Tam and Toby ~~ Hunting Zorba .....Take two.

[Northernraider]

Ive just phoned the vet in guignicourt too and unfortunately dont speak English

 

[Phill D]

Ok im near guignicourt but cant see an aire ...just 2 picnic spots but grass and its raining ...any ideas?

from recollection,,,,,,, you drove in past a factory with a silo on the side? just past that there used to be the camping care sign on a small road to the left. its just part of an extended parking area.

 

[Phill D]

Ive just phoned the vet in guignicourt too and unfortunately dont speak English

aaahhh. its 2 - 3 years since i used them and we managed in basic english. sorry mate.. i remember her putting the wormer in a cheese wedge for the dog as he spat it out first time.

just looked in pet passport it was 2018.

 

[Northernraider]

aaahhh. its 2 - 3 years since i used them and we managed in basic english. sorry mate.. i remember her putting the wormer in a cheese wedge for the dog as he spat it out first time.

just looked in pet passport it was 2018.

No problem ive found a spot to park overnight just now ....this vet does not open till 16.30 tomorrow but i just checked and the one i used in 2019 thats in laventie opens at 9am so ill just drive up there in the morning. There was a guy there who spoke English but when i phoned just now they said not speak English but i will just go there and blag it i think ....ive all day tomorrow to find one if they can't do it but they did it last time

 

[Peter and Julie]

So whats the situation these days with french speeding fines?
I got a bloody camera flash 73kmph in a 70kmph

Got flashed several times in December last year! Haven't heard a sausage!

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[Phileas Dog]

Used the Vet many times, all speak English, very good vets,it’s on the edge of Industrial area, plenty of parking

If your still heading in this direction, this Vet has an on line booking system, may be helpful

 

[Northernraider]

If your still heading in this direction, this Vet has an on line booking system, may be helpful

Im heading to calais. The vet ive used previously is on route so ill try there first tomorrow

 

[Langtoftlad]

Even with a language barrier, I suspect even a French vet of average intelligence will figure out what a scruffy Scot in Motorhome with 2 dogs & passports wants...

 

[Northernraider]

Even with a language barrier, I suspect even a French vet of average intelligence will figure out what a scruffy Scot in Motorhome with 2 dogs & passports wants...

I plan just to take passports in and show them the page from last time and say same again Francois

 

[Ronny]

Loads of Brits use that vets in Guignicourt, it’s only a couple of minutes from Camping Au Bord de l’Aisne a Caravan Club site. I think they have a Camping Car place out of season.

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[Lenny HB]

Loads of Brits use that vets in Guignicourt, it’s only a couple of minutes from Camping Au Bord de l’Aisne a Caravan Club site. I think they have a Camping Car place out of season.

Blimey that was risky, mentioning a Camp Site on Tam's thread.
Dam I've just done it.

 

[Ronny]

If all else fails Laon isn’t far from you, the other side of the Autoroute. Fantastic free Aire there on top of the hill!

 

[Ronny]

Blimey that was risky, mentioning a Camp Site on Tam's thread.
Dam I've just done it.

Only for information purposes of course, although I’ve stopped there a few times. Handy for the train into Reims.

 

[Northernraider]

Loads of Brits use that vets in Guignicourt, it’s only a couple of minutes from Camping Au Bord de l’Aisne a Caravan Club site. I think they have a Camping Car place out of season.

I would have went there tomorrow but only open 16.30 - 1900 and i got here at 18.20 phoned and she couldn't understand me ...

Im parked in a carpark a few miles out of town ...not pretty but its quiet and free and ill be on road at 8am as vet is 3 hours drive tomorrow.

 

[gpat]

Got flashed several times in December last year! Haven't heard a sausage!

Yes but these flashes are cameras not exhibitionists

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[jockaneezer]

Haven't people on here been flashed by speed cameras and it's the height of the vehicle that sets it off because of the lower limit for HGV's ?
Your speed awareness course in French might prove a bit tricky !

 

[wigster]

Best of luck tomorrow Tam

 

[Clarky]

Haven't people on here been flashed by speed cameras and it's the height of the vehicle that sets it off because of the lower limit for HGV's ?
Your speed awareness course in French might prove a bit tricky !

Been flashed loads of times in France.
Usually on motorways where the camera thinks we are a truck which has a lower speed limit.
Never heard anything.
You do have to be careful though, as a lot of urban main roads on the edge of town are signed as a 70kph limit but are 50 for large vehicles.

Richard.

 

[rico]

Definitely a height issue with cameras.
On my trips back and forwards with a hitop boxer van it was a pain and with the Swift a no no.
I gather the DVLA are not providing details now but the last one I got from France took 8 months to come through.
Spain however less than 2 weeks but that was a couple of years ago.
Great blog so far

 

[Northernraider]

Loads of Brits use that vets in Guignicourt, it’s only a couple of minutes from Camping Au Bord de l’Aisne a Caravan Club site. I think they have a Camping Car place out of season.

Blimey that was risky, mentioning a Camp Site on Tam's thread.
Dam I've just done it.

Yes consider this a verbal warning ....that language won't be tolerated ....

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[Ronny]

Yes consider this a verbal warning ....that language won't be tolerated ....

I’ll only accept a written warning

 

[busby]

Got flashed several times in December last year! Haven't heard a sausage!

Had two,,seven months and three months before I got the tickets,,BUSBY.

 

[Scotch mist]

LogomatEd

Had two,,seven months and three months before I got the tickets,,BUSBY.

i feel for you & tam , it’s difficult to stay within french speed limits due to constant limit changes & always a camera at the bottom of hills so even with your foot of the gas you over speed & end up having to brake on down hills , i can’t help & think what a waste on energy

 

[Northernraider]

LogomatEd

i feel for you & tam , it’s difficult to stay within french speed limits due to constant limit changes & always a camera at the bottom of hills so even with your foot of the gas you over speed & end up having to brake on down hills , i can’t help & think what a waste on energy

Some of the speed changes are totally random stupid and unnecessary and im convinced done deliberate simply for revenue ....i notice its all new fancy high tech cameras they have on these roads now .... certainly not the old scabby ones i saw last time in france.

 

[Northernraider]

Vets in laon 9.45 ...

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[Hymerbell]

No problem you are allowed 5 kph, if you had been doing 78 you would get done for 73, that's the way they do it.
Also since Brexit I don't believe DVLA are passing on details anymore.

Worth leaving EU for that alone..funnily enough I got a demand through the post the other month....ignored it...never heard anything again. Same with “entering a restricted zone” (did I ?) in Milan. Ignored it and never heard a thing. Slovenia on the other hand fined me €300 on the spot for no vignette....couldn’t ignore that but punished them by not going to Slovenia for the time it would take to spend €300 ....a month in Tams case. Belgium €130 on the spot fine....that was easy for retaliation... will just never go to Belgium again for the rest of my life.

 

[Northernraider]

Well that's officially the most expensive vet ive ever used €72.60 to worm 2 dogs .

At least dick Turpin wore a mask


Last time it was €44

 

[mitzimad]

pound per mile this has to be the most expensive trip youve ever made

 

[Northernraider]

pound per mile this has to be the most expensive trip youve ever made

Yep im gonna count up my total when home and will tell how much i had spent up till getting the ferry from greece and the total from then to scotland.

 

[Mr porky]

Well that's officially the most expensive vet ive ever used €72.60 to worm 2 dogs .

At least dick Turpin wore a mask


Last time it was €44

Supply and demand. They had it, you wanted it.
Still at least it’s done and less hassle for going into Europe in the autumn (depending how long it takes to do the self build)

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