Guinea pig part 2

We often stay at Mesniers en Bray. It’s a nice stopover and there’s a vet we use nearby. I’m loving this thread. ❤️
 
Moved to an aire at Massiac, superb rural aire, and well worth finding, but plan your route very carefully as on our route took us through some very old buildings a pull the mirrors in job, A class or coachbuilts no chance we had an inch to spare and reversing would be exceptionally difficult if not impossible there is another route more suitable though.
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Nice view
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excellent views from the top we are going to have some lunch so I’m told.
 
Don’t know that aire and it doesn’t see to show up on a couple of apps.
We have stayed at Massiac but on the aire on the edge of town, behind the community centre.
Love that area. (y)

Richard.

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Clarky said:
Don’t know that aire and it doesn’t see to show up on a couple of apps.
We have stayed at Massiac but on the aire on the edge of town, behind the community centre.
Love that area. (y)

Richard.
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It’s in all the aires south page 90 Massiac-chalet.
 
Itsmcb said:
The reason you cannot use your home test is exactly that, 'you told them it was negative', for travelling the test has to be done independently and confirmed by email/text. That's why they have to be a paid for test.
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So how do they know it was a home test? The wording on the email and text is exactly the same as I had when I had a test done at a testing centre when I did have symptoms early on- and from the same source. That test was also negative and I almost certainly had a pulmonary infection and not covid.

I'm not going to be going abroad or "cheating" (that would just be stupid as far as I am concerned) - if it's a positive test no matter where done or by whom, it's important to follow the advice. It's thought that 50% of positive cases are not picked up by the lateral flow tests - but picking up half of the people who test but don't have symptoms is better than none I suppose. When I worked in the "rapid test" industry we didn't market tests that were less than 90% accurate (actually 5% of tests that showed negative should have shown positive and 10% that should have shown negative came back as positive) but we had the luxury of time to develop the tests and we weren't dealing with highly transmissible infections.

My next lateral flow test to be done today :)
 
MisterB said:
They have some quaint signs dotted around the village from memory ... Nice little stopover !! Great to hear the escapees are having good journeys, long may it continue, best wishes
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Those signs are brilliant. As the AV enters the town, there are signs about 10 or 15 metres apart, in front of specially planted tree, giving its name in French and Latin, and a description of its historical use, and other aspects of. My French is very limited, there are words I do not know, but would like to. I took a photo of some, and used a translation program on the image to understand them. But wifey carried on walking so I gave up. Plus there is a wild garden in the park by the monastery, and a picnic area, a nice cafe bar. There are other aires around here too, and a France Passion with free UHU, but unfortunately it is an intensive poultry farm. Geese, by the sound of it. They quiten down when the barn doors are shut.

(below):That's what I thought. The French guy looked totally lost anyway. It's a scare story, something to make travelling abraod more complicated. I think!!

Puddleduck said:
So how do they know it was a home test? The wording on the email and text is exactly the same as I had when I had a test done at a testing centre when I did have symptoms early on- and from the same source. That test was also negative and I almost certainly had a pulmonary infection and not covid.
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We're moving south tomorrow. Possibly 2 aires stops, trying to reduce the long driving spells, I have a habit of wanting to get the drovomg over with and get there cos I don't want to stop, but am wanting to try new locations. Might rest again ih the Dordogne for a day or three, unless it's too hot. Not aclimatised yet!
 
Clarky said:
Don’t know that aire and it doesn’t see to show up on a couple of apps.
We have stayed at Massiac but on the aire on the edge of town, behind the community centre.
Love that area. (y)

Richard.
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Completely forgotten that I made a video of Massiac Aire.

Tombola said:
this one looks ok too, by the river

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Thought that looked familia, it just happens to be my video. :giggle:
In better weather the spots beside the river would be very pleasant.
MITHRANDIR said:
Other view from the other end of the aire
Building you can see is an 11c church of some kindView attachment 506377
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Fancied trying that aire on the hill top for ages. Looks brilliant.
Every time we drive up the A75 I think we should try it but we are in a bit of a 'bus' so access might be dodgy.

Richard.
 
Clarky said:
Completely forgotten that I made a video of Massiac Aire.


