meander down & back to who now's where (1 Viewer)

[FIDGET]

Monday 4th night cite de Europe , saw several funster vehicles , Tuesday went to St Nicolas de Bliquetuit aire free by the Seine ,
Weds stopped at Le Sap aire free ehu & water for lunch then onto
Mortagne au Perche aire free , services 2 euro.
In the last photo you can see our roof & down below the fishing pond

 

[FIDGET]

Now sat at Pouance aire , a pay one 6 euro's with ehu , so not a FLT today , sorry no photo as is very grey and raining , maybe later , although forecast is Def not good for next few days.

 

[marpool]

How is the new van performing Terry? We are currently well East of you just pulled up on the aire at St Gengoux De Scisse, all free including EHU.
James

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[FIDGET]

Library photo from last year , parking on grass in small courtyard not particularly pretty but the small lake behind and the park are very nice. Hope to get some photo's later if the rain stops.

 

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We found this little lizard in the park behind the aire
And this is the view from lakeside grey muggy day

 

[FIDGET]

How is the new van performing Terry? We are currently well East of you just pulled up on the aire at St Gengoux De Scisse, all free including EHU.
James

Van perform well thanks , fingers crossed !!!!! We are heading south towards Limoges very slowly, tomorrow just south of Cholet not sure which aire till we get there .
Must make a note of that aire that you are at. Being an Flt

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[marpool]

It is (cc 13707) only three vans here tonight so still one EHU unused. Very quiet and a bit out of the way, maybe to far out of the way for the rest of the FLT. Moving on tomorrow further south not sure where yet.

Safe travels
James

 

[FIDGET]

Last night's stop at Mesnard la Barotiere aire FREE , beside nice lake , swimming fishing going on but not me. services at present only up by the campsite ,new ones being built for water etc nearly finished . At last had a bit of sun but thunder in the distance.

 

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Last night's stop at la Mothe St Heray outside tourist info in a nice park
Now at verteuil sur Charente aire small aire by a park short walk to the river.
'Photo's to follow when I get a decent signal

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[Wendo55]

Monday 4th night cite de Europe , saw several funster vehicles , Tuesday went to St Nicolas de Bliquetuit aire free by the Seine ,
Weds stopped at Le Sap aire free ehu & water for lunch then onto
Mortagne au Perche aire free , services 2 euro.
In the last photo you can see our roof & down below the fishing pond

There's me in the 1st pic, third up on the right. Zoom in and you'll see my funster name which is permanently in the window.

 

[FIDGET]

@Wendo55 ,where are you girls now where are you headed,
Yes I saw your funster name , but didn't like to come over , what with there being 3 ladies out on the town ,

 

[Wendo55]

@Wendo55 ,where are you girls now where are you headed,
Yes I saw your funster name , but didn't like to come over , what with there being 3 ladies out on the town ,

Well there are 4 of us and we don't bite!
We're at an aire near Le Mont St Michel at the moment.

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[FIDGET]

We are now down Verteuil sur Charente heading towards Limoge Tuesday
Enjoy !!!!

 

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La Mothe St Heray aire

 

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We've had 2 free nights at Verteuil sur Charente aire, been very grey and damp , photo of the aire And local chateau

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[peterc10]

We've had 2 free nights at Verteuil sur Charente aire, been very grey and damp , photo of the aire And local chateau

One of our favourites. A beautiful little Aire in a nice village not far off the N10. The only trouble is that the roads to get there through the village are a bit narrow so needs a bit of care.

 

[FIDGET]

Yes Peter, I read that in the reviews in CC , but to be fair I had no problem with 7.5 moho and there was 2 or 3 longer than mine came in .

One of our favourites. A beautiful little Aire in a nice village not far off the N10. The only trouble is that the roads to get there through the village are a bit narrow so needs a bit of care.

 

[FIDGET]

Now at Le Pontil - Touvre aire free 6 tarmac emplacements + a small car park next door if needed , 2 places have cars in them .
free water & dump , bakers 300 yds further down the road , lovely bread & cakes , haven't done any photo's yet or explored the fishing place down the road. Grey day so far , sun just popped out for a glimse not sure for how long.

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[peterc10]

Yes Peter, I read that in the reviews in CC , but to be fair I had no problem with 7.5 moho and there was 2 or 3 longer than mine came in .

We get through in our 7.5m one too, but it would have been more stressful if we ever met a lorry or tractor on the narrower bits in the village. It does not put us off but just makes us think a bit.

 

[FIDGET]

Left Le Pontil aire as it's an OK aire as a stop overnight but not a lot to do or visit, , so moved on to Oradour sur Glane aire , hope to walk to the ruined village museum tomorrow

 

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Grey morn here in Oradour sur Glane, hope to visit the ruins today later , hope the rain keeps off.

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[Rob and Val]

Just caught up with your travels, @FIDGET. Hope you get some good weather soon. Oradour-sur-Glane is well worth the visit. We were there in 2012.

In June 1944 the French Resistance in that area had been warned of the D-Day landings and so stepped up their actions to delay the movement of German SS armoured divisions to Normandy. Partisans blew up railway bridges and German soldiers were killed. In another local Resistance action a German officer, a personal friend of an SS commandant, was taken prisoner.

On 10 June 1944, four days after the allied invasion, Hitler's elite Waffen-SS army sought retaliation and Oradour-sur-Glane became their target. The village was sealed off as the SS men moved in.

The men in the village were separated from the women and children. The men were led to six barns and sheds, where machine guns were already in place. SS soldiers began firing their machine guns. Most of the men were wounded in the legs and then burned alive when every building in the village was set on fire.

The women and children were barricaded into the church and the church was then set on fire. Those who tried to escape were shot.

The once idyllic village of Oradour-sur-Glane was completely destroyed and 642 men, women and children were massacred by German soldiers.

General de Gaulle, who at that time was leader of the free French, decreed that the ruins be left as a memorial and a reminder of one of the worst war crimes committed by the German army in World War II. And so the ruins of the martyred village have remained as they were in June 1944.

It was a very emotional experience to walk through the ruined village knowing what horrors took place on that fateful day. It is a place that we will never forget.

 

[FIDGET]

Thanks @Rob and Val ,
I had read most of that in my research , but you put it more clearly.
Very moving when walking around and studying the ruins, only one thing I noticed ,was in the church the confession box was still there intact but as it was made of wood and the place had been burnt and in ruins , it looked odd.
Moved on today to Uzerche aire by an old station, about 15 moho's here right above the river and opposite an old chateau , weather dry but cloudy with some sun , hooray !!!

 

[FIDGET]

Uzerche aire at an old station , photo taken 200 yds to our right from a disused railway bridge , we are at the aire in the tree's on the left of photo

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[FIDGET]

Moved on to Montignac aire , 6 euro's with ehu etc, nice aire lovely village / town. Photo's later I hope.

 

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Montignac aire by the river ,

 

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Moved on to Les Eyzies de Tayac aire 6 euro's basic aire OK water 2 euro , nice town loads of eating places , also troglodyte house's in the cliffs

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St Cyprien aire 7 euro's with ehu,

 

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Market day at St Cyprien , so after breckie a little visit I think.

 

[dalspa]

Isn’t it lovely to see the bunting like that. Well done, the French!

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