Gassed on a Motorway Aire (1 Viewer)

[Jim]

I awoke this morning with a tongue doing a great impression of Gandhi's left flipflop. I sat up and shivered, it was cold like there was a window open, a strange smell permeated the air. My head was heavy, I was tired and groggy. A quick scan of the Motorhome and something was wrong, where was I? I'd woken in a tiny Motorhome.

My senses caught up with me, I was in my Motorhome, but the first nights sleep with the slide in for months and the pictures were wrong. I was used to much more space. . Then I remembered yesterday's 6 hour drive, the chicken curry Sian had cooked last night and the wine, that I supposed accounted for the smells and the tongue.

Morning all....We've survived another night on a motorway aire.

 

[eddie]

Lucky you didn't leave £2000 in cash, you laptop, iPads and passports on the dashboard then lol

It tickles me that when I tell people I always have, and always will use Aires, people queue up to tell me that I shouldn't

Probably the same people that want me to sign a petition every five minutes for UK Aires lol

 

[Zepp]

Morning Jim

We have just come from Spain 2 nights on Spanish Services and 1 night on a French rest area and not a bit of gas anywhere now in Belgium on a aire .

It was blowing a gale in Spain thought the motorhome was going over

Paul

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[Sheddy]

Did you contact the

 

[Jim]

Daily Mail will be frothing at the mouth about Brexit this week, no time to report on imaginary iPads and cash stashes stolen by anaesthesiologists

 

[Allanm]

Daily Mail will be frothing at the mouth about Brexit this week, no time to report on imaginary iPads and cash stashes stolen by anaesthesiologists

Don't forget the missing suitcases, there are always missing suitcases........

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[Eeyore]

Beware of the tyre slasher too. We had our new tyre totally written off when someone hammered a screwdriver into it at a motorway service station outside Bilbao as we stopped for coffee in December. Expensive start to a winter away.

Very common said the police and recovery garage. No idea why as the tyre was flat on the rim within minutes and no way could we have got back on the motorway for them to flag us down and rob us.

 

[Mikey RV]

As long as they never stole your sence of humour Jim, you got no worries. Have a good trip back.

 

[Shrimp]

Beware of the tyre slasher too. We had our new tyre totally written off when someone hammered a screwdriver into it at a motorway service station outside Bilbao as we stopped for coffee in December. Expensive start to a winter away.

Very common said the police and recovery garage. No idea why as the tyre was flat on the rim within minutes and no way could we have got back on the motorway for them to flag us down and rob us.

Probably the tyre replace garage drumming up business!

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[Barclaybasher]

Daily Mail will be frothing at the mouth about Brexit this week, no time to report on imaginary iPads and cash stashes stolen by anaesthesiologists

Surely they could report that you were NOT gassed because all those thieving Eastern European gangs have now moved to the UK and are living comfortably on benefits in six-bedroomed council houses........

 

[ojibway]

A lucky escape there, Jim.
Next time maybe!

 

[Larby]

You seem very confused Jim, you'll see things more clearly when the effects of the gas wear off

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[magicsurfbus]

Even Gaston le Gasseurfou needs the occasional day off Jim - he'll be back to terrorise us all, you'll see.

 

[Brisey]

a strange smell permeated the air.

Probably the remnants of that Jamon Hock you bought Jim.

 

[MitchandJenny]

anaesthesiologists

A good meaty word if ever there was one.
Thanks for the smiley sticker Jim.
Sorry you had to leave it "slid in" all night, must have been exhausting for you !!
Mitch.

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[jonandshell]

You lightweight Jim!

We stopped in Calais last night!

 

[Ivory55]

Yes but your used to it , you work in Wisbech ! Haha

 

[dabhand]

I awoke this morning with a tongue doing a great impression of Gandhi's left flipflop. I sat up and shivered, it was cold like there was a window open, a strange smell permeated the air. My head was heavy, I was tired and groggy. A quick scan of the Motorhome and something was wrong, where was I? I'd woken in a tiny Motorhome.

My senses caught up with me, I was in my Motorhome, but the first nights sleep with the slide in for months and the pictures were wrong. I was used to much more space. . Then I remembered yesterday's 6 hour drive, the chicken curry Sian had cooked last night and the wine, that I supposed accounted for the smells and the tongue.

Morning all....We've survived another night on a motorway aire.

That sounds like the same motorway aire where I was abused by two pole dancers, Ghandi's right flip flop a bottle of Gin and a pair of leaderhosen Jim, best warn people mate

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[laird of Dunstan]

Beware of the tyre slasher too. We had our new tyre totally written off when someone hammered a screwdriver into it at a motorway service station outside Bilbao as we stopped for coffee in December. Expensive start to a winter away.

