Lenny's going for a ponder around France

[Lenny HB]

What a great thread, I just love the pictures and giving us so many ideas for a tour...thank you!
Just been googling some of the places you mention. Does your camera give you a map with the pins showing the locations so we can see where you have been and the rough route?

Thanks for the nice comments.

For main photos using a Lumix TZ60 which has GPS and will show pushpins on Google maps.
The photos with coordinates on them ( mainly Aires) are taken on my phone using an app "One Camera".
We also run Autoroute on a laptop with a GPS receiver and use the trail setting.

 

[Lenny HB]

Painful yesterday no phone or data signal.

Yesterday at the Aire near the summit of Ballon d' Alscace 3790ft up.

 

[Lenny HB]

Had a little walk up to the summit and around.

That flipping Joan of Arc gets everywhere.

 

[Lenny HB]

This morning went down to Mulhouse as I wanted to visit the Schlumpf Collection again, last time we went was 1992.
A bit disappointed they have modernised the museum and it has lost a lot of its character. Everything in organised rows now. The famous organ not there anymore and the lamps now have LED bulbs, now on permanently you can no longer get excited waiting for then to turn on for a few minutes on the hour.

 

[Lenny HB]

Now at Eguisheim a private Aire (free of course) at a winery, did a bit of wine tasting and to be polite we bought a couple of bottles. A bit confusing here we are in France but they speak German doesn't take much to confuse a Lenny.
The town is amazing fairy tale like place but due to wine tasting I had to give up tonight as I was staggering about so no photos until tomorrow.

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Lenny HB]

Not good, wiping down the front of the found a 5mm chip on the screen and a few very minute chips.
I know where it happened on a stretch of road that had been top dressed with granite chips, bleeding French drivers coming the other way far too fast.

Insurance co use Autoglass, I've seen their crap repairs so will have a go myself, my mate distributes a very good DIY kit. The small ones will probably polish out with jewelers rouge

 

[JonP]

This morning went down to Mulhouse as I wanted to visit the Schlumpf Collection again, last time we went was 1992.
A bit disappointed they have modernised the museum and it has lost a lot of its character. Everything in organised rows now. The famous organ not there anymore and the lamps now have LED bulbs, now on permanently you can no longer get excited waiting for then to turn on for a few minutes on the hour.

View attachment 240616

View attachment 240615

View attachment 240617

View attachment 240618

View attachment 240619

View attachment 240620

View attachment 240621

View attachment 240622

View attachment 240623

View attachment 240624

View attachment 240625

View attachment 240626

Looks good Mr Blann will have to put on my to do list.

 

[Lenny HB]

Food porn time.

 

[DBK]

This morning went down to Mulhouse as I wanted to visit the Schlumpf Collection again, last time we went was 1992.
A bit disappointed they have modernised the museum and it has lost a lot of its character. Everything in organised rows now. The famous organ not there anymore and the lamps now have LED bulbs, now on permanently you can no longer get excited waiting for then to turn on for a few minutes on the hour.

View attachment 240616

View attachment 240615

View attachment 240617

View attachment 240618

View attachment 240619

View attachment 240620

View attachment 240621

View attachment 240622

View attachment 240623

View attachment 240624

View attachment 240625

View attachment 240626

There must be half the Bugattis in existence there.

 

[Dizzy Izzy]

Now at Eguisheim a private Aire (free of course) at a winery, did a bit of wine tasting and to be polite we bought a couple of bottles. A bit confusing here we are in France but they speak German doesn't take much to confuse a Lenny.
The town is amazing fairy tale like place but due to wine tasting I had to give up tonight as I was staggering about so no photos until tomorrow.

View attachment 240629

View attachment 240630

We were there last week,loved Eguisheim it is so pretty!!We loved the area and would liked to have stayed longer.....but unfortunately had to come home .

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Lenny HB]

There must be half the Bugattis in existence there.

Here is a list of the collection.

