France in December

[WESTY66]

We have a lot of home made frozen curries chillis, suddenly they’ve turned into veggie curries that’s what it says on lids anyway

 

[MichaelT]

And the fridge check??!

No

 

[WESTY66]

Another question for you seasoned French loving motorhomers, in the region round Colmar theres a lot of German sounding villages, do they speak German round there or do they stick to French?

 

[MichaelT]

Another question for you seasoned French loving motorhomers, in the region round Colmar theres a lot of German sounding villages, do they speak German round there or do they stick to French?

French I assume but will confirm later next week

 

[scousebird]

Another question for you seasoned French loving motorhomers, in the region round Colmar theres a lot of German sounding villages, do they speak German round there or do they stick to French?

French

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[Lenny HB]

Another question for you seasoned French loving motorhomers, in the region round Colmar theres a lot of German sounding villages, do they speak German round there or do they stick to French?

Alsace area official language is French, the second language is German.
That's a long way to go for a week and have you got winter tyres or chains with you?

 

[WESTY66]

Alsace area official language is French, the second language is German.
That's a long way to go for a week and have you got winter tyres or chains with you?

Hi Lenny HB MichaelT and scousebird I was wondering about the languages as I can get by in German, hopeless with French, don’t even know how to ask for class 2 on the speaker button (class 2 bitte)
I was thinking Brittany at first, then stumbled upon a few nice villages in the Alsace region and the travel time and mileage is about the same
Yes I’ve got snow tyres on and chains in the garage

 

[Lenny HB]

If you are going down there you must visit "The Schlumpf Collection" at Mulhouse.

 

[scousebird]

If you are going down there you must visit "The Schlumpf Collection" at Mulhouse.

We did that a few years ago and Alan would like to go back

 

[Lenny HB]

We did that a few years ago and Alan would like to go back

It was brilliant the first time we went 1992, I was a bit disappointed when we went a couple years ago. They have modernised it and it's lost its original character.

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[WESTY66]

It’s looking like the trip is off (thanks Boris) as we can’t take the extra time off work due to any isolation till the new PCR negative test comes through!

 

[AMK]

It’s looking like the trip is off (thanks Boris) as we can’t take the extra time off work due to any isolation till the new PCR negative test comes through!

Do you have a plan B.

 

[WESTY66]

Do you have a plan B.

Nope I guess I’ll just have to keep going to work, that nice covid 19 doesn’t affect me at work, only when I cross the channel it seems

 

[Dutch 68]

Nope I guess I’ll just have to keep going to work, that nice covid 19 doesn’t affect me at work, only when I cross the channel it seems

Another holiday coming up, another lockdown announced, walking around in the big smoke this weekend I think that we don’t have to worry about what comes from abroad, you would be a lot safer being abroad then being here, never seen it so busy on the streets as this year, as for pcr reintroduced , that’s just to put some more money in the accounts in the Cayman Islands of their chums aka sponsors.

 

[WESTY66]

Do you have a plan B.

Sorry Alan, I forgot, this WAS plan B

Plan A was Germany

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[MichaelT]

Sorry Alan, I forgot, this WAS plan B

Plan A was Germany

We just arrived in Aachen so going to plough on for now but keeping an eye on things.

 

[WESTY66]

We just arrived in Aachen so going to plough on for now but keeping an eye on things.

Which way did you go? Through Belgium?
Any form filling, any stoppages?

 

[MichaelT]

Which way did you go? Through Belgium?
Any form filling, any stoppages?

Yes via Belgium, I did fill in the online PLF last week but no stoppages or anything. Stopped at the boat lifts last night.

 

[Lenny HB]

Yes via Belgium, I did fill in the online PLF last week but no stoppages or anything. Stopped at the boat lifts last night.View attachment 561261

Nice stopover, we like it there.

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Nice stopover, we like it there.

Ditto,

Stopped on the way out and again on the way back…

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[Coastal Cruiser.]

Forgot to say, walked over to the Bakery and they are shut on Monday even though I could smell them baking
On the way back stopped on a Thursday night and Friday morning and they were shut again
Only the little shop down the road a bit was open…

 

[Lenny HB]

Ditto,

Stopped on the way out and again on the way back…
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That reminds me last time we were there a Morelo was parked with front wheels so far up the his ramps the wheels were sitting on a knife edge on top of the ramps, surprised he didn't go swimming.

 

[Oscar]

That reminds me last time we were there a Morelo was parked with front wheels so far up the his ramps the wheels were sitting on a knife edge on the top of the ramps, surprised he didn't go swimming.

We remember that too!

 

[599]

Isn't' that what Aires are all about the freedom to roam not be bound by any rules?

We will not get tunnel till 8:20pm Friday so 9:20 French time so will not arrive till 10:30-11pm, apart from having to get out of van to turn gas on it will be park up, handbrake on, levellers down, beer out can't see any problem so long as you don't go banging doors or anything.

hi . just tell us where you will be next so we can avoid you . i am sorry but that's so disrespectful to your fellow campers .val

 

[WESTY66]

That reminds me last time we were there a Morelo was parked with front wheels so far up the his ramps the wheels were sitting on a knife edge on the top of the ramps, surprised he didn't go swimming.

What!! A Morelo without levellers?

Shocking!

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[Lenny HB]

What!! A Morelo without levellers?

Shocking!

It was only a cheap "Home" they are only a couple hundred k.

 

[WESTY66]

It was only a cheap "Home" they are only a couple hundred k.

To me that’s a bloody expensive “Home”
But I know what you mean

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

That reminds me last time we were there a Morelo was parked with front wheels so far up the his ramps the wheels were sitting on a knife edge on top of the ramps, surprised he didn't go swimming.

The big concrete area is pretty much flat so don’t know why he was up like that?

 

[Lenny HB]

The big concrete area is pretty much flat so don’t know why he was up like that?

Some people just have to be dead level.

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Some people just have to be dead level.

We pulled up at the Wooda site in Bude, girl gave us the pitch number and I set up.
Had a stack of blocks in the front and the levellers fully out and could still not get anywhere near level.
Front wheels would have had to be about 2ft off the ground to get level, didn’t fancy the van slipping off and damaging the rams so they moved us after I complained.

Trouble is when your near on 9m long what only looks like a little incline can be a fair bit over that length.

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