Lenny's Heading for Portugal - Maybe

[MaidinDevon]

I will be on the ferry on 28th to Santander, heading for the elephant aire. I look forward to hearing what you think of it, as I have never done it either. Heading for Spain this time, including Christmas in Benidorm

 

[Lenny HB]

Can you post some pics of your meals @Lenny HB ? They always look so appetising TIA

There you are, boring fillet steak night before last. From Lidl of course.

 

[Pete5996]

There you are, boring fillet steak night before last. From Lidl of course.
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Once you reach Spain, I'd recommend the Ternera Seleccion brand entrecote steaks from Lidl. Superbly tender at around €4 each, I reckon they knock any French equivalent into a cocked hat!

 

[busby]

There you are, boring fillet steak night before last. From Lidl of course.
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Wheres the gravy? BUSBY

 

[Lenny HB]

Wheres the gravy? BUSBY

On a rare steak are you mad.

You sound like one of those northerners who would put gravy on chips.

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[Lenny HB]

Another lazy day set off 11:30 and such a nice sunny day stopped early just after 4pm. Found another cracking little free Aire at Dax. Timing was perfect only 2 of the 9 spaces free, withing a few minutes of arriving two other vans drove in one had to leave all the spaces between the trees nowhere to fit extra vans in.
Plan was to get into Spain today, oh well that didn't happen.

 

[Just smiffy]

Another lazy day set off 11:30 and such a nice sunny day stopped early just after 4pm. Found another cracking little free Aire at Dax. Timing was perfect only 2 of the 9 spaces free, withing a few minutes of arriving two other vans drove in one had to leave all the spaces between the trees nowhere to fit extra vans in.
Plan was to get into Spain today, oh well that didn't happen.

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Is that the one round the back of the lake..

 

[Lenny HB]

Think so.

 

[busby]

On a rare steak are you mad.

You sound like one of those northerners who would put gravy on chips.

I do like GRAVY on my veg,,and yes we do eat VEG up here,,,,BUSBY

 

[WESTY66]

On a rare steak are you mad.

You sound like one of those northerners who would put gravy on chips.

Whats wrong with chips and gravy???

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[Lenny HB]

Whats wrong with chips and gravy???

Everything, something only heathen northerners do.

 

[Lenny HB]

I do like GRAVY on my veg,,and yes we do eat VEG up here,,,,BUSBY

You must be one of the few.

 

[busby]

You must be one of the few.

Careful,,we are heading for Portugal on the 18 th,,,,,BUSBY

 

[Lenny HB]

Careful,,we are heading for Portugal on the 18 th,,,,,BUSBY

Oh dear!

 

[Margaritaman]

There you are, boring fillet steak night before last. From Lidl of course.
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Thanks @Lenny HB That’s tickled my tastebuds! Enjoy your trip and your meal !
Cheers and Bon Appetite

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[Lenny HB]

Painful start to the day first 3 hours averaged 23mph right pain getting round Bayonne. Finally made it to Spain a couple of days later than expected.
Now on the Elephant Aire @Just smiffy will stay a couple of nights if you are coming this way Garry.
No Elephants tonight.

Rather a lot of White Herons (Little Egrets)

 

[Lenny HB]

And for @Margaritaman Chicken Jalfrezi with mango & potato.

 

[DBK]

Painful start to the day first 3 hours averaged 23mph right pain getting round Bayonne. Finally made it to Spain a couple of days later than expected.
Now on the Elephant Aire @Just smiffy will stay a couple of nights if you are coming this way Garry.
No Elephants tonight.

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Rather a lot of White Herons (Little Egrets)
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What an amazing shot of the egrets.

 

[Stewart J]

A nightime roost DBK we estimated 300+ In late August

 

[bigtree]

Painful start to the day first 3 hours averaged 23mph right pain getting round Bayonne. Finally made it to Spain a couple of days later than expected.
Now on the Elephant Aire @Just smiffy will stay a couple of nights if you are coming this way Garry.
No Elephants tonight.

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Rather a lot of White Herons (Little Egrets)
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Did you avoid the peage?

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[Lenny HB]

What an amazing shot of the egrets.

Only with my phone boss took some better ones with the camera.
Only other place I've seen them in such large numbers is the Carmargue. Only get the odd one in the field by our house or two or three on the Widewater Lagoon a couple of 100 yds from home.

 

[Robert Clark]

And for @Margaritaman Chicken Jalfrezi with mango & patato.

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There’s an awful lot of froth on that beer
(Food looks nice)

 

[Lenny HB]

Did you avoid the peage?

FLT don't do peage

 

[DBK]

A nightime roost DBK we estimated 300+ In late August

Like herons they don't seem to be designed for trees but of course that is where they also nest.

Three hundred is an impressive number given it wasn't so long ago they were only seen around the Mediterranean.

 

[bigtree]

FLT don't do peage

Silly man,time lost for a couple of sheckles

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[Robert Clark]

FLT don't do peage

Didn’t you spend weeks on a campsite last time you headed south?

 

[Lenny HB]

There’s an awful lot of froth on that beer
(Food looks nice)

Hand was probably getting shaky pouring well it was the 4th one.

 

[Robert Clark]

Hand was probably getting shaky pouring well it was the 4th one.

A decent barmaid would never dare to use that excuse

 

[bigtree]

Wanna know some places to stay ?

 

[Lenny HB]

Didn’t you spend weeks on a campsite last time you headed south?

A few days with friends that's all, spent most of the time being a FLT.
Not going too well on this trip 5th night away already spent €6 on camping will be over budget at this rate.

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