1 ABC (British), 8 Alfa Romeo, 4 Amilcar, 2 Arzens, 1 Aster, 1 Aston Martin, 1 Audi, 1 Austro-Daimler, 3 Ballot, 1 Bardon, 1 Barraco, 2 Barré, 1 Baudier, 4 Bentley, 8 Benz, 1 B.N.C, 1 Bollée, 1 Brasier, 123 Bugatti, 1 Charron, 1 Chrysler, 1 Cisitalia, 10 Citroën, 1 Clément de Dion 2 Clément-Bayard, 1 Clément-Panhard 1 Corre La Licorne, 6 Daimler, 4 Darracq, 1 Decauville, 1 De Dietrich, 29 De Dion-Bouton, 3 Delage, 4 Delahaye, 2 Delaunay-Belleville, 1 Dufaux, 1 Ensais, 1 Esculape, 2 Farman, 13 Ferrari, 4 Fiat, 3 Ford, 1 Fouillaron, 3 Georges Richard, 1 Gladiator, 11 Gordini, 7 Hispano-Suiza, 3 Horch, 2 Horlacher, 1 Hotchkiss et Cie, 2 Hotchkiss-Gregoire, 1 Jaquot (Dampfwagen), 3 Le Zèbre, 1 Lorraine-Dietrich, 4 Lotus, 1 M.A.F., 8 Maserati, 2 Mathis, 1 Maurer-Union, 7 Maybach, 1 McLaren-Peugeot, 1 Menier, 9 Mercedes, 22 Mercedes-Benz, 2 Minerva, 2 Monet-Goyon, 2 Mors, 1 Moto-Peugeot, 2 Neracar, 1 O.M., 19 Panhard & Levassor, 1 Pegaso, 29 Peugeot, 1 Philos, 1 Piccard-Pictet, 3 Piccolo, 2 Pilain, 6 Porsche, 1 Ravel, 18 Renault, 1 Rheda, 1 Richard-Brasier, 1 Ripert, 1 Rochet-Schneider, 14 Rolls Royce, 1 Sage, 1 Salmson, 1 Scott, 1 Sénéchal, 5 Serpollet, 3 Simca-Gordini, 1 Sizaire-Naudin, 1 Soncin, 1 SS, 1 Steyr, 2 Talbot, 1 Tatra, 1 Toyota, 1 Trabant, 1 Turicum, 1 Vaillante, 7 Vélo, 1 Vélo-Goldschmitt, 1 Vélo-Peugeot, 1 Vermotel,1 Violet-Bogey, 3 Voisin, 1 Volkswagen, 2 Zedel

 

[Lenny HB]

A few pics of Eguisheim.

 

[Hettie's Crew]

a very good DIY kit

I’ve thought it would be a good idea to carry one of these, any info on your mates kit?

 

[Lenny HB]

Back up in the hills now at a strange village Trios-Epis.
Free Aire even has a shower for €1 but a jeton for the Borne is €6, I wouldn't mind if you could fill the tank but you only get 100 Lt.

Only two shops, a Boulanger/cafe and a shop selling products from the Convent.

We were sitting outside the cafe having a coffee, there appeared to be a rather large quantity of elderly people around us mainly in wheelchairs. We then realised the building opposite was an extremely large convalescent hospital. Also a huge Convent and a large ugly modern church in the village.

 

[Lenny HB]

Told you it was a weird place.

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Lenny HB]

On the edge of the village in the woods we stumbled upon a WW1 & WW2 German military cemetery. Of the 273 graves could only find 5 that were WW2, I can only assume a plane came down nearby.

 

[Lenny HB]

I’ve thought it would be a good idea to carry one of these, any info on your mates kit?

I'll try and get the info.

 

[Lenny HB]

I’ve thought it would be a good idea to carry one of these, any info on your mates kit?

Here you are Amazon sell it.

 

[Lenny HB]

A few km west of Trios-Epis there is the remains of a small chateau/castle. Had to go up a very steep path through the forest to find it.

Let Petit Holnack.

 

[Lenny HB]

We then went on to the a first world war battle field that has been preserved in its original state.

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Lenny HB]

Now on a nice Aire at Plainfaing, service, 16 amp EHU & WiFi included bit a bit expensive €6.

A nice bubbling g stream behind us, apart from us everyone here is French.

 

[Lenny HB]

Went over to have at look the La Grande Roche, then back to the Aire to watch F1.

Us SOG's can do selfies as well.

 

[Lenny HB]

Spent 3 nights on that nice Aire, didn't really cost us anything, the fast WiFi saved me having to do another data top up and the EHU saved a bit of gas. Not much in the village but did discover a cycle track on an old railway line but it only went for 6½ miles.

Went up to Melsheim this morning, after a nerve wrecking drive though some medieval streets only to discover the Bugatti museum is closed on Tuesdays.

So we headed off to the Dabo rock, quite a drag to get to it in a Motorhome especially when you miss a turning and take the little road.
Bit of a disappointment has been commercialised have to pay a couple of Euro to go to the top, steps up there, top covered in concrete (pretty concrete) and a church on top at least you can go up the tower.

Did get one really cool shot from the tower.

 

[Lenny HB]

Then on to the Plan Incline dear Saint-Louis-Arzviller, a really impressive boat lift built in 1969.

 

[Lenny HB]

Nice wild spot for the night.

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[Chockswahay]

@Lenny HB Lenny I love this thread, thank you so much for sharing your trip with us (all)

We love France and ‘Aire Tripping’ is our fave way of touring....... get in, see a few sights, get out It’s what vans were made for

Your piccies are reminding us of what we miss.....I can feel a French trip coming on ......

Keep it up!

 

[rb62]

Nice wild spot for the night.

View attachment 241723

We were there May 2nd and there were 12 vans there!

 

[Lenny HB]

On

We were there May 2nd and there were 12 vans there!

Only one other van tonight.

 

[Lenny HB]

Went back down to Melsheim today.

 

[Lenny HB]

Main reason to go back to Melsheim was to visit the Bugatti Foundation Museum, needn't have bothered only 3 Bugatti's there.

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}