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Message started by Entwood on 17. Aug 2008 at 21:32

Title: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by Entwood on 17. Aug 2008 at 21:32
Just 22 piccies out of the 1000 or so we took between us !!!

All cleaned up prior to packing ...



Hitched up and raring to go ...



Made some friends on top of a mountain ...



Miggy In The Mountains ??









Crossing the Bridge ..... WOW !!







Trying to maintain OOF's Standards .....



Roads we travelled...









I believe they call these "hairpin bends" ....







You don't want to mis-judge the width here ...





I tried to take some fancy shots ....



This one is my favourite ....



Hope you weren't too bored ...   :)

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by tunnie on 17. Aug 2008 at 21:40
fanastic photos, but on the second one down, some fool parked a burger van behind your mig!  :o  :D

Very nice, how long did it take to reach the Milau Bridge?

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by Jimbob on 17. Aug 2008 at 22:19
Looks good  :y

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by jimmas on 17. Aug 2008 at 22:31
Brilliant pictures, fantastic car  :y

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by Skruntie on 17. Aug 2008 at 22:38
Nice pics.   :y :y

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by Entwood on 17. Aug 2008 at 22:40

tunnie wrote on 17. Aug 2008 at 21:40:
fanastic photos, but on the second one down, some fool parked a burger van behind your mig!  :o  :D

Very nice, how long did it take to reach the Milau Bridge?



We didn't go direct, but went Caen - Limoge for a night stop, then Limoge - Millau, first day drive was 5 1/2 hours next day was just over 4 hours. The site we were on was 8 miles from Millau.  :)

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by Cumbria on 18. Aug 2008 at 00:13
Nice photos. My missus sas where did you go.

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by richierich on 18. Aug 2008 at 00:44
havent seen such lovely scenery since i was a youngen when i went round europe by coach. stunning pics  :y :y

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by big_fra on 18. Aug 2008 at 00:53
Very nice.
Looks like a drive I will have to go on.

Good work sir. :y

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by TheBoy on 18. Aug 2008 at 10:02
Never knew they allowed Pikeys in France....

;)

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by Lazydocker on 18. Aug 2008 at 10:18
The Milau Bridge is just fantastic to drive over!!

Nice pics. Where a bouts did you go to in the end?

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by Entwood on 18. Aug 2008 at 10:46
We stayed in a little place called "Riviere Sur Tarn"  12 miles from Millau

:)

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by Martin Imber on 18. Aug 2008 at 11:01
Nice pictures - BTW how heavy is your van - mine is bigger in size (5 bed) but not heavy - but hits the fuel consumption hard.

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by Minispud on 23. Aug 2008 at 21:01

Martin Imber wrote on 18. Aug 2008 at 11:01:
Nice pictures - BTW how heavy is your van - mine is bigger in size (5 bed) but not heavy - but hits the fuel consumption hard.


Buy a lorry then to tow it  ::) ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by serek on 24. Aug 2008 at 21:58
very nice photo :y great looking car, like that colour


Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by chrisgixer on 25. Aug 2008 at 16:16
nice pics enty, thought you'd been a bit quiet lately.
How did the car perform, any petrol/lpg figures to compare? Is lpg easy to find in frogsvil?

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by Entwood on 26. Aug 2008 at 20:27
Sorry for the delay in responding .. but we got back from France on the Friday .. left for Zummerzet on the Monday .. returned this afternoon ... feeling a bit like a nomad right now ...  :)


Martin Imber wrote on 18. Aug 2008 at 11:01:
Nice pictures - BTW how heavy is your van - mine is bigger in size (5 bed) but not heavy - but hits the fuel consumption hard.


My van is 1600 Kg MTPLM ... consumption on petrol used to drop from 23 mpg to around 18 mpg, on LPG it drops from 19 mpg to around 13 mpg., but with the reduced price of LPG I'm still saving around 10 p /mile ... in France that dropped to 7 p/mile due to  LPG being more expensive and petrol being cheaper than UK !


chrisgixer wrote on 25. Aug 2008 at 16:16:
nice pics enty, thought you'd been a bit quiet lately.
How did the car perform, any petrol/lpg figures to compare? Is lpg easy to find in frogsvil?


