Where Have You Been In Your Van Today?

[True Romance]

We arrived at Tremalot in the Dordogne this afternoon and stopping on a site on the banks of The Dordogne. It is a lovely site and as I type now, at midnight, the otters in the river are chirping away. They are incredibly loud. Quite a nice sound.

Friends of ours are renting a house in the area so we have met up with them tonight and we are all off canoeing on The Dordogne tomorrow. Should be fun.

View attachment 162862Tremalot by Nigel G, on Flickr

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And the worlds largest wasp tried to come in the awning as I was taking the photo!

View attachment 162865Tremalot4 by Nigel G, on Flickr

Looks fabulous. Is that a tent or an awning just not connected?

Also how's the weather in thar region? Our kid is further east and the weather is rather extreme with danger to life storms. Though think he's more worried about hail stones recking his van.

 

[Nige_g]

Looks fabulous. Is that a tent or an awning just not connected?

Also how's the weather in thar region? Our kid is further east and the weather is rather extreme with danger to life storms. Though think he's more worried about hail stones recking his van.

It is the awning not attached. We thought we were heading out so didn’t finish it off. As it turned out our friends came to pick us up which was handy.
We drove straight from Spain to here so not been here to experience the weather, I understand though they have had a bit of rain recently. It was hot yesterday and is due to be nice today. It’s the last part of our trip though. We leave here on Thursday and drive to Caen for a night crossing home Thursday night.

This is our view from our pitch this morning from the riverbank in front of the van. Wonderful.

 

[Sackmycook]

Any chance of a Van Dam ?

 

[Nige_g]

Any chance of a Van Dam ?

Not come across one yet. Was considering Van Diesel at the petrol station the other day

 

[Eli]

Currently sat in VW Llandudno whilst the California gets an oil change due to the “High Oil Level” light coming on

 

[CAB]

VWVC Trafford Park for a second All-in-one check:



Was told I had a gash in the front n/S tyre, no offer to swap it though!

Then Costco



And so to Direct Tyres in Stockport, as we are supposed to be going away this morning



And just time for some brekkie in the Market Place!

 

[Mixersmate]

busy morning CAB, it would take me a week to get all that done, I’d prioritise breakfast though!

 

[BoroBoy]

Dropped the van off at Total Valets for paint correction and ceramic coating.

 

[Ayjay]

@Nige_g. What are those chairs please and how slim are they when folded (any chance of a quick pic)? By coincidence, we're going to our local camping store later today to look for some new ones as we're both fed up with the generic folding things that we've got now. They're super convenient to pack in the van as they just go on the back of the folded bed/rear seat with other stuff and are secured with a couple of bungees but there's no real support in them, especially for the head. Have a good trip home.

 

[Eli]

Currently sat in VW Llandudno whilst the California gets an oil change due to the “High Oil Level” light coming on

All sorted, then half way back the add blue light top up flashed up. There is literally nothing the dealership has done apart from the bare minimum even before I bought it 2 months ago

 

[CAB]

Made it!

Cardiff Caravan and Camping Park, ready for tomorrow!

 

[Mikey]

Camping at East Fleet Farm, East Fleet, Chesil Beach in Weymouth

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Love that orange detailing!

 

[davecdjt]

Moved down to Old Hartley Caravan Club site at Whitley Bay. Had a great meal in the pub just outside the camp gates, the Delaval Arms. Walked out to St Mary’s lighthouse. The sun setting has added a lovely natural orange accent to our van.

 

[CAB]

And another NT car park, perfect for table and chairs in the sun.

Tredegar House, nr Newport.

 

[Nige_g]

@Nige_g. What are those chairs please and how slim are they when folded (any chance of a quick pic)? By coincidence, we're going to our local camping store later today to look for some new ones as we're both fed up with the generic folding things that we've got now. They're super convenient to pack in the van as they just go on the back of the folded bed/rear seat with other stuff and are secured with a couple of bungees but there's no real support in them, especially for the head. Have a good trip home.

These. Folding Reclining Camping Chair

I was going to take photos of them folded up this morning but it was pissing down when we packed up and photos were the last thing on my mind.

 

[Ricardo T]

Pit stop at C&M where they are prepping the big screens for some car race this weekend…

en-route to Damperjam…

 

[Bav]

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I think your tripod may have fallen over

 

[Ricardo T]

I think your tripod may have fallen over

Old fat fingers and ineptitude!!

 

[Bav]

Old fat fingers and ineptitude!!

I've been called worse

 

[Keiko]

Just back from a week in Cornwall ….. very mixed bag of weather.

Based ourselves in a nice dog friendly barn conversion just on the outskirts of St Agnes.

Lots of walking and visiting beaches …… Trevaunance Cove, Crantock, Harlyn Bay to name a few.