SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE ... nah!

So sorry to hear about your mishap. Don't let it spoil your motor homing fun.
One of our favourite stops in northern France is at La Mailleraye-sur-Seine.
Why? One very good reason is that you bypass Rouen to get there.
I had heard about the infamous underpasses well before we went that way so found a way of not going via Rouen and La Mailleraye offered an alternative route. We go that way almost every time we head south or back north.

Richard.
 
Xabia said:
Sorry to hear about your unfortunate incident. Your insurance company will require you to inform them within a 'reasonable time' - what constitutes this phrase depends on the policy wording and as you probably don't have the document with you it might be advisable to tell them sooner rather than later.

One point to bear in mind, they will expect you to take steps to prevent further damage so you need to protect it as best you can. Don't give them an opportunity to exclude part of the repair because 'further damage was caused by failure to protect the original damage'. I would suggest a chat with their claims department, I am sure they will try and assist if you approach them sensibly.
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Thanks that's excellent advice.
 
Madeinengland said:
Haha! Not too many behind to begin with!
Finally we are stopped at a beautiful site with a river view, glass in hand... Heaven.
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The view will be heavenly tonight..... You'll be looking at the stars through the holes....:Eeek:


Sorry couldn't resist it....

I really feel for you and i would be gutted...:cry::cry:
 
Madeinengland said:
Oh I've always been a leader Ian lol.
The skylight is smashed to pieces, the rest quite badly damaged - I can see a bit of light from inside. So we're driving round with a bit of fake grass ( I know, I know) and a hi viz jacket ratchet strapped to the top of roof light. You can see us coming for miles :):)
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Don't forget to water the grass,I need a pic!!!

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Sorry forgot to say,you will be fine,meteo france says no rain for at least a week,Bonne chance :rolleyes:
Seriously really sorry about your mishap.
 
If it's any consolation, 3 weeks ago my hubby tore off one of our roof bars and buckled the bracket/guttering parking onto pitch and getting stuck under a tree.... and he had someone guiding him in and shouting STOP, waving arms etc.... that was me !!!!! We had a full blown domestic to the amusement of the many dutch watching from their chairs. The women were raising their eyes as if to say, 'they're all like it, knobs the lot of 'em', the men giving hubby pitying looks and a 'I feel your pain' nod. Hope you manage with it, at least you're all safe :)
 
Feel for you, hope its sorted out without too much inconvenience or expense.
Yes, inform Ins Co asap
 
Sas r us said:
The view will be heavenly tonight..... You'll be looking at the stars through the holes....:Eeek:
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. . . . and if you look out at the right time you could see the ISS go over, Tonight it should pass over three times, but the best view may be around 05.49, towards the north.

J
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Madeinengland said:
It was in Roen. We not long come through a long tunnel.
Someone may know if I've got the right place??
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Hi.
Had you read my post about the one stuck in the picture and my comments about the black lines i painted before taking evasive action in Rouen,might i suggest you visit "Spec-savers SOON?"
As not only did you not see the black lines,you did not see the BRIDGE...LOL. Hands up,i don't think i would have posted if i had hit the bridge,so,fair play to you,at least,next time,you will know what the noise is....... LOL
Clean M&S's?,is the seat repairable,where your bottom bit chunks out of it?. Did the "SLOW ? cooker dump its contents all over you ?........... An accident you can walk away from and have a laugh,is the best one to have.
Tea Bag
 
Sas r us said:
The view will be heavenly tonight..... You'll be looking at the stars through the holes....:Eeek:


Sorry couldn't resist it....

I really feel for you and i would be gutted...:cry::cry:
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that's why it's called an Autocruise Stargazer (y)

I admire you owning up and posting on here many wouldn't !
 
You have my total sympathy, for many of us have been there before, in my early days of Car transporting I took the roof off a Metro in a low bridge in Newcastle , BUT , I very quickly bought a height pole , an adjustable measuring pole to measure the load heights. and yes I have checked my MH .In Europe especially France bridges are much lower that the UK , and Supermarket Fuel Canopies are no exception.
Most are marked but not all.
Good luck with the repair.

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Sorry to hear that. If it makes you feel any better, the other day at work I had one to many apples and mid-afternoon I thought I had passed wind but very quickly realised I had fully followed through. Funny walk to the toilet and a 20 minute clean up involving stashing my dirty boxers in the burning bin I was all set to go back to work.