Very common said the police and recovery garage. No idea why as the tyre was flat on the rim within minutes and no way could we have got back on the motorway for them to flag us down and rob us.

I almost bought a fanchise to put a stuff into tyres called superseal , at the demo,the guy put several screwdriver holes into the tyre and it lost no pressure ,they also showed a film of a i inch bolt being fired into a tractor tyre and then removed ,the tyre did not deflate , i plan to put the stuff
into my MH tyres

 

[dabhand]

I almost bought a fanchise to put a stuff into tyres called superseal , at the demo,the guy put several screwdriver holes into the tyre and it lost no pressure ,they also showed a film of a i inch bolt being fired into a tractor tyre and then removed ,the tyre did not deflate , i plan to put the stuff
into my MH tyres

It's no defence against a shredded tyre though, so a bit useless for blowouts!

 

[laird of Dunstan]

It's no defence against a shredded tyre though, so a bit useless for blowouts!

from my experience,blowouts and tyres shredding are on the whole a result of the tyres being older than 5 years , the product would however have stopped the tyre deflating by a puncture accidental or deliberate

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[fifthwheel]

I almost bought a fanchise to put a stuff into tyres called superseal , at the demo,the guy put several screwdriver holes into the tyre and it lost no pressure ,they also showed a film of a i inch bolt being fired into a tractor tyre and then removed ,the tyre did not deflate , i plan to put the stuff
into my MH tyres

My son has a garage business he had a Toyota land cruiser in last week with this stuff in the tyres. He had to take off all the tyres and clean them it couldn't be driven the wheels were so far out of balance.

 

[Eeyore]

I almost bought a fanchise to put a stuff into tyres called superseal , at the demo,the guy put several screwdriver holes into the tyre and it lost no pressure ,they also showed a film of a i inch bolt being fired into a tractor tyre and then removed ,the tyre did not deflate , i plan to put the stuff
into my MH tyres

Probably as well we did not have it in the tyre. With sealant in we would have driven off onto the motorway without realising the tyre had been damaged. Within x kilometres, no doubt in the loneliest bit of Spain, the damaged tyre would have finally given up the ghost and we would have been stuck by the roadside. As it happened we discovered the problem immediately, we were safely parked on a busy service area with cafe, phones, and close to a commercial tyre firm who dealt with council lorries etc and had the facilities to replace our tyre.

 

[buttons]

I awoke this morning with a tongue doing a great impression of Gandhi's left flipflop. I sat up and shivered, it was cold like there was a window open, a strange smell permeated the air. My head was heavy, I was tired and groggy. A quick scan of the Motorhome and something was wrong, where was I? I'd woken in a tiny Motorhome.
My senses caught up with me, I was in my Motorhome, but the first nights sleep with the slide in for months and the pictures were wrong. I was used to much more space. . Then I remembered yesterday's 6 hour drive, the chicken curry Sian had cooked last night and the wine, that I supposed accounted for the smells and the tongue.
Morning all....We've survived another night on a motorway aire.

There is only so much sun sea and sangria that any of us can take. So you are on your way back home to Blighty, your modest farmhouse will seem huge after living for so long in your tiny motorhome..

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[haganap]

As long as they never stole your sence of humour Jim, you got no worries. Have a good trip back.

That was nicked at birth

 

[Candapack]

We've just arrived in Spain, currently on Les Medes site at L'Estartit. First Spanish trip.
Some otherwise very nice Brits have been regaling my (rather nervous) wife with jolly tales of break ins, hijackings, fake police, organised crashes and, yes, gassings. She's taken to the gin now.:-(

 

[Eeyore]

We've just arrived in Spain, currently on Les Medes site at L'Estartit. First Spanish trip.
Some otherwise very nice Brits have been regaling my (rather nervous) wife with jolly tales of break ins, hijackings, fake police, organised crashes and, yes, gassings. She's taken to the gin now.:-(

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[Eeyore]

 

[Minxy]

Ref tyres - hubby went to put the wheelie bin out the other day and saw a chap changing his car wheel so went over to see if he needed a hand. It transpire that the chap had been turning right into our road but as he did a vehicle coming out of it swung over onto his side and he had to pull over hard to the left, consequently he caught his car tyre on the curb and it immediately deflated as the impact must have pushed it away from the rim. Fortunately he had a spare so was fitting that but if he'd only had 'gunk' he'd have been totally stuffed.

Bearing in mind the places that some of us take our motorhomes to, and the need to take 'evasive' action sometimes due to other idiots on the road, it makes me glad we have a spare with ours!

 

[Robert Clark]

On a serious note @Jim, I wonder if you've never had problems staying overnight on motorway aires because you have an alarm fitted and the flashing lights act as a deterrent?

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