Lenny's on a Short Winter Break

Back to propper food tonight a beef stroganoff, looks a bit grey due to the copuius quantity of red wine in it.

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Lenny HB said:
Panic stations this morning at an ungodly hour (8:45am) ½ dozen cars arrived with loads of people in high vis vests, ye gods must be an event on we are going to get blocked in if we don't get a move on.

Phew! Panic over only a group doing litter picking along the river bank, we can relax and have our coffee in peace.

Just north of Rouen at Montville tonight very nice Aire.

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Had an overnight stop here last year on way from Dieppe to Gruissan (to meet up with Richard and Kate Clarky ). Found aire to be good, however, the route that we took into the town was concerning due to warnings of 2.6m headroom. Came down the hill on D44 and we were looking for somewhere to turn around, went round the hairpin and then continued along longish straight but still nowhere to turn and had to stop just before the road bent round to right. A young driver pulled past and reveversed into a small entrance to a house and offered to hold up any traffic while I did a five point turn (in the dark, near bend). My co pilot got out and looked around the bend and came back to tell me the height restriction was just around the bend, a railway arch, and confirmed that I needed to turn round. I got out to go and have a look and from a distance i thought it looked okay and then a Transit came through with plenty of clearance so I said to the young Frenchman that I was going through. I recon it was nearer 5m than the 2.6m signs. Perhaps they only wanted cars and locals to take this route.
 
dalspa said:
Had an overnight stop here last year on way from Dieppe to Gruissan (to meet up with Richard and Kate Clarky ). Found aire to be good, however, the route that we took into the town was concerning due to warnings of 2.6m headroom. Came down the hill on D44 and we were looking for somewhere to turn around, went round the hairpin and then continued along longish straight but still nowhere to turn and had to stop just before the road bent round to right. A young driver pulled past and reveversed into a small entrance to a house and offered to hold up any traffic while I did a five point turn (in the dark, near bend). My co pilot got out and looked around the bend and came back to tell me the height restriction was just around the bend, a railway arch, and confirmed that I needed to turn round. I got out to go and have a look and from a distance i thought it looked okay and then a Transit came through with plenty of clearance so I said to the young Frenchman that I was going through. I recon it was nearer 5m than the 2.6m signs. Perhaps they only wanted cars and locals to take this route.
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The 2.4 one we came across the other day where I created mayhem reversing back down the single track road looked OK but just not worth the risk.
 
Lenny HB said:
The 2.4 one we came across the other day where I created mayhem reversing back down the single track road looked OK but just not worth the risk.
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With your track record I bet you would have reversed up the road that we had driven down, rather than turn round.

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dalspa said:
Had an overnight stop here last year on way from Dieppe to Gruissan (to meet up with Richard and Kate Clarky ). Found aire to be good, however, the route that we took into the town was concerning due to warnings of 2.6m headroom. Came down the hill on D44 and we were looking for somewhere to turn around, went round the hairpin and then continued along longish straight but still nowhere to turn and had to stop just before the road bent round to right. A young driver pulled past and reveversed into a small entrance to a house and offered to hold up any traffic while I did a five point turn (in the dark, near bend). My co pilot got out and looked around the bend and came back to tell me the height restriction was just around the bend, a railway arch, and confirmed that I needed to turn round. I got out to go and have a look and from a distance i thought it looked okay and then a Transit came through with plenty of clearance so I said to the young Frenchman that I was going through. I recon it was nearer 5m than the 2.6m signs. Perhaps they only wanted cars and locals to take this route.
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If that’s the road into Montville I’ve been through and was also worried about the height sign but stay in middle and it’s fine.
 
great thread Lenny very informative been a great help to my planning on up and coming trip(y)
 
Thanks for taking the time, appreciated.

Terry
 
Thank you for posting regular updates and like many others, various places booked marked for future trips (y)
Already looking forward to the next but in the meantime, fingers crossed Robert Clark will keep us amused with his latest adventure:unsure:
 
Hellski said:
Thank you for posting regular updates and like many others, various places booked marked for future trips (y)
Already looking forward to the next but in the meantime, fingers crossed Robert Clark will keep us amused with his latest adventure:unsure:
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We’re incognito I’m afraid
 
Lenny HB said:
End of another trip and my FLT status in tack, FIDGET & PhilandMena, three weeks away total cost of camping €0.00. :Grin:
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Hi Lenny HB , nice one I'm impressed !!
We hope to go over in June ( still looking at virus problem) , but I'm not going FLT route this time as her in doors wants too stay a couple of nights in various places with some facilities. ( but I won't be extravagant !!!!!)
 

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