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where are u all?

we where warned not to us camp site wifi when in spain by freind i never passed it on wish i had now. we did use wifi at altea cap blach but used mytab did not use emails or check them on there wifi used connection on phone for that if we ever go to spain again we will be buying wireless moden and sim in spain around 49 euros as much as you can eat

Only been here in Argentan le Cruese for 1hr and already they are having a go, bastards (sorry) the the language

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Sorry all
Should have said that I had had a super holiday with many thanks to all those who put up with me!!! - was a bit stressed after driving and then being faced by extra problems I didn't need when I got home!
Am much better after a good nights sleep

The hackers Polly, they are everywhere the scum

Baza n Rina are still stuck at Albi for a couple of days and we are heading north slowly, we will not leave France until they catch us up hopefully by the the weekend, but we will then have to cross over to the UK before the bank holiday weekend. Still got the bubbly ready for our joint celebrations.

whistlinggypsy wrote:

The hackers Polly, they are everywhere the scum

You got me thinking now Bob - yeah, me thinking
Are you using your wi-fi booster?
I wonder if these have a firewall built in them, can't say I have seen one, if they had they should give you a bit more protection than just connecting direct

Yes Ken if I use mh2 wifi I am secure the problem is you cannot enter a log in and password at the same time

Now at Montoire-Sur-Le-loir on a nice Aire close to the centre with a bit of free wifi thanks too Mifi 2.

No news from Baza although I have tried several times today to contact them.

Hade a horrendous night last night with a thunder storm that lasted 3 hrs and it was torrential rain all the time, ground everywhere was a mess so headed for Saumur but was informed they had problems too, so headed for Amboise and the river there is in full flood, so this is what where up to.

Will plan a stop further north when we have heard from Baza.

May come home earlier than planned as this is no fun.

whistlinggypsy wrote:

Now at Montoire-Sur-Le-loir on a nice Aire close to the centre with a bit of free wifi thanks too Mifi 2.

No news from Baza although I have tried several times today to contact them.

Hade a horrendous night last night with a thunder storm that lasted 3 hrs and it was torrential rain all the time, ground everywhere was a mess so headed for Saumur but was informed they had problems too, so headed for Amboise and the river there is in full flood, so this is what where up to.

Will plan a stop further north when we have heard from Baza.

May come home earlier than planned as this is no fun.

tommorrow weather good here hope it better for you guys it looks grim all over europe for next few days

Hi everyone,
Not been able to post for the last couple of weeks have been touring france on the cheap staying on different aires each night.
We have travelled from the south of france touring mainly the lot valley & the loire valley staying on river aires the weather has been kind to us as I am a qualified weatherman ?? .
Today we ar staying at Bonneval near chateaudun on an axci site as we need water etc & WIFI, we still have 4 days of fun looking forward to getting home only to catch up with family & friends not the weather .Tomorrow we are staying at the riverside aire at rouen (Bobs route), hey Frank we stayed at agde grau d'agde site tues/wed last week near the riverside & quay good cycling!
So if anyone in the vicinity come & join us as we could do with some English company!!!.
Sorry to hear about various problems some of you have had, & a very belated Bob enjoy that bubbly if you haven't already maybee see you or Baz before we catch the ferry on sunday.

Hi Mark n Julie, you are 70km north of us if we had known we could have met you there :-( Feel so sorry for Baza n Rina as we had a great trip until this happened and still the parts have not arrived from the UK ruddy ParcelForce.

May see you at Rouen tomorrow if not see you up at Calais at the weekend.

Hope you can make it tom, if not we are at cayeaux sur mer aire on friday, then wissant sat.

Bedfordshire has an Amber weather warning over the last couple of days, its been constant rain. Hopefully it will improve soon. Have a good trip back Mark & Julie.

Thanks Cheryl, decided to go to la mailleraye sur seine today as its only about 30k more on route to calais.

Try Le Treport Funicular if you have time

Mark for get wissant aires burk aires lovely

The Burchies wrote:

decided to go to la mailleraye sur seine today as its only about 30k more on route to calais.

That's on our list of top aires, superb view.
No need to rush back, the weather here, and the forecast for the next several days, is still sh1te !

regards
Allen

Well we have nome decided to return to the UK on Tuesday, we have been waiting for Baza n. Rina to catch us up but have now found out they have the wrong parts, so back they go to Camper UK for the correct ones.

It's a bank holiday here on Monday so they can do nothing until next Tuesday then wait for the parts then get it fixed and then on their way hopefully by the end of next week.

They have had an really exhausting and unpleasant time and we feel so sorry for them both, after such a great time in Spain and on the way back into France then it went so horribly wrong.

We are going too stay with the grandchildren for a couple of days on the way home but should be back in Southport by next weekend.

Have a good weekend whatever your doing.

Barb n Bob

we are at honfleur.sorry mark only just been able to get internet.the aire is rammed to breaking point here.but the weather is good,and everyones in a jolly mood..

Oh dear not good news then about Baza
Soon made your way back Frank-thought you were stopping out longer
Mark must be getting ready for his ferry tomorrow

Going to stay at Calais Aire tomorrow for a couple of nights before getting the train on Tuesday.

