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dont open your van door in the evening like we did, never managed to get rid of the midges, night of hell🥵
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21 hours ago, simians said:
Break the speed limit at the first sign of a police presence, you will be given a ticket with name, address and proof dated !!
as if I would show customs a police ticket, I honestly believe customs will not bother checking all small details especially after my questioning customs officer last year , he didn't know anything about it.
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it's gunna be easier to register in spain then for the 6 months
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13 hours ago, simians said:
@How would they know at Calais how long you've spent in each country?'
I was advised the following responses to emailed enquiries to the French and Spanish Embassies in New Zealand viz ;
On exiting France you 'may' be requested to show evidence of your length of stay in France, by way of dated accommodation receipts, atm withdrawals, card paymentstatements etc. Refer to my post a few days ago on Bi Lateral Visa Agreement.
It was also stated that the request to exercise proof of this evidence lay in the hands of the border official.
Although I was intending to utilise the Bi Lateral Visa Waiver Agreement with NZ. and not the Irish Passport approach presumably the same showing of your length of stay evidence principle still applies? I wasn't given any grief, quite the opposite, no one seemed to care too much. At least on this particular occasion!
so dated accommodation receipts, none, as free camping in motorhome.
always take cash to use.
no card payments.
so what then?
last year I brought this question up with the customs guy at Calais and he didn't have an answer, so I don't think they are bothered.
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My wife has an irish passport so that covers me as well (uk passport) that enables us to spend over 90 days in europe but only 3 months in any country without registering , for example 3 months in france and 3 months in spain, so I enter france via tunnel drive down through france in 3 days then into spain moving around in my motorhome for the rest of the time, how will they know at calais customs how long I've spent in each country as being in the motorhome moving around all over spain ???, surely they will not try to check cctv at the french/spanish border.
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Years ago on my hymer 544 my screen went in Spain i contacted Comfort who got carglass Spain (autoglass company) to fit a new screen, made a mess of it completely, leaked, rubber not meeting round the screen, damaged the decals at the side of the screen, made a chip on the bottom of the new screen, after I complained Comfort told me to wait unti I got home to get it replaced again, since then Carglass Spain have refused to do A class motorhomes so I've been told.
back home Comfort got a bus company to replace it and done a good job including replacing the side decals
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5 hours ago, laimeduck said:
I do have magnetic ones for the cab and a tethered sucker one for the rear.
Just choose not to use them as I don't want to be identified as an HGV.
Jeremy
I can hardly disguise my van 7.7 m and tag axle but for the last 13 years with this van at the tolls I've always been class 2, I recon it's because the front of the van above the front wheels it's only 2.6 m, I'm sure that's where they measure the height, now with the AM sticker on the front door area, if they bother to look they will know it's an HGV.
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6 hours ago, Solwaybuggier said:
Once out of France they come off until we go back over the border.
we're going to do the same😘
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just asking as on other forums there's reports that many don't do it, I''ve already got mine on as leaving this week.
"dashboard locker" I forgot to write
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does everybody with +3.5t campers put the stickers on to drive through France?
or just leave them in the dashboard just in case
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4 hours ago, Albertslad said:
The last time I drove ”through” Rouen was in 2011, and I vowed never to do it again. Is there a very good reason to do it? Are alternative routes much longer?
Albertslad
if you drive through Rouen on the eastern side of the river, the road is slightly narrow in places but easy enough even with my 4.5t, 7.7mt tag axel van, plus I found it was quicker than going through past the railway with all the traffic
I did drive through the right side once through the railway sideings and all the traffic lights and vowed never to go that way again, the alternative via Yevtot does take up to 40 minutes longer.
after this year I won't be allowed to go the eastern side with my crit'air 4 van but I've read about another route on the east side of Rouen that takes under 10 minutes longer but very fiddly roads, (turn here, turn there, etc)
the first time I went the eastern side of the river, at home I went on street view and saw the way to go, made it a lot easier knowing where to go past the church as you enter Rouen
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1 hour ago, webby1 said:
However, I always say in these cases, just because you drove through or your mate or 10 other people does not mean that I will not get stopped tomorrow.
We drove though earlier this year clutching a copy of Derek's reply from the Rouen team. I'm happy it's OK until at least 2024. Also I don't think they have numberplate recognition as yet, so don't attract attention driving through with "10 other people"😄
I agree with you, I've got the copy in french as well so I'm going through next week, eastern side of the river as always, not a lot going on that way🤞
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42 minutes ago, davidmac said:
Hi, I drove through Rouen twice at the beginning of July on route from Dieppe to LeMans and back. Just before midnight on the way down and about eight in the evening on the way back. I was concentrating on my satnav and the traffic but can’t remember seeing any critair signage.
regards David
good to know, thanks
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I know that I'm allowed to go through Rouen this year even with a crit'air 4 but has anybody tried it this year?
