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Event shelter ,wear the fox hat!!!!???

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Event shelter ,wear the fox hat!!!!???

Ker bum bum tish !

If you've never changed a wheel on your BraziBay, now - in the decent weather - is a good time to practise. Check that you have all the necessary tools: hub cap removing tool, locking wheel nut key if you have alloys, wheel brace and jack. It's a good idea to check all the wheel nuts to ensure they aren't seized before we head out on the open road.

If your bay has been lowered take a lump of 4" x 4" timber to place under the scissor jack provided or you may find you can't get the height to get your wheel off.
I speak from experience, happened to me, luckily I was towing a trailer filled with odds and snds of wood.
Happy travels everyone.

I hope that by discussing all the bad things that could happen, we're preventing any of them from actually happening!

Absinthe wrote:

I hope that by discussing all the bad things that could happen, we're preventing any of them from actually happening!

Indeed whatever we prepare for won't happen!

Remember PPPPPP, prior preparation prevents p*** poor performance  

Another thing to check please .... that your cooking gas cylinder has plenty of juice for the trip.

My 17 year old daughter Alicia is now coming on the trip. Just booked her in

Great , more the merrier,

Having just spent the last 3 days in bed with a horrendous bout of food poisoning, which I attribute to a plate of dodgy prawns I ate in Portugal on Monday, can I please remind you about getting a European Health Card .... just in case.  A friend's daughter just fainted in Spain and it cost her 250 Euros for an ambulance.

European Health Card

I've researched the best stop point for lunch/refuel/provisions on the return journey. There are no Aires on our side of the road on the way back so I'm breaking us off just to the north-east of Rennes at a shopping centre outside Liffre. There are restaurants, petrol and shops there plus it's going to be simpler to park the Konvoy in their large car park! See the first post and check the return map.  

It's 2 weeks today folks and this is getting exciting now!

I've researched our arrival at Portsmouth, please check the first post for details.

TimV wrote:

It's 2 weeks today folks and this is getting exciting now!

I've researched our arrival at Portsmouth, please check the first post for details.

Great info Tim, thanks.

Let the party start 2 weeks from now outside Morrisons:D 

Looks good Tim.

The postcode for Morrisons is: PO1 4QP. I see from their website that they open until 4pm on a Sunday - I wonder if it would be possible to park on their car park from 6.30 onwards?

The postcode for the Shell Victory garage on Kettering Terrace is PO2 7SB.

Absinthe wrote:

Looks good Tim.

The postcode for Morrisons is: PO1 4QP. I see from their website that they open until 4pm on a Sunday - I wonder if it would be possible to park on their car park from 6.30 onwards?

It would be great if we could all muster on their car park but I see they have a barrier on the entrance - wonder if they seal the car park off after closing?

I reckon the proximity to the ferry terminal is why there's a barrier on the car park and why the council charge for parking on the road. However if you need any last minute provisions or a lie down on a bed you don't have to make afterwards it's ideal!

Anyone know if Continental EHU's have the same connectors as ours or do we need an adapter?

Last year our standard connector worked at the site we used - I do, however, also have a continental one - at £3.99 it seemed worth taking.

Absinthe wrote:

Last year our standard connector worked at the site we used - I do, however, also have a continental one - at £3.99 it seemed worth taking.

Cheers Martin, I'll pick one up this week

Yes DO GET A 2 pin continental adaptor as La Foret uses these according to the blurb. They rent them if you don't have one but like Abs says £4.

We stayed at a Yelloh site near Pornic last year and they had standard connectors - La Foret is also Yelloh but seems good advice to take an adapter.

You could take an adaptor for plugging in at home ie to a 13amp socket and fit it with a Euro 2pin adaptor if you already have one.

Just a quick thought / seeking of advice; given the time on the campsite I'd obviously like the extra space of an awning but given the projected sunshine, is it going to be too hot for one? Are people taking theirs or doing without?

Ta

Definately taking our awning
Two sides zip open so should let some air through. We need it anyway as we have our daughter staying