This is more like France

Bushtrekker

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Just walked to the boulangerie and got three croissants, nice and crispy unlike supermarche bread. I also got a two baguettes, one traditional and one 'Cereale', which as I suspected is France's answer to granary bread. I also spotted a garage up the road...
 
Bushtrekker said:
Just walked to the boulangerie and got three croissants, nice and crispy unlike supermarche bread. I also got a two baguettes, one traditional and one 'Cereale', which as I suspected is France's answer to granary bread. I also spotted a garage up the road...
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Now you are pissing me off. I want some croissants.

Are they made with butter mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
 
best with butter and apricot jam. god i am now officially pining. on a lighter note i bought a baguette once and put it on my moped back rack with a bungee .wearing shorts i swung my leg over and the end of the bread gave me a 4 inch gash in my ankle. true ! thats what i call ker...usty
 
Hate to rain on your parade, but unless you see the word Artisan on the bakery, they are bought in frozen, & only cooked on the premises like Lidl, & Tesco etc. My son & his partner used to have a little bakery in Marseilles - defrosted them in what he called a poussing oven overnight - it was surprising how many people didn't realise what was happening - :eek: they did taste b good though! Nothing better than a coffee & a croisante with raspberry jam sitting with the sun on your back - enjoying the view.
Only been back a couple of weeks - hope to clear off again early September.
 
When we lived in Brussels in the early 80s, we used to watch the half-length baguettes being cooked in the supermarket - in an automated machine that had 'viewing' windows. The kids were tiny then and loved to watch one go through from start to finish before we bought any. They were irresistible...we'd often end up paying for an empty bag by the time we got to the checkout! :lol-053:

Mmmmm love croissants... don't dare to even look at one these days!
 
Our favourite French bread is the Corronne, [Crown ] it is circular with a hole in the middle, Hard crisp crust and yummy inside,
 
Not a good day!

I should know better as it's Friday 13th., but the brakes seem better after a two day rest. so I headed off to LeClercs in Dinan to sort out the dongle recharging problem. The first problem was down to me not pulling the handbrake on fully and leaving the camper out of gear, which resulted in the van moving gently forward into the car on my right. Luckily it wasn't as bad as it sounded and had only bent his wing mirror forwards with no damage.

I got into leClercs and spoke to customer service, who pointed me toward the IT counter. I explained that I was English, did not have a French address or ID and that they may have acted illegally in selling me the dongle originally. He asked me to come back at 2.00, so after lunch we went back and I spoke to the person I had been told to. He kept telling me that I needed to post off the form with a photocopy of my passport, ance knew which would be fine if I was living in France. When I pointed out that I lived in England, was not a French citizen and the store in Coutance knew that when they sold me the dongle. His English deteriorated into rapid French, the gist of which seemed to be 'I don't give a toss mate, not my problem, take it back to Coutance.' He also suggested using the store address, but that wouldn't work as the address on my passport is obviously different, apart from which I think it may be illegal to photocopy passports.

Does anyone on here know my legal rights to a refund for goods which were miss-sold in the first place?
 
no address on passport. if you have then you might be the first person with one.
go to a french tourist office if you can find one in the same town . they may help you.
i think next year i will have to go in place of you .calm down and i,m sure later on you will laugh about it.
maybe a museum or somewhere .someone will speak english and help you i,m sure .
 
when we lived in the mountains,we bought enough of the large baguettes,les gros,to last a week, and wrapped them tightly in plastic bags.they get very chewy,but still ok and fine for toast
 
I want to be back in France, soooooooooooo jealous!

Have fun :fun:
 
Well however it's spelt it is a great loaf, and it would not last 24 hrs with us anyway, Corronne, fresh prawns and tomatoes from a market Heaven .
 
if you have a warm oven and dip the baguettes in water then put them in the oven mmmm.even quite oldish ones can be revitalised .
do it all the time when heading somewhere quiet .
also bake our own bread as well .best bread is moroccan flat breads mmmm lovely .make great sarnies . cut them in half then make a pocket to fill with goodies .mmmm.
 
Strange that...

lotty said:
I want to be back in France, soooooooooooo jealous!

Have fun :fun:
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It's pissing down here again and I want to catch the ferry back to good old English rain. We're at St Breuc tonight, which I thought sounded like a little fishing village and is actually like Birmingham on sea, grafitti everywhere.
 
Bushtrekker said:
It's pissing down here again and I want to catch the ferry back to good old English rain. We're at St Breuc tonight, which I thought sounded like a little fishing village and is actually like Birmingham on sea, grafitti everywhere.
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Hi Bushtrekker do you think a more positive attitude might increase your enjoyment of wherever you are?
 
That's what my wife says, but it's difficult to stay positive when you've...

...just reversed down a near vertical slope in pouring rain because it didn't occur to someone to put a sign at the bottom saying there was a low bridge at the top. My impressions of Brittany so far are that it's just like Britain, dirty, covered in graffiti and in a general state of disrepair. Hopefully this will improve when we get further round the coast, or further down. I try not to be negative, but we've been here for two weeks now and for most of those two weeks it's rained and yes, I know it's raining at home, but I can't do anything about the jetstream, except hope it moves back to it's normal place before winter, or we'll see a lot of snow.
 
Hi David

We're on a site on the south side of town as we needed to wash our clothes after two weeks on the road. The plan is to decide what to do when we get up, either follow the coast round, or head down your way.
 
Bushtrekker said:
...just reversed down a near vertical slope in pouring rain because it didn't occur to someone to put a sign at the bottom saying there was a low bridge at the top. My impressions of Brittany so far are that it's just like Britain, dirty, covered in graffiti and in a general state of disrepair. Hopefully this will improve when we get further round the coast, or further down. I try not to be negative, but we've been here for two weeks now and for most of those two weeks it's rained and yes, I know it's raining at home, but I can't do anything about the jetstream, except hope it moves back to it's normal place before winter, or we'll see a lot of snow.
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Hang on a sec you've been in France for two weeks and you've got no further than Brittany? The first time I went to France as a solo driver I left Calais in the early hours and landed at Mont Saint Michel for the first evening. I'd never experienced shared showers and no toilet seat! From there on I was down the Atlantic coast and into Northern Spain within the week without touching a toll road. It was an adventure I'll never forget :drive::D
 
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