France/Spain 2021 some pictures and information.

[Busman]

Mena a tad past her best to but just a tad.

Don’t you just love cut & paste
I think you could be buying me a few beers if we meet up

 

[makems]

Well they love us don't they. No issues with Europeans on this or previous trips. All very polite and friendly and I'm ugly too. Mena a tad past her best to but just a tad.

I bet Mena hasn’t seen this!
Gwen says hi to both of you.

 

[Lenny HB]

Well they love us don't they. No issues with Europeans on this or previous trips. All very polite and friendly and I'm ugly too. Mena a tad past her best to but just a tad.

Are you living on borrowed time after that statement?

 

[jumar]

Thats why we're using the firestick, we ve watched all the matches and the F1 on i player, ITV hub an d all4 in places thst I would have been struggling with satelite.

BBC has done something right as i player has an internet setting that uses half the data of the others.

With or without a VPN...

 

[jongood]

I have my Firestick on the lowest of the three settings and it still gobbles data.Is there a separate setting for BBC.?BUSBY.

Yes. Go into settings in the i player. It actually tells you which setting to use for mobile data.

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[jongood]

What's the general consensus on how Brits are being received on holiday in Europe ?
We are planning 6 weeks in Spain and Portugal later in the year.

We ve had 2 weeks in Spain and 2 weeks in Portugal, made very welcome and everywhere is quieter.
Going to France in the next week or so

 

[jongood]

With or without a VPN...

Tethering to Sky mobile UK sim.

 

[jongood]

Bit of cloud in the Picos this morning. A very pleasant 27c this afternoon.

 

[Lenny HB]

Bit of cloud in the Picos this morning. A very pleasant 27c this afternoon.
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That Camper Stop looks posh.

 

[busby]

Yes. Go into settings in the i player. It actually tells you which setting to use for mobile data.

Watching on a TV,, using my phone for internet. BUSBY.

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[jongood]

That Camper Stop looks posh.

Its a lovely view and great walking area €10 / night. Youre not supposed to have chairs out but no one is checking. Posada de Valdeon.

 

[jongood]

Watching on a TV,, using my phone for internet. BUSBY.

Exactly what I m doing, next time you switch firestick on, turn on I player and go into settings.

 

[PhilandMena]

Don’t you just love cut & paste
I think you could be buying me a few beers if we meet up

Always my pleasure Chef!

 

[Lenny HB]

Its a lovely view and great walking area €10 / night. Youre not supposed to have chairs out but no one is checking. Posada de Valdeon.

Been there didn't remember the posts with the ropes.
Great until another Brit comes in and trips the electrics for the whole site including the lights in the leisure centre. No I did't we only have gas heating.
Yes some great walks.

 

[busby]

Exactly what I m doing, next time you switch firestick on, turn on I player and go into settings.

With you now,BUSBY.

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[Don Quixote]

With or without a VPN...

You will always need a VPN for BBC,ITV, CH4 outside UK

 

[PhilandMena]

Now settled in and the view from the picnic tables next to the Aire. A nice cool breeze now and loads of families in the park enjoying the breeze too.

 

[PhilandMena]

What a fabulous aire this is. Its a superb location.

 

[2657]

You will always need a VPN for BBC,ITV, CH4 outside UK

Oh no you don't

 

[Manic]

You will always need a VPN for BBC,ITV, CH4 outside UK

Not is using a UK sim

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[MichaelT]

Not is using a UK sim

Correct we use a Vodafone SIM and the APN is something like wap.vodafone.co.uk so it connects thru the UK.

 

[EuroTrotters]

Most of the N10 is a fast dual carriageway but over 3500kg limited to 80kph & no overtaking. Also it's the main route for trucks to Spain thousands of them on it. I've only been down it once, I said never again.

I use the BIS route

 

[Crazylegs]

Is there anyone going to Germany this year. We spend most of our 2 weeks in Germany and will be doing so again, but it looks like it might a lonely place this year. It's always nice to bump into the odd Brit now and again.

Check with #Snowbird

 

[Don Quixote]

Not is using a UK sim

Sorry, but if your connecting in France, Germany or Spain you can use a UK sim, but it will not connect to Vodafone UK - it will be on another network and the IP address that it supplies BBC iPlayer will not connect.

 

[Don Quixote]

Correct we use a Vodafone SIM and the APN is something like wap.vodafone.co.uk so it connects thru the UK.

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[Manic]

I used my 3 sim to stream iPlayer august last year Without using a vpn.

 

[MichaelT]

no its just the setting on the mifi not a specific VPN.

 

[Don Quixote]

I used my 3 sim to stream iPlayer august last year Without using a vpn.

Ok you win

 

[Nyvern]

I used Vodafone simcard to watch BBC News in Portugal last time I was there 2019.

 

[jongood]

You will always need a VPN for BBC,ITV, CH4 outside UK

Not with a firestick tethered to a uk phone you don't. Its brilliant, no way could we have watched the footie in english in central Portugal even on 90cmx dish.

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