Thought that looked familia, it just happens to be my video. :giggle:
In better weather the spots beside the river would be very pleasant.

Fancied trying that aire on the hill top for ages. Looks brilliant.
Every time we drive up the A75 I think we should try it but we are in a bit of a 'bus' so access might be dodgy.

Richard.
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As you come of the roundabout and past petrol station on your right continue on up the hill, over the bridge that’s above the A 75 uphill again DO NOT TAKE THE FIRST LEFT as that is very very tight, continue up Aire is at the top.
 
MITHRANDIR said:
As you come of the roundabout and past petrol station on your right continue on up the hill, over the bridge that’s above the A 75 uphill again DO NOT TAKE THE FIRST LEFT as that is very very tight, continue up Aire is at the top.
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Just had a look on Google Earth.
I can quite see why it was tight the way you went but the other road looks good.
Now I am DEFINITELY going to try that aire when we are down that way.
Thanks for the tip. (y)

Richard.
 
Clarky said:
Just had a look on Google Earth.
I can quite see why it was tight the way you went but the other road looks good.
Now I am DEFINITELY going to try that aire when we are down that way.
Thanks for the tip. (y)

Richard.
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Well worth it imv, no services to speak of just an area to park but well worth it imv
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View from the top end of the aire near the church must be 300 ft to the bottom, no barrier of any kind so caution advised but safe enough.

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Btw, people encountered within 2metres 0.
Actually we have not been within 50 metres of any one today.
I will try and remember to incorporate this snippet of info for reference unless people think that it’s pointless??
 
MITHRANDIR said:
Btw, people encountered within 2metres 0.
Actually we have not been within 50 metres of any one today.
I will try and remember to incorporate this snippet of info for reference unless people think that it’s pointless??
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Not pointless at all, please carry on. As much info as possible (y)
 
Clarky said:
There is another aire just a short distance away from you at Blesle.
Free aire beside community centre and a lovely old village full of ancient timber houses.
So many nice old villages in that area.

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Not sure if that aire is still there as was there last week and didn’t see it but there is a camping Car Park aire by the river and only €10 per night . Very easy walk to the village .

Just watched the video and the parking for motorhomes to visit the village is still there but couldn’t be called an aire .
 
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spitfire said:
Not sure if that aire is still there as was there last week and didn’t see it but there is a camping Car Park aire by the river and only €10 per night . Very easy walk to the village .

Just watched the video and the parking for motorhomes to visit the village is still there but couldn’t be called an aire .
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I bow to your better judgement as you live in France and will know it better than I, but if it’s parking for a motorhome it must be an aire. Whether there are services or not is irrelevant I would have though.

Richard.

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spitfire said:
Not sure if that aire is still there as was there last week and didn’t see it but there is a camping Car Park aire by the river and only €10 per night . Very easy walk to the village .
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Clarky said:
I bow to your better judgement as you live in France and will know it better than I, but if it’s parking for a motorhome it must be an aire. Whether there are services or not is irrelevant I would have though.

Richard.
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There is a difference and if you note it is right next to a car park so area designated for Camping Cars to be able to park to visit the village as there is often no space in a normal car park in a popular tourist place . In Brive just before the Pont Cardinal there is dedicated motorhome parking to allow visits to the town but is not designated aire for overnight parking .
 
On the french site for Aires it is not designated as an aire only the private Camping Car Park which was previously the municipal site I think

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Woke to a fine morning, had a very good night, cool though, 10 c, very quiet.
Heading south today after breakfast ( coffee and croissants)),
Two other vans joined us last night one french one German, both waved and exchanged pleasantries but kept a respectful distance, all good, will update later.
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Thanks (both of you) for the great info and updates. We get back home later today and have 2 tonnes of ballast and ten bags of cement arriving tomorrow, hopefully will finish laying the new patio by weekend, then I can start to dream of joining you ...
 
Puddleduck said:
My next lateral flow test to be done today :)
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And was negative :)

Next one on Wednesday and then the following Sunday when we are at Lochore - but I may leave that until Monday when we are home so I can report the result more easily. Results have to be reported within 24 hours and a good internet connection is required.

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