Thoughts whilst driving in France

[Trotter]

Love the driving experience I’ve had so far this trip.
Rightly or wrongly, it seems to me that, there are far less people in France than there are in, I’d say the UK, but I don’t have knowledge of our country above the Midlands..
Whimsically, I thought that if refugees what to come into the country. Then, maybe we oldies, could come over to France. If only to give them a bit of space.. Would it be to much of a problem to get the French to abandon their archaic language and speak English like the rest of the civilised world..
I don’t ask for much.

A tongue is placed firmly in cheek while typing this.
Or is it?

 

[korky]

The archaic language on which much of our language is based,do you mean?

 

[Val54]

I assume you remembered those thoughts and committed them to text after you'd stopped driving .......
You are right though, driving in France, especially outside major towns and cities is far more comfortable than the UK, speaking as one who lives north of the Midlands, and is currently on Il de Re.

 

[TeamRienza]

I think the numbers in both populations are similar, but the French have twice the land mass to spread out in.

Davy

 

[Trotter]

I assume you remembered those thoughts and committed them to text after you'd stopped driving .......
You are right though, driving in France, especially outside major towns and cities is far more comfortable than the UK, speaking as one who lives north of the Midlands, and is currently on Il de Re.

I had stopped driving by then.lol.
The original thought was on the lines of… The reported number of boats reaching the south coast carrying people, are returning empty. It would make financial sense to take British OAP’s on the return journey.

The archaic language on which much of our language is based,do you mean?

That would make it so much easier for them to make the change.

I think the numbers in both populations are similar, but the French have twice the land mass to spread out in.

Davy

Yup! Like youth being wasted on the young. France is wasted on the French

 

[rugbyken]

i thought the land mass v population was times seven but i think most of the french are on aires in the south of france

 

[Trotter]

i thought the land mass v population was times seven but i think most of the french are on aires in the south of france

If this rain continues, the number of Brits around you could increase by one

 

[Sharon the Cat]

2 more oldies arriving Wednesday. Save us some space.

 

[Trotter]

2 more oldies arriving Wednesday. Save us some space.

Plenty of room. The country is virtually empty.
Ferry, tunnel or people smugglers?

 

[Sharon the Cat]

Plenty of room. The country is virtually empty.
Ferry, tunnel or people smugglers?

We came through the tunnel and brought more rain with us.

 

[Lefty107]

Won't be crossing the pond until early Saturday but heading down to the loire valley so don't use up all the sun

 

[Trotter]

Won't be crossing the pond until early Saturday but heading down to the loire valley so don't use up all the sun

It’s mine. All mine, I tell you

 

[Pauljenny]

I think the numbers in both populations are similar, but the French have twice the land mass to spread out in.

Davy

Good thinking when you see those women sporting hairy armpits.

Give em room.
Or, "Rheum"
As inspector Cleusau would say.

 

[marchie]

Won't be crossing the pond until early Saturday but heading down to the loire valley so don't use up all the sun

There's a lovely free aire at Meung-sur-Loire, including free EHU [you might need a long lead and a Splitter though!], not too far from Orleans. 200m walk to the Chateau and there's a Hyper U within a gentle 15 minute each way walk/5 minutes by bike. Fuel station also has LPG

Steve

 

[gasgas]

Won't be crossing the pond until early Saturday but heading down to the loire valley so don't use up all the sun

Us too, in a couple of weeks. I heard somewhere that France has the same population as the UK but eight times the land area which is why there's more space. I ought to buy shares in French small boat manufacturers who must be doing a roaring trade. Do they sell dinghies and outboard motors in the Calais supermarkets?
The first time I went to France I was impressed by the fact that at the entrance to the supermarket you could collect a trolley, put a reconditioned 2CV engine in it, wander around the aisles, take a bottle of some acidic substance that would be banned even to professionals here, then add an oxy-acetylene welding kit, a pound (oops I meant half a kilo) of butter and a pint of milk and a new gas central heating boiler. Their log burner fires are far superior to ours and a fraction of the price. Also available in many supermarkets.

I might be mistaken but since We Left, they seem to have a lot more variety of goods in their supermarkets than we do. Just look at their fruit and veg stalls, we haven't seen the like for ages.

 

[HTF]

If you don't have to buy a house, Portugal is a nice place to live except in the Algarve region which is already more British than Portuguese If you need the house then you will need a lot of money to do so. Prices have almost tripled the last few years

 

[TJBi]

There's a lovely free aire at Meung-sur-Loire, including free EHU [you might need a long lead and a Splitter though!], not too far from Orleans. 200m walk to the Chateau and there's a Hyper U within a gentle 15 minute each way walk/5 minutes by bike. Fuel station also has LPG

Steve

On it at the moment, but electricity is €4 for 1 hour (and water €3 for 10 minutes).

 

[rugbyken]

as a non brexit voter we always see our price increases blamed on brexit but having just spent almost a month in france i was staggered how dear everything was ,it’s almost 8 years since we toured france as opposed to driving through and deisel which has always been cheaper over there was definitely dearer £1:60 minimum if you hunt around you can get a couple of cents cheaper but standard is €1:90 , our favourite custard flans used to be €3_€5 were €7:50-€11:30 butter croissants at the boulangerie were €2 each , on the plus side there are still lots of free aires but lots of pay aires are very reasonable €13_€14 inc electric

 

[Val54]

as a non brexit voter we always see our price increases blamed on brexit but having just spent almost a month in france i was staggered how dear everything was ,it’s almost 8 years since we toured france as opposed to driving through and deisel which has always been cheaper over there was definitely dearer £1:60 minimum if you hunt around you can get a couple of cents cheaper but standard is €1:90 , our favourite custard flans used to be €3_€5 were €7:50-€11:30 butter croissants at the boulangerie were €2 each , on the plus side there are still lots of free aires but lots of pay aires are very reasonable €13_€14 inc electric

There is a definite increase over last year in every day items as well as restaurant prices, as an example a baguette used to be under €1, this year we've paid up to €1.50. Might not seem much but if you apply that percentage increase across the board, the grocery shop in France has suffered just as ours has. It hasn't put motorhomers off though, we've encountered some very busy aires and campsites this September, I have to say most of Germany seems to be here.

 

[marchie]

as a non brexit voter we always see our price increases blamed on brexit but having just spent almost a month in france i was staggered how dear everything was ,it’s almost 8 years since we toured france as opposed to driving through and deisel which has always been cheaper over there was definitely dearer £1:60 minimum if you hunt around you can get a couple of cents cheaper but standard is €1:90 , our favourite custard flans used to be €3_€5 were €7:50-€11:30 butter croissants at the boulangerie were €2 each , on the plus side there are still lots of free aires but lots of pay aires are very reasonable €13_€14 inc electric

We did Eastern France last Summer, rather than out usual Atlantic Coast Trip and found boulangerie prices considerably cheaper

Steve