking and a couple of fights. Away from there it is very nice and also very quiet.

We would go back but further away from the amusement area, but we would go stocked up, I don't think there was much around.

 

[scousebird]

Your meal looks delicious (apart from the oysters )

 

[Mr porky]

We went to Lac du Der earlier this year. It is a large lake and at one end there is a casino. The area around the casino is not tatty or anything, but we felt was all a bit like an English town centre on a Saturday night. Lots of shirts off, drinking and a couple of fights. Away from there it is very nice and also very quiet.

We would go back but further away from the amusement area, but we would go stocked up, I don't think there was much around.

It is supermarket day tommorow as the unfortunate has occurred, I have ran out of beer argh.
I'm just looking if there's better options, we may head into Troyes sometime and we have stayed at the big lake near to Troyes, however as its free the aire there is always very full.

 

[Wanders from Glos]

It is supermarket day tommorow as the unfortunate has occurred, I have ran out of beer argh.
I'm just looking if there's better options, we may head into Troyes sometime and we have stayed at the big lake near to Troyes, however as its free the aire there is always very full.

Troyes is fab, have you been to Beaune? Good for wine and food, probably not enough for a whole weekend though.

 

[cyberyacht]

You do like your grub, don't you. The Lac du Der aire at Gifframont is fairly spacious and enables you to put a couple of chairs out.

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[Mr porky]

After a full food and booze pickup at Auchon hypermarket we decided to come down to Langres as it looks interesting.
A nice cheap aire at €8.10 per night, water and electric as an extra. No shade though.
Just finished our lunch and chilling before we head intown later this afternoon.

 

[Mr porky]

You do like your grub, don't you. The Lac du Der aire at Gifframont is fairly spacious and enables you to put a couple of chairs out.

Yes food is definitely our passion.
Complete change of heart for direction this morning.

 

[Mr porky]

A selection of photos of the town, not much food today as yesterday was full on and we are still recovering. Room for a beer though, I didn't realise the beer I bought was extremely alcholic yet it's very nice hic hic, phil said read the label numpty.

 

[Mr porky]

We picked up some nice cheese and bread this morning before heading down to Beaune, we are now on the aire within walking distance of the old town. It's a bit tight but breathing distance just. Letting our lunch settle before a meander into town

 

[Wanders from Glos]

We picked up some nice cheese and bread this morning before heading down to Beaune, we are now on the aire within walking distance of the old town. It's a bit tight but breathing distance just. Letting our lunch settle before a meander into town View attachment 953052

I hope you get some nice wine, . It’s one of our favourites.

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[Mr porky]

A lovely Dutch couple have squeezed into the aire in there RS motorhome which is a 2001 model they bought of an English man.

 

[Mr porky]

I hope you get some nice wine, . It’s one of our favourites.

Thank you for the recommendation, it's a lovely city and the aire is so close to the town. Well done

 

[funflair]

A selection of photos of the town, not much food today as yesterday was full on and we are still recovering. Room for a beer though, I didn't realise the beer I bought was extremely alcholic yet it's very nice hic hic, phil said read the label numpty. View attachment 952826View attachment 952827View attachment 952828View attachment 952829View attachment 952830View attachment 952831View attachment 952832View attachment 952833View attachment 952834View attachment 952835View attachment 952836View attachment 952837View attachment 952838View attachment 952839

Are you holding that wall up? or is it the other way around

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Thank you for the recommendation, it's a lovely city and the aire is so close to the town. Well done

We have stayed there a few times and cannot think what day but they have a good market with a few large vans cooking chickens on big rotisserieslast time we were there they were digging up the centre

 

[cyberyacht]

A lovely Dutch couple have squeezed into the aire in there RS motorhome which is a 2001 model they bought of an English man.View attachment 953257

A whacking great thing like that and he 'still' needs a big box trailer?

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[gus-lopez]

A whacking great thing like that and he 'still' needs a big box trailer?

I'd guess there was a car or big bike in it.Probably along with other stuff.

 

[funflair]

I'd guess there was a car or big bike in it.Probably along with other stuff.

Yes most likely a car in the trailer and bike in the back of the MH

 

[Carpmart]

A lovely Dutch couple have squeezed into the aire in there RS motorhome which is a 2001 model they bought of an English man.View attachment 953257

Can’t beat an old RS IMHO (not biased in the slightest! ) They were called RS Eurocruisers in that era.

All (most) RS owners are loverly!

They are pretty rare in LHD…

 

[Mr porky]

We arrived at Camping de mon Village - Aire Camping-Car Park - Recey-sur-Ource Yesterday as we wanted a lovely relaxing Sunday vibe and this place definitely is very relaxing.
We started with salmon mouse washed down with the bottle of cremant we picked up in Luxembourg, very nice and very keen on the wallet at only €6.
Next was a foie gras pate washed down with a wine we had recommended to us in a wine shop on our last trip near to carcassonne which we had planned to have with a friend but it was not used as our friend was a bit under the weather and wasn't drinking (I must text him to tell him the wine was delicious ).

Followed by on old favourite beef and dumplings, a pomerol red helps the food go down and to finish a florentine biscuit with coffee.
Don't get all judgy we still have half of the white which we will enjoy with blue cheese tonight and the red was an already opened bottle, true we did drink all of the cremant .
We may head to troyes today I'm not sure, awaiting for phil to check his map.

 

[Mr porky]

After checking with the navigater we are going here.

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[Wanders from Glos]

We arrived at Camping de mon Village - Aire Camping-Car Park - Recey-sur-Ource Yesterday as we wanted a lovely relaxing Sunday vibe and this place definitely is very relaxing.
We started with salmon mouse washed down with the bottle of cremant we picked up in Luxembourg, very nice and very keen on the wallet at only €6.
Next was a foie gras pate washed down with a wine we had recommended to us in a wine shop on our last trip near to carcassonne which we had planned to have with a friend but it was not used as our friend was a bit under the weather and wasn't drinking (I must text him to tell him the wine was delicious ).View attachment 953979View attachment 953980View attachment 953981View attachment 953982View attachment 953983View attachment 953984View attachment 953985View attachment 953986View attachment 953987View attachment 953988View attachment 953989View attachment 953990
Followed by on old favourite beef and dumplings, a pomerol red helps the food go down and to finish a florentine biscuit with coffee.
Don't get all judgy we still have half of the white which we will enjoy with blue cheese tonight and the red was an already opened bottle, true we did drink all of the cremant .
We may head to troyes today I'm not sure, awaiting for phil to check his map.

Can’t beat a bottle of Pomerol.