A busy departure day. (14 Viewers)

[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]

We have put the world to rights sat outside having a few drinks with @Brendan

 

[JockandRita]

We have put the world to rights sat outside having a few drinks with @BrendanView attachment 944164

Brendan. Is that a can of Schweppes with a Gin mixer already in it?

Enjoy yourselves chaps.

Cheers,

Jock.

 

[Brendan]

you only went to look at electric bikes

I'm not even here to look at bikes, just a new plug for the sink.

Brendan. Is that a can of Schweppes with a Gin mixer already in it?

Enjoy yourselves chaps.

Cheers,

Jock.

There may be a small vodka in there Jock.
I keep getting led astray.

 

[Mr porky]

I'm not even here to look at bikes, just a new plug for the sink.



There may be a small vodka in there Jock.
I keep getting led astray.

It's a slippery slope, look what happened to Phil and I

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[Brains]

We have put the world to rights sat outside having a few drinks with @BrendanView attachment 944164

A mallet and car keys on the table, this could be a fun night !

 

[stewartwebr]

Get the machine fitted in Germany, we have had two fitted by Hunerkopf, they have a stand at the show. They are the experts, the machines are gravity drain so don’t have a pump. Hunerkopf have designed a small tank to allow the machine to drain into then an internal pump which pumps to the grey tank. Takes a day to fit both of ours have been in the gas locker as we have LPG tank. They also as an extra can install a line from the hot water system to fill the machine with hot water rather than cold saving on electric to heat. You do need to be careful and monitor the boiler temperature but does save a lot of lithium. Average wash uses 17L of water.

 

[dabhand]

Nice one chaps, look forward to having a nosey, did they take your current one
In part ex? Did you have a look at the Concordes or any of the other premium ranges?

 

[Mr porky]

Nice one chaps, look forward to having a nosey, did they take your current one
In part ex? Did you have a look at the Concordes or any of the other premium ranges?

Yes we part ex ours. As the difficulty with no British dealer on concorde or phoenix put us of them. Plus we are very happy with the new look morelo.

 

[Mr porky]

Well back to the normal world, we need to find a laundry and with no idea of were we want to visit, Cologne calls as we have never been there.
There's a revolution laundry at a Globus supermarket on the outskirts the city.
Although the stellplatz in the city looks a bit like a sardine canning operation, it will have to do.

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[lorger]

Well back to the normal world, we need to find a laundry and with no idea of were we want to visit Cologne calls as we have never been there.
There's a revolution laundry at a Globus supermarket on the outskirts the city.
Although the stellplatz in the city looks a bit like a sardine canning operation, it will have to do.

We stayed at the Stelplatz a couple of years ago, yes it can be like sardines but it’s ideal for visiting the city.

 

[JockandRita]

I'm not even here to look at bikes, just a new plug for the sink.



There may be a small vodka in there Jock.
I keep getting led astray.

It's not hard to be led astray in their company Brendan.

Cheers,

Jock.

 

[cliffanger]

We stayed in the Stellplatz in Cologne Gareth, I think it was adjacent to a Park and Ride?

It was a lovely riverside cycle path into town, with lovely little bars and restaurants to stop at on the way back!

Loving the new van. All the boys love a garage, but us girls would love that washing machine!

 

[Mr porky]

We stayed in the Stellplatz in Cologne Gareth, I think it was adjacent to a Park and Ride?

It was a lovely riverside cycle path into town, with lovely little bars and restaurants to stop at on the way back!

Loving the new van. All the boys love a garage, but us girls would love that washing machine!

We don't do blue or pink jobs, however I cook and he does laundry. We both clean but mines usually just the kitchen area. As I'm the driver I position the motorhome for service of the fresh,grey,and black water and he gets the outside jobs of service. It works well as we apply our relevant skill set.
We unfortunately have no bikes with us so we will revert to shanks pony .
Yes he's very happy that he's getting a washing machine.
I just have to convince him to let me spend another 7k for the digital mirrors, I don't think it will happen

 

[lorger]

It's not hard to be led astray in their company Brendan.

Cheers,

Jock.

