collection mission to SPAIN!!!! COMPLETED IT M8

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I'm gonna order a pair of new tyres in UK to fit when I get home I think. Also 145x13s on steels are probably DIY'able eh, same size as a BMX bike and some wheelbarrows I think

[wuvvum]

  On 10/05/2024 at 13:30, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Check out where the door seller lives:

Unbelievably beautiful. Hot mind you - said 38c on a roadside thermometer I passed.

Lovely. Checked the oil while I was there - none burned or spilled. Onwards!!!

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The more I see photos like this the more I think I'm probably going to move to France when I retire.  I bet I could actually afford a house there too!

[egg]

  On 10/05/2024 at 13:36, wuvvum said:

The more I see photos like this the more I think I'm probably going to move to France when I retire.  I bet I could actually afford a house there too!

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I would too (the North for me, too hot down South), but Mrs E ain't going to be down for it.

[5speedracer]

Probably in rural places like this you'd stand the best chance. Sitting there in the shade with a beer seems very tempting.

 

[danthecapriman]

  On 10/05/2024 at 13:40, egg said:

I would too (the North for me, too hot down South), but Mrs E ain't going to be down for it.

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It’d have to be down south for me. If I’m moving abroad it’ll be primarily to say good riddance and fuck off to anything resembling a British winter for the rest of my existence! I’d happily live in a desert after living here!😆

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Let's keep off the subject of moving to Europe eh, that topic has already caused one fatality!!!!!!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

[egg]

So that door seller was in the Dordogne yeah? Making sound progress KM's wise (on topic!)

[Mr_Bo11ox]

He was just outside Brive-la-Gaillarde

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Now I'm headed for Limoges where I'm gonna sack off the motorway and 'zip' across to Poitiers. Then its more backroads to Paulmy where im chillin like a villain for 36 hours

[wuvvum]

  On 10/05/2024 at 13:49, Mr_Bo11ox said:

He was just outside Brive-la-Gaillarde

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So you're basically half way to Calais!  Excellent.

[egg]

Nice, so Google says about another 250 'clicks' today.

[wuvvum]

Just had a look on Street View, Paulmy looks lovely!  I particularly like the traffic-light-controlled pedestrian crossing at the entrance to the village on a road which probably sees 6 cars an hour...

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Why not check out Mutha Bo11ox's gaff, opposite the sports field and next door to a guy who does roofing I think

[Mr_Bo11ox]

  On 10/05/2024 at 13:55, egg said:

Nice, so Google says about another 250 'clicks' today.

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Hmm, still quite a lot then!!!! 😬

[5speedracer]

  On 10/05/2024 at 13:46, Mr_Bo11ox said:

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Liked for the use of a proper map. 

[JakeT]

  On 10/05/2024 at 13:59, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Why not check out Mutha Bo11ox's gaff, opposite the sports field and next door to a guy who does roofing I think

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Chuffing brilliant. My in-laws had some folks living in south-western France, not far from Caylus. Loved going to visit them, and swimming in the Averyon river. Part of me wants to sod off to France or Germany, but we best not mention why it’s not a suitable option anymore.

[wuvvum]

  On 10/05/2024 at 13:59, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Why not check out Mutha Bo11ox's gaff, opposite the sports field and next door to a guy who does roofing I think

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This one?

[loserone]

  On 10/05/2024 at 13:59, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Mutha Bo11ox's gaff

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Check out this guy sorting out his Italian stallion last year, just along the road.

 

[loserone]

Who needs more than a wine box and a plank to work in the street eh?

[jim89]

  On 10/05/2024 at 14:16, loserone said:

Check out this guy sorting out his Italian stallion last year, just along the road.

 

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Ha is that "hammer blur" ?

[wuvvum]

That's a Microcar, although it probably does have an Italian Lombardini engine.

[loserone]

  On 10/05/2024 at 14:17, wuvvum said:

That's a Microcar, although it probably does have an Italian Lombardini engine.

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Oh shit aye so it is!

 

[wuvvum]

Interestingly*, Impasse du Lavoir translates as Laundry Loke, which is just up the road from me.

[N Dentressangle]

  On 10/05/2024 at 13:30, Mr_Bo11ox said:

 

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Funny thing to wish for but hey, it came true!

[bangernomics]

  On 09/05/2024 at 07:38, Mr_Bo11ox said:

RIGHT I'm showered and up & about. Time for a quick tostada con tomate & some coffee then I'm going to Carrefour to buy a big tin of Spanish olive oil (yes I know, liberal elite remoaner class etc) then it'll be time to hit the road 

I think mineral or semi would be more appropriate.

Gzongenflatch.
In memory of Phil.

[bangernomics]

  On 10/05/2024 at 10:52, Dave_Q said:

French law allows you 2 months to get major defects fixed during which you can still drive, one thread I found states they give you a new ticket/card whatever to display with that 2 month expiry on it
For a critical defect it's midnight the same day. 
Either way le_sac is all good to drive this home as per French law.

The really mad thing is you can keep failing and keep getting another 2 months. Pal did this when his new Dacia was delayed and his old pug wouldn’t pass the emissions test. It’s expensive to test but cheaper than a hire car.


Gzongenflatch.
In memory of Phil.

[Dave_Q]

God, imagine the state of the heaps you would see in this country if you could just do that instead of fixing them.

[chadders]

  On 10/05/2024 at 14:22, wuvvum said:

Interestingly*, Impasse du Lavoir translates as Laundry Loke, which is just up the road from me.

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North Walsham?

[lesapandre]

  On 10/05/2024 at 13:51, Mr_Bo11ox said:

Now I'm headed for Limoges where I'm gonna sack off the motorway and 'zip' across to Poitiers. Then its more backroads to Paulmy where im chillin like a villain for 36 hours

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Great progress - you're then about 300 direct miles from Calais in a straight line.

Depending on how you are doing it - that's the A10 and A28 Autoroutes. Traffic can get a bit snarled up rounding Rouen in the rush hour but it's usually pretty free-flowing all the way.

Rain setting in for Tuesday and Wednesday.

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