Went into Calais today too Pidou's for my vino, 3,5 and 10lt cartons are a good buy saving up to £10 a carton but the bottles are not much cheaper than Asda's 3 for a tenner so not worth the weight carrying it home.

Can't understand why these parts are not available over there in France.
Taken from Al-Ko website

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Ken, it's not a chassis problem it's the brake pad has separated from the backplate and chewed the disc up so it's a Fiat problem and the problem is the RAC did not take them too a Main Fiat garage but some obscure French garage.

I blame the RAC fully for cutting corners and employing freelance recovery agents to save money as shown on UK TV recently.

Baza should have insisted he was delivered to a main agent, he could then have had the van securely locked away and the could be be in a hotel while the repair was conducted.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

I wish I was there I'd have sorted it long since! I'm sorry, consolation is not enough for your suffering Grrrrrrrrrrr

Andy, as you knowBaza has a tag axle van, would it be possible to isolate the brakes to the faulty axle, secure the brake fluid and just use the one rear axle and front brakes ???

No that would invalidate the insurance.
1 I would have phoned Alko personally with the Alko chassis number on the plate under the bonnet to confirm which parts are theirs and which parts are adopted from Fiat.
2 I'd have taken the knackered parts myself to a fiat dealer for their appraisal along with the Fiat chassis number
3 I'd be rolling again.
This back street garage was the worst thing the RAC could have done, it sounds like there is lots of incompetence at play :-(

Possible but illegal, it's ok doing it but if something happens............

Yes I know about the Ins. Problems but I would have taken the risk using motorways and a wee prayer rather than sit there in a hell hole

Trouble is Bob, once the garage has stripped it down, any reputable garage wouldn't put it back together knowing you were going to do that.
I would probably do the same thing, have done in the past but I wouldn't do it for anyone else

Not saying on here about how I got home from Nerja near Malaga when I had my right arm plastered to the shoudler but I was not hanging around for six weeks while they repatriated the van :-)

Not a problem that Bob, you change gear with your left hand

Fully realise the garage implications but at the time we all had the full confidence that Baza's Ins. Co and the RAC would look after him as they should have, sadly this was not the case.

True Ken, but who steers the van while your using your left hand changing gears ??

Same person who steered it while I was rolling fags Shhh

Oh happy days, trucking down the road rolling a fag while steering with your knees :-) and listening to Terry Wogan on radio 2

with my left boot up on the dash

And chewing a Yorkie bar :-)

Techno100 wrote:

with my left boot up on the dash

That was after you'd rolled the fag and made a brew

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I agree Pete, and I would never act in such an irresponsible way

We're home.. Had a fantastic time

glad your home safe and well mark,and very pleased you had a great time.sorry i missed you at agde,

Just in time for us to take over France
Bring on the here I come

well andy my boy,we have been cohersing with the madam who owns this site and she tells us that since the 9th of april they have only had 2 days of sunshine,very sad, vey very sad,hope the weather improves for you.but i will be back in october to spain,as we dont want to end up with the sads.

I'm off to the Mediterranean ;-)

Welcome home Julie and Mark

Have a great time Techno

wints wrote:

The Burchies wrote:

decided to go to la mailleraye sur seine today as its only about 30k more on route to calais.

That's on our list of top aires, superb view.
No need to rush back, the weather here, and the forecast for the next several days, is still sh1te !

regards
Allen

Yeah agree Allen, this is the second time we have been here even though its 5 euros p/n its worth every cent and you also bypass Rouen!!.

Well as Julie said unfortunately back home after a great holiday with great company even though we kept losing each other.
Thanks to Pete & Pauline for putting up with us for nearly 5 weeks after parting company in the south of france we slowly followed the aires mainly on the lot & loire for the return journey then on the seine at the end.
We also went into pidou Bob for our final topup of vin rouge & beer until the garage was crammed as much as we could, we found bottles of corbiers for 1.65 euros & crates of 24 beers for 5 euros.
Anyway as I said thanks to all for a great time although the weather not as good as last year.hope it gets better for those still there, and who are going in the near future.good luck Baza & Rena with the van & try to relax!.

We are also back in the UK after what was a great trip with good company, a really excellent trip down to Spain and the MarJal is a 5* site albeit a little isolated, you do need transport when there.

Leaving there we had a few days at Calpe but the weather was not good, so leaving Pete n Mark ( Frank was in Benidorm) we set of for France with Baza n Rina.

Had a few days on a lovely site at Hospitalet del I'Infant right on the beach, then too La Jonquera for a stock up of essential supplies of spirits before heading for Gruissan Plage.

From there it was Carcassonne next stop, then too Lacrouzette but after a long climb up there we didn't like it so after lunch we where heading for Castre then Souillac, it was shortly after our decent that disaster happened to Baza n Rina with a brake problem on one of the rear axles.

They are now still stuck in a hell hole waiting for more parts to be delivered ( first ones where wrong parts) I feel terrible as it was me that talked Rina into going to Spain and now they are in a bad place.

We waited for 7 days for them to catch us up but they have still got big problems so we have returned home as the weather was not good.

We hope that things improve for them on Tuesday after the bank holiday weekend and they get the right parts and can come home soon.