Nobody realised. Which was nice.
 
monzer said:
Sorry to hear that. If it makes you feel any better, the other day at work I had one to many apples and mid-afternoon I thought I had passed wind but very quickly realised I had fully followed through. Funny walk to the toilet and a 20 minute clean up involving stashing my dirty boxers in the burning bin I was all set to go back to work.

Nobody realised. Which was nice.
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:eek:o_O
 
martin2603 said:
You have my total sympathy, for many of us have been there before, in my early days of Car transporting I took the roof off a Metro in a low bridge in Newcastle , BUT , I very quickly bought a height pole , an adjustable measuring pole to measure the load heights. and yes I have checked my MH .In Europe especially France bridges are much lower that the UK , and Supermarket Fuel Canopies are no exception.
Most are marked but not all.
Good luck with the repair.
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Hi martin. Car Transporter Men? LOL
Once upon a time.... The A40 main road used to run through Monmouth,coming out of Newport,as you entered Monmouth north bound,there were traffic lights and a 90deg right turn,as the front car of the top deck stuck out a bit,this used to regularly clean all the pots/plants,rails etc off the balcony of the second floor dwelling.......
I was told by a transporter driver,that you were NOT a proper driver on that job, until you had smashed 6 Pots,it was a highlight of a jouney down or back to see how you were all progressing, me,tippers/tankers ? No problem LOL.
Tea Bag
 
monzer said:
Sorry to hear that. If it makes you feel any better, the other day at work I had one to many apples and mid-afternoon I thought I had passed wind but very quickly realised I had fully followed through. Funny walk to the toilet and a 20 minute clean up involving stashing my dirty boxers in the burning bin I was all set to go back to work.

Nobody realised. Which was nice.
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TMI
 
I don't think there are many of us that haven't had bad moments with our motorhomes. We once got stuck in a narrow Spanish village street and had to climb out of the roof light to look at the situation as we couldn't open the doors wide enough to get out.

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If it's any help, places like M. Bricolage usually sell quite wide plastic sheeting of varying thicknesses displayed on rolls, by the metre. They also sell duct tape ........
 
Morning @Madeinengland
Hope you had some sleep and it wasn't rainy . Happy travels whatever you decide to do and hope it hasn't put you off Motorhoming , I blame the navigator of course !!
Take care.:) If it's sunny you have built in air on now for a while!
 
We nearly did exactly the same in our old van about 6 years ago.

We smashed into the height barrier warning, got out, assessed the height of our motorhome, the line of pissed off drivers behind us, the height of the tunnel and just went for it.

We must have made it by an inch or two.

The height barrier smashed our front roof window but we repaired it with a bit of gaffer tape.

We were very lucky.

Hope you get everything sorted(y)
 
Anthea M said:
Morning @Madeinengland
Hope you had some sleep and it wasn't rainy . Happy travels whatever you decide to do and hope it hasn't put you off Motorhoming , I blame the navigator of course !!
Take care.:) If it's sunny you have built in air on now for a while!
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Ha ha!
Didn't like to say about blaming the navigator Anthea, but he was telling me where to go, and he did shout 'stop'.......just not quick enough. :LOL:
 
Trouble in roune in our case the bloody sat nav sends you that way, and when you are following that and all the other signs , the height one gets over looked as you aren't expecting something like that on a big wide road .

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That's it exactly chaser. It was what felt like in the middle of the city, loads of traffic, a busy, busy time of day and a bit hectic to say the least!
 
monzer said:
Sorry to hear that. If it makes you feel any better, the other day at work I had one to many apples and mid-afternoon I thought I had passed wind but very quickly realised I had fully followed through. Funny walk to the toilet and a 20 minute clean up involving stashing my dirty boxers in the burning bin I was all set to go back to work.

Nobody realised. Which was nice.
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That's an accident we DON'T want pictures of!
 
We'd not long driven through a fairly long tunnel, then about 2 miles after that it was a low bridge? Down a slip road where it got me. I've only got, which we now realise is a terrible map. Just off for a wander around and may be able to pick up a decent one of France rather than Europe that might actually include road numbers. :)
 

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