I don’t think Brendan needs much to be led astray

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[Mr porky]

I don’t think Brendan needs much to be led astray

He was his own man no leading astray was from us. The mallet was not required

 

[scousebird]

We don't do blue or pink jobs,

We definitely have blue & pink jobs and most of them are blue

 

[funflair]

We don't do blue or pink jobs, however I cook and he does laundry. We both clean but mines usually just the kitchen area. As I'm the driver I position the motorhome for service of the fresh,grey,and black water and he gets the outside jobs of service. It works well as we apply our relevant skill set.
We unfortunately have no bikes with us so we will revert to shanks pony .
Yes he's very happy that he's getting a washing machine.
I just have to convince him to let me spend another 7k for the digital mirrors, I don't think it will happen

Why spoil the ship for a hapeth of tar, the MORELO cameras do seem quite wide though, just been on a bus with camera mirrors and they looked good and neat fit to the body.

 

[KASPAR]

Why spoil the ship for a hapeth of tar, the MORELO cameras do seem quite wide though, just been on a bus with camera mirrors and they looked good and neat fit to the body.

So, these Morelo things are converted busses then? as opposed to converted delivery vans or builders tipper trucks for other MH

 

[funflair]

So, these Morelo things are converted busses then? as opposed to converted delivery vans or builders tipper trucks for other MH

Delivery van chassis if one wants to be more precise, and some are on truck chassis of course

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[Carpmart]

We definitely have blue & pink jobs and most of them are blue

Same… all bloody blue! Literally everything!

However I don’t cook!

 

[Carpmart]

He was his own man no leading astray was from us. The mallet was not required

He’s bought one too then!

 

[Mr porky]

Well Cologne was a bust. The stellplatz/parking was full/reserved so we moved onto some car/wagon parking near it but this was had full time permanent van lifers with dogs tied up next to scrap piles. So we had lunch and moved on. Cologne was not to be.

We are now further down the rhine a small town called Unkel.
We will venture out later or tommorow depending on the rain.
Going forward don't know where we will venture, I'm reluctant to go back into france as we will be doing a 6 month visa there from next march/April.

 

[Dutch 68]

Well Cologne was a bust. The stellplatz/parking was full/reserved so we moved onto some car/wagon parking near it but this was had full time permanent van lifers with dogs tied up next to scrap piles. So we had lunch and moved on. Cologne was not to be.

We are now further down the rhine a small town called Unkel.
We will venture out later or tommorow depending on the rain.
Going forward don't know where we will venture, I'm reluctant to go back into france as we will be doing a 6 month visa there from next march/April.

South? Tirol , both in Austria and Italy ? It’s stunning this time of year, if you do give Fiss, Serfaus and Ladis a go, it’s breathtakingly beautiful, have a browse at their website

 

[The Coops]

Go north east young(ish) men! Do we need to show you a food and wine trail or will beer(s) do?

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[Mr porky]

Go north east young(ish) men! Do we need to show you a food and wine trail or will beer(s) do?

Go on then. A snapshot of what to expect may be nice.

 

[Mr porky]

South? Tirol , both in Austria and Italy ? It’s stunning this time of year, if you do give Fiss, Serfaus and Ladis a go, it’s breathtakingly beautiful, have a browse at their website

Go on then. A snapshot of what to expect may be nice.

 

[Mr porky]

South? Tirol , both in Austria and Italy ? It’s stunning this time of year, if you do give Fiss, Serfaus and Ladis a go, it’s breathtakingly beautiful, have a browse at their website

It may be too far south for us.
Saying that we did do the dordogne france to alvor in Portugal in 2 days a few years back

 

[Dutch 68]

Go on then. A snapshot of what to expect may be nice.

3 villages perched at a plateau at 1400 metres, very sunny south facing, excellent restaurants, cable cars running enabling to explore a large area, cable running up to 2700 metres high, fab lakes for swimming, excellent mountain biking , wild water rafting and at least another 30 sporty activities, no through road leading to them so very peaceful, good access for big vehicles, ( 11 hairpins)
My second home since childhood, an outdoor paradise. Have a look at their website, if you are going then give me a shout, so I can give you some tips, close to Merano in Italy and Samnaun in Switzerland with excellent spa facilities

 

[cliffanger]

What about the Romantic Road. Parts of it are lovely. Rothenburg Ob Der Tauber, Wurzburg, Fussen etc are very pretty little places.

Also Oberammergau where they hold the Passion Play (unfortunately the next one is in 2030), but still an interesting place to look around. There’s a Stellplatz attached to a campsite a short walk into town.

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[Lenny HB]

Actually if you noticed I said fizz not champagne, it's a rose cremont from aldi only €7

And you told me you only bought vineyard wines.
Looking forward to seeing the lovely new bus.