Mousy Goes To France Day One.. (1 Viewer)

[Mousy]

thought I'd do a rolling diary of our family holiday to France, the list of characters are myself, Mr Mousy, our 2 lads, George 20 and Harry 18 and ruby 8 our Scottish terrier.
We set off from South Wales this morning, booked onto the euro tunnel 17.50 crossing. The journey has been good so far, but different to a journey with just the 2 of us, we usually listen to an audio book...nah boys not having that! We've been spotified to within an inch of our lives, they have eaten half the food in the van and our normally spotless interior is covered in crap...and I'm loving it..

Still feeling in the holiday mood even the news the Chunnel is shut, we are stuck in traffic and it's a sweltering hot day won't dampen the spirits in this van, Haz has been getting used to his new camera by taking shots of the passing vans, we've now got bomb disposal squad racing by....

 

[Southdowners]

Bomb disposal!! Blimey...

Enjoy your trip!

 

[scousebird]

Just seen that the tunnel is closed at the moment. Hope it reopens soon for you.

Have a good holiday & update us when you can

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[Mousy]

What ever the incident was, we are now past it. 2 hours parked up on the M25, made some new friends, a middle aged couple behind on their way to the opera asked us very politely for some milk, slightly random.

We are now 20 miles away from the Chunnel which had reopened, we've been in the Moho for 9 hours now, slightly flagging but the lack of fuel both in the van and the last three petrol stations we have tried is giving us all a welcome boost of nervous energy. Plan A is to pull over and start ringing petrol stations to find one with diesel. Plan B will see us parked/stranded in Kent.... Gulp
Boys still smiling though, old enough for a beer!?

 

[cliffanger]

Crikey talk about leaving us on tenterhooks - hope you make it to Ashford!

 

[scousebird]

There's a Tesco with fuel off Junction 10 on the M20 if you can get there

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[Mousy]

We've made it to the tunnel, first train 05.50...

Left our telephone number, slim chance of a supplementary train.

 

[DavidG58]

hello all, looking forward to hearing the 'rest' of your travels, don't really get the no fuel bit, but glad you are 'on your way' albeit in a few more hours.

Is it this trip your are heading for Annecy?

 

[wingman]

@Mousy We need someone like you to run the Country. Cool in a crisis or what!!!

If you're going to Annecy, can you let me know the way you routed around the Swiss border please. I'm going to Annecy in a month or two and don't want to go through Switzerland and pay the Vignette (like I did last year).

Really hope you get across ok.

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[cliffanger]

Woohoo - Le Francais is not too far away!! Clifton said you should have bought a helicopter! Please have moules et frites for us! Bon voyage and Bon vacance xx

 

[wizzer59]

Just come back and loved it so very jealous, but have a great trip and look forward to your updates

 

[Allanm]

Are you there yet?

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[Gellyneck]

Are you there yet?

Or is it Mousy goes to Kent day two?

 

[Fenman]

I love reading these reports of holidays and travels and this one has started very differently to an previous ones.

Good luck Mousey and family and despite those trying to ruin the start enjoy yourselves.

 

[Taran_Las]

Fingers crossed for you. Have a great time in France with the new van.

Should I start a thread "Taran wants to leave France" but they won't let him

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[parknride]

Are you there yet???

 

[Fenman]

I forgot to mention in my earlier post that lots of pics would be great.

 

[Scout]

I bet their in the tunnel

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[DBK]

Yes, the title gives the plan away, "goes to France" not "arrives in France".

 

[cliffanger]

Are you there yet?

 

[wingman]

Oh I can't stand the suspense. Are you there yet?

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[Allanm]

He's probably in France and is now realising that t'internet isn't as easy/ cheap to use as it is in the UK ( unless he's on Three of course...)
Hope this Ferry / Tunnel palaver is over by next Wednesday, I am driving back to Kent to Pick Daughter Mother in Law and 25 litres of emulsion and bringing the lot back to Brittany the next day.

 

[Gellyneck]

He's probably in France and is now realising that t'internet isn't as easy/ cheap to use as it is in the UK ( unless he's on Three of course...)
Hope this Ferry / Tunnel palaver is over by next Wednesday, I am driving back to Kent to Pick Daughter Mother in Law and 25 litres of emulsion and bringing the lot back to Brittany the next day.

Can I make a suggestion?
Unless the mother-in-law has a paint brush or roller in hand leave her behind!

 

[DuxDeluxe]

Son in law is taking the Dux van to France on Sunday..... Possibly.....

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[DBK]

...I am driving back to Kent to Pick Daughter Mother in Law and 25 litres of emulsion and bringing the lot back to Brittany the next day.

Absinthe forms an emulsion when water is added.

Have a good trip!

 

[Carol]

He's probably in France and is now realising that t'internet isn't as easy/ cheap to use as it is in the UK ( unless he's on Three of course...)
Hope this Ferry / Tunnel palaver is over by next Wednesday, I am driving back to Kent to Pick Daughter Mother in Law and 25 litres of emulsion and bringing the lot back to Brittany the next day.

Mousey is a lady and as soon as she gets internet I am sure we will be in for some good reading, one of the best at telling a story on Fun. Hope all is going well.

 

[cruiser]

I think she is trying to buy more food and drink. don't forget they have two big kids with them.

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[Mr Mousy]

Fear not fellow funsters we are safely in France although it's been an awful journey. We got to the terminal and were offered an 05.50 train, not the best of timings but I was bouyed by the thought of all that duty free shopping, not the beer and wine but Molton brown! We had left our number with customer services and half an hour later we were called to say an extra train was leaving "did we want to be on it?" Of course we abandoned the display of Prada sunglasses and got going. It was now 11.50.
We had a nice chat with a train driver who said not to stop anywhere near Calais as the immigration problem was horrendous, we saw quite a few groups of people as we drove out of Calais it reminded us of downtown Maputo in Mozambique! Sadly they didn't seem to be selling us oranges or cashew nuts..
The boys had by now passed out in the back but we drove on for an hour, on almost empty roads. We came off the motorway and into a village, found an empty Carpark and crashed out. We woke up a few hours later to find we were in the Carpark of the village school!
Onward to Troyes...

 

[cliffanger]

Phew - as you can see from the thread we were all getting worried! Sorry I missed your text last night, and that you didn't get to stay in the dairy farm. Glad you escaped Calais unscathed but with no nuts! Hope You all get a chance to chill for the rest of the holiday - but not too much - everyone is expecting daily blogs now! xx

 

[Mr Mousy]

Thanks all for your kind words and I'm sorry to have left you all hanging.
Ger, is has without doubt been one of the worse starts to a holiday ever and this from a family that's had its fair share of holiday disasters!

I'll update you all tommorow as today has been a challenge and I'm so ready for bed, have I mentioned it's also unbelievably hot?
Cheers for now Dawn x

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