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- Sep 26, 2008
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Well, after almost three weeks of rain in Spain we finally broke camp and wended our way north towards Blighty last Wednesday
All started off well, with reasonable weather up to Salamanca .. Then... thennnnnnnn
The rain started... Then the farther north we went the father south went the conditions ( so to speak )
Our first nights stop was just south of Burgos.. The snow was inches deep and the wind was blowing a hooly again..
Next night was at Niot.. Still high winds and the occasional flurry of snow.. Emptying the cassette was fun I can tell you !!
Third night on the road was spent somewhere.. though no idea where !!! Just another service area on another motorway
Still bitter cold and surrounded by snow drifts.. though amazingly the temperature rose a bit..
last night we actually used a camp site at Adinkerke.. All the other stops were just in the motorway service areas tucked up between all the artics:thumb:
And the only bad place we stopped at ? Yup, the bloody camp site !!
Thought we would use the camp so I could empty the toilet and clean it properly, only to find that ALL the onsite services ( toilets, showers, elsan point etc etc ) had been shut down, locked up and turned off.. And every time we turned anything on ( from the 800w kettle to the water heater ) the electric tripped out, and the trips were in locked boxes.
Fortunately not a single other van was on site so I just kept on moving the EHU from point to point
After the 800 w kettle popped another one I realised they must have swapped all the breakers for 3 amp jobbies ( we stay on the site quite a few times during summer and it has always had 16a breakers for hook up ).. So was reduced to a 400 w heater which supplimented the gas warm air system.
After that the final leg was completely uneventful .. even the ferry was on time and actually docked about 10 minutes early :thumb:
Addendum
Poxy bloody tomtom did the same trick as it did on previous models.. All of a sudden it decided that we really did NOT mean to say no tolls, and dumped us on a toll road !
Had to revert back to the good old Garmin to get us a way out then switch back to the TT ( cos the old garming is an OLD garmin and did not have the latest roads on it )
All started off well, with reasonable weather up to Salamanca .. Then... thennnnnnnn
The rain started... Then the farther north we went the father south went the conditions ( so to speak )
Our first nights stop was just south of Burgos.. The snow was inches deep and the wind was blowing a hooly again..
Next night was at Niot.. Still high winds and the occasional flurry of snow.. Emptying the cassette was fun I can tell you !!
Third night on the road was spent somewhere.. though no idea where !!! Just another service area on another motorway
Still bitter cold and surrounded by snow drifts.. though amazingly the temperature rose a bit..
last night we actually used a camp site at Adinkerke.. All the other stops were just in the motorway service areas tucked up between all the artics:thumb:
And the only bad place we stopped at ? Yup, the bloody camp site !!
Thought we would use the camp so I could empty the toilet and clean it properly, only to find that ALL the onsite services ( toilets, showers, elsan point etc etc ) had been shut down, locked up and turned off.. And every time we turned anything on ( from the 800w kettle to the water heater ) the electric tripped out, and the trips were in locked boxes.
Fortunately not a single other van was on site so I just kept on moving the EHU from point to point
After the 800 w kettle popped another one I realised they must have swapped all the breakers for 3 amp jobbies ( we stay on the site quite a few times during summer and it has always had 16a breakers for hook up ).. So was reduced to a 400 w heater which supplimented the gas warm air system.
After that the final leg was completely uneventful .. even the ferry was on time and actually docked about 10 minutes early :thumb:
Addendum
Poxy bloody tomtom did the same trick as it did on previous models.. All of a sudden it decided that we really did NOT mean to say no tolls, and dumped us on a toll road !
Had to revert back to the good old Garmin to get us a way out then switch back to the TT ( cos the old garming is an OLD garmin and did not have the latest roads on it )
sorry the weather is not a lot better here, but at least you can get your fire going.
