Where's Bertie? He's at the Aire at Neufchâtel-en-Bray where he spent a few nights in November last year. It's still €12 to stay here, including lots of facilities.
Weather: I will start including statements as to the weather when it becomes relevant (i.e. when we're not spending our days sitting in garages or driving long distances).
The Fiat dealer just outside of Kortrijk was just as efficient this year as last. At smack on our appointment time of 0830, Bertie was taken into the workshop, and an hour later he had been fettled and we had paid and were on our way...
... but not without a backtrack to the Hymer Dealer to resolve a couple of issues. Always wise to stay in the vicinity the night after they've done any work, we've found, as on three of our six visits we've had to return the following day, once we've discovered that they've done something wrong (on this occasion the passenger seat would no longer slide backwards, because too long a bolt had been used when putting the swivel mechanism back together; it took me quite a while contorting myself on the floor to work out what the problem was).
It was lunchtime by the time we got away, so we paused to eat before finally pointing Bertie's nose generally south. During the journey I looked at options for where we might spend the night and not only was Neufchatel the right sort of distance away, but, having spent several days here only a couple of months ago, we knew we could run some errands, as well as avail ourselves of another night of electricity and wifi.
There's nowt to report since arriving, except that our risk of dying in our bed has reduced with the acquisition of a new battery for the smoke alarm (which only died at about 2am today - we've not really been living dangerously).
Weather: I will start including statements as to the weather when it becomes relevant (i.e. when we're not spending our days sitting in garages or driving long distances).
The Fiat dealer just outside of Kortrijk was just as efficient this year as last. At smack on our appointment time of 0830, Bertie was taken into the workshop, and an hour later he had been fettled and we had paid and were on our way...
... but not without a backtrack to the Hymer Dealer to resolve a couple of issues. Always wise to stay in the vicinity the night after they've done any work, we've found, as on three of our six visits we've had to return the following day, once we've discovered that they've done something wrong (on this occasion the passenger seat would no longer slide backwards, because too long a bolt had been used when putting the swivel mechanism back together; it took me quite a while contorting myself on the floor to work out what the problem was).
It was lunchtime by the time we got away, so we paused to eat before finally pointing Bertie's nose generally south. During the journey I looked at options for where we might spend the night and not only was Neufchatel the right sort of distance away, but, having spent several days here only a couple of months ago, we knew we could run some errands, as well as avail ourselves of another night of electricity and wifi.
There's nowt to report since arriving, except that our risk of dying in our bed has reduced with the acquisition of a new battery for the smoke alarm (which only died at about 2am today - we've not really been living dangerously).
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