My past 2 weeks

Just got back from boosting Brittany Ferries bank account, and my observations were..............

I miss my kids and it was great to see them.

England beaches are dirty

English make crap coffee and charge too much for it.

Too many cars on English road.

England is grey

There are so many empty shops (excluding charity shops)

Chuck liked the beach, seagulls and English dogs

Eating out is financially impossible but had the most fantastic pasty at 'the Rugglestone' in Widdecombe on the moor (Uncle Tom Cobbly, lend me your grey mare etc etc)

French drivers are as bad as Spanish but they do it badly quicker.

French coffee is wrong

French roads are [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Santader in a camper on the beach is [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Santander beaches are clean

Santander people are trendy (compared to Orce)

Spanish weather can be odd.

Bloody glad to be back!

To add to this, imo if anybody suggests to drive from cherbourg or any other French ports because of ferry costs. DONT.

Hi Dave,
sounds like you had a good time and Chuck.
Going to your last comment! Can you explain why. Tolls or/and fuel costs??

I suppose it all depends how much you value your time, sanity and life.
Its a long boring drive, and the French are absolutely dreadful drivers. We plodded along towing a trailer at about 60mph and that was more than fast enough due to the conditions, but no end of drivers hurtled past us, often overtaking in hazardous situations. It was only a matter of time, when we encountered a stretch of road covered in sleet and, you can guess it, about 10 or 12 cars in a major pile up. Supprised we didn't se more really.
Obviously your also going to use extra fuel, plus wear and tare on your vehicle, but i'd rather pay a bit extra and relax on the ferry.
And they smell. (IMHO)

haha one of our favourite trips in our old camper Dave was South of France and back, stopping occasionally in the aires.. was strange with some aire's toilets though that were just a hole in the ground .
The couple of times we've driven in a car up and down back here to Spain, it's always a relief when we cross the Spanish border then go and sit and relax at a bar somewhere!

I actually enjoy the drive down from Dieppe, through Rouen, Poitiers, Bordeaux, Bayonne, Burgos and Madrid!

The ferry from Newhaven drops you in Dieppe at about 3:00am, and traffic is light until you hit Bordeaux.

Going through France, I prefer to take a detour to a Supermarket off the main road and use their facilities before stocking up with some fresh food for a picnic stop somewhere nice before joining the main road again.

Fuel (including LPG) can be as much as 25% cheaper than the Aires - but there's a noticeable change of mood as you cross the border into Spain.

Some of the Spanish Repsol garages are selling fresh bread now - much better than French bread

Yes we have done that route so beautiful too ! Loved it

Cannot complain this week Petrol 1.34€ a liter

Im expecting to see some good deals on slippers at Orce market in the morning.

My wife has found some things are down in price just to tell you one item she paid 2.20€ for a tube of Colgate tooth paste now paid 1.23€. Eye on Spain forum says there are Building Cranes are appearing on the coast, so a possible chance for you cheaper slippers Dave.

Dav e we bought some slippers from Lydl LOL !!!!!

I feel like ive been jettisoned off into another universe where everything is on special offer

Was that in England Dave ?

thats it!!!

slippers ? petrol? colgate? cranes?

where am I again?

oh!! star trek

Yeah, it all went a bit trekkie didn't it?

It was nice to see Bigcol posting. Hope you are OK lad

Thanks for that Peter

yep im here well happy and hanging on lol

just had 2x 6 day stays in hospital in the last month after another operation
but recovering now and getting better
bit by bit things are being removed,
A drastic way to lose weight though lol

Consultants say im always happy, determined and strong,and thats why im still here
but only i know its because im too tight, just dont want the missis to have the all the money and enjoy herself

no sharons a gem
wouldnt be whole without each other

col xx

hope things get better for you now Col mate
good to hear from you! Hi to all - DnD

Ditto, get yourseld well and get over here in the sun (whoops, sun?)

You're an inspiration Col. Keep strong and keep smiling