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Brian ... I bought an "Ebay" front plate for our Benimar after an advisory on an MOT as the existing was delaminating as the supplying clown dealer had cracked it when drilling. I believe that the new number plate is quite legal ... why would it not be? it is the person who supplies it that is not legal as they don't see the reg document. I think it highly unlikely that English Border staff would worry about a rear plate ( unless you reversed up to the booth?) And judging by the number of hand written plates on cars and trailers, the average GB plod would not either? With some paper/yellow tape and a marker pen I reckon you would get away with a temporary plate? Jeremy

Hi - not recent info, but I did a trip from Calais to Stalag Luft III (The Great Escape, Crumball Rally) in 2011. All done in Sigrid the Spitsaab, much to the amusement of the Germans! "Have a good trip" We camped in Leipzig here https://www.knauscamp.de/leipzig.html. Pleasant site with a restaurant which did a good breakfast. Easy trip into Leipzig by tram. We paid €20 then for 2 tents 3 people .... looks like a M/Home +2 now about €40. We stayed in Antwerp, visited the Mohne Dam, Leipzig, Stalag Luft III in Sagan, Dresden and Colditz. Ended up coming via via Munich for Oktoberfest. Jeremy

You should also check that the awning mounts are tight. I had this on my old Fiamma awning and found that one of the backing plates was adrift, which twists the backing plate. I remounted the whole thing and now it's OK

Had similar a few years ago on my 2005 2.8JTD Fiat .... turned out to be the turbo waste gate gummed up. Garage cleaned it up and no problems since. I was told then that it's worth "gunning" the engine up to say 3000rpm every so often to blow all the crud away. Jeremy

Well I have checked and these are the regulations .... https://www.rya.org.uk/blog/sailing-your-pleasure-craft-to-and-from-france#:~:text=The official Ports of Entry,Brieuc%2FLégué%2C and Roscoff. Jeremy

Oh good... that's useful to know?

I'm not talking about sailors... I'm talking about Yachtsmen/women. Ordinary people who own or sail yachts. Many of my friends have yachts (less £'s than a motorhome!) perfectly capable of sailing around Europe. And they often do. Jeremy

This raised an interesting question! As a yachtsman/sailor (in previous years) how do Yachtsmen deal with this? Take the scenario of sailing over the channel to eg Calais. Get passport stamped in harbourmasters office. Leave next day & get passport stamped for exit. Said out into channel ( out of 3 mile limit) and turn West and sail down to small bay in eg Brittany. Anchor and go ashore in dinghy. Who would know? You could do this all the way round to the Med? There may be something on a Yachty site that could help the OP? Jeremy

I think the reason it was brought in was to stop 16 year old buying bikes that could get up to 150mph in a few seconds! Jeremy

I did mine for my A1 licence about 12 years ago. I used to ride a 1942 750 Harley Davidson (stick shift foot clutch) in 1967 to 1970, but never took my test! Silly me! Jeremy

My old caravan awning had this sort of peg which I kept for the motorhome. I use them when I strap down my Fiamma wind out awning. Mine have a simple welded cross piece at the to but no hole. The are basically 10 inch nails with a bit welded to the top! Jeremy https://tinyurl.com/8pmzdvrc

Tringy ... be very careful these awnings are really very heavy. My wife ruptured a disc helping me get ours off a couple or more years ago. Jeremy

Don't waste your money. There is absolutely no scientific evidence that these things work. Jeremy