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2 hours ago, derek500 said:
We, not usual for us, filled up in Frome at ASDA on Saturday before travelling to Portsmouth for our ferry. 150.7p per litre and a 3% Santander cashback that brings it down to 146.18p.
Most of the stations we passed on route in France were north of 1.83€, but came across an unmanned one in a village called Saint-Branchs south of Tours at 1.74€ (£1.499, £1.484 with Chase 1% cashback).
So at the moment fill up in UK the cheapest you can find, nearest your leaving port.
what we propose to do is fill up at tescos extra Trowbridge then exit 10 on M20 just before the tunnel exit, I've got a long range tank (150lts) so will get us almost to spain, we did get to spain once but driving like a feather
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1 hour ago, webby1 said:
I don't know anything about the 6 month rule with Popit and I thought it was just monthly. As I said for £1 month I just keep it ready for my next trip.
The IQ go option deal posted by @Solwaybuggierseems another good option.It's cheaper for 100gb and presumably also allows access to UK TV....better check that. Also ask what UK usage they might require over that year.
regards popit, when I was talking to the guy about uk useage to activate it, I asked how much I should use in the uk, he said he didn't know but by downloading a couple of apps should be ok, so that's what I'll do and hopefully when I cross over it will work, he also said there will be no hidden cost or surprises unlike 02 which I have at the moment, £2.00 a day for useage in the eu
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57 minutes ago, webby1 said:
Been very happy with our Popit sim who I think do a 30gb sim for £18 month.We had 100gb for £25. Very happy with it so did a bit of UK usage to qualify and have now parked it up for next 6 month ay £1 month.
Various local sims for France and or Spain but I think they do not offer the full package in the other country.
Also with Popit you can pick up UK TV and BBC Iplayer without needing a VPN
Hi Webby, just had a chat with popit and explained that I only want to use it for 3-4 months, that's after useing it in the uk for a small amount of time to activate it, he said I could cancel the 6 month contract after 4 months by going to "my popit and cancelling it" do you think this is the case?
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12 minutes ago, webby1 said:
Been very happy with our Popit sim who I think do a 30gb sim for £18 month.We had 100gb for £25. Very happy with it so did a bit of UK usage to qualify and have now parked it up for next 6 month ay £1 month.
Various local sims for France and or Spain but I think they do not offer the full package in the other country.
Also with Popit you can pick up UK TV and BBC Iplayer without needing a VPN
thanks Webby 1, I'll look at that one but what you say about qualifying maybe when my 02 data never worked in Spain, I'd never used mobile data in the uk before going to the eu in the past, when I tried I got message data not switched on in the uk, I didn't really understand that, the only thing about using my 02 in the eu is that they also charge £2 a day for use so not going that way!!.
in my mobile wifi I have I had a vodafone sim that only worked in spain, I want one that works in the eu so maybe popit.
thanks
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off to france and spain for 3 months and would like a sim to go into my mobile wifi router with maybe 20gb of data PM. what do you reckon is the best deal?
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26 minutes ago, teccer1234 said:
has anybody bought diesel at Auchan in Calais lately, what price?
and also at J11 on M20 to services just before the tunnel exit
just checked Auchan 1.84 euros but hell of a drive with a big van getting to it so we've decided to come out of tunnel drive straight onto the main road to 2 caps sevices where the price is similar, maybe a couple of cent more.
as we've got a long range fuel tank a complete fill is going to be a lot more expensive than when we last went down.
many years ago when the French fuel strike was on we filled up at Folkstone and did manage to get to the spanish border but it was very careful driving to do it.
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has anybody bought diesel at Auchan in Calais lately, what price?
and also at J11 on M20 to services just before the tunnel exit
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on mine it was just folded so when I bought some new net I replaced it the same as before, you can see it's just folded and has been ok for the last 5 years
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Just now, teccer1234 said:
first photo, push back one side then it will lift out to work on.
second photo, shows the aluminium bar with the net attached.
third photo, closup of the end of the bar showing where the net is folded and the plastic rod pushed through to hold it.
I think you will have to slide the net completly out and start again with the whole net
hope this helps
photos loaded in wrong order but you will understand when I mean
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12 hours ago, teccer1234 said:
mine was a skylight and was fairly easy to do, I'll try to take some photos tomorrow
no need to do that, it's easy to do when you know how
first photo, push back one side then it will lift out to work on.
second photo, shows the aluminium bar with the net attached.
third photo, closup of the end of the bar showing where the net is folded and the plastic rod pushed through to hold it.
I think you will have to slide the net completly out and start again with the whole net
hope this helps
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has anyone tried a window cleaning pole on their motor home?
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ditto