I think I've already answered the first bit, as to LPG availability there is stacks of it !!! and most hypermarkets have it well cheaper than the garages !! ... the satnav listing for LPG in france can be got for free here ::

http://stations.gpl.online.fr/appli/index.php?parEtape=Accueil

It worked really well. The ONLY problem with fuel in France at hypermarkets is the access road to the cashiers office ... its usually very narrow and on a tight bend ... makes interesting work with a long 'van on the back ....   :)

Hope those answers help .. :)

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by Mike f on 27. Aug 2008 at 00:43
Nice pics, hope you had a nice time, and no rain ::) ::) ::)

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by Mack on 28. Aug 2008 at 07:22
Me and a load of mates & families quite often get a large place in France in the summer, strangely I was looking at one in Millau a couple of days ago and it then turned up in one of your pictures. Bit of a coincidence, of all the houses in France etc....

http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/rentals/millau/54833

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by Lizzie Zoom on 28. Aug 2008 at 07:29
I keep on returning to this thread just to see your great car Entwood! :y :y :y :y   What a lovely specimen of a 3.2 with splendid modifications!

Definately made up my mind now to go hunting for a late 3.2 Elite early next year when the prices should have fallen still further.  Bad news for current owners :'( but good news for potential buyers like me! ;D ;)

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by Martin Imber on 28. Aug 2008 at 16:01

Entwood wrote on 26. Aug 2008 at 20:27:
My van is 1600 Kg MTPLM ... consumption on petrol used to drop from 23 mpg to around 18 mpg, on LPG it drops from 19 mpg to around 13 mpg., but with the reduced price of LPG I'm still saving around 10 p /mile ... in France that dropped to 7 p/mile due to  LPG being more expensive and petrol being cheaper than UK !


I was getting anywhere from 12 to 18 while towing on LPG last holiday.

Used more than normal - mine was loaded to about 1200kg at a guess.

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by Andy B on 31. Aug 2008 at 19:52
Great pictures Nigel.
I showed SWMBO/Annette this one :-
Great picture she said .... just a pity an Omega was in front of the bridge!!!!!!!!!!!  :o  :o  ::)  :y  :y  :y

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by LaserLance on 01. Sep 2008 at 21:02
that millau bridge is some piece of enginerring ,1st time i drove over it was surrounded by cloud and it was chucking down with rain had 24 tonnes of bananas in trailer going to barcelona ,dont ask why it was a good paying job . but one things for sure it beats the old road going up to rodez ,well worth the toll to go over it.

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Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by x25dt on 28. Apr 2011 at 20:53
Lovely pics, great trip with the mig

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by o-meg-a on 30. Apr 2011 at 03:14
I did a trip to the South of france in 2008 with a mate of mine,

we did it via switzerland and italy along this route

http://bit.ly/lt3wv9

Was the best trip i've ever done.

All in about 7 days there and back.
Lots of driving, but some of the best roads in the world.
Including the grand St Bernard pass which joins Switzerland and Italy, and then a detour from Cuneo in italy, via a little place called Sospel (part of the WRC stages) where this road is , to Nice in France.


Can recommend a little coastal Village called Six-Fours Sur La Plage.
Wonderful place.

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by SHASSON on 01. May 2011 at 15:05

tunnie wrote on 17. Aug 2008 at 21:40:
fanastic photos, but on the second one down, some fool parked a burger van behind your mig!  :o  :D

Very nice, how long did it take to reach the Milau Bridge?

Nice 8-) :y 8-)

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by elite den on 03. May 2011 at 12:34
i like the body kit what the name of it mate

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by geoffr70 on 03. May 2011 at 22:14
Love the Millau bridge, that's where I'm taking my Elite and kevin, the caravan

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by Andy B on 03. May 2011 at 22:19

elite den wrote on 03. May 2011 at 12:34:
i like the body kit what the name of it mate


It's proper Irmscher, & you'll be very lucky &/or patient if you want the same.  ;) ;)

Title: Re: Holiday Snaps - 2008
Post by skyblue on 22. Sep 2011 at 22:36
Some cracking Pics ....  just a shame they drive on the wrong side of the road over there   ;) ;D

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