Trip to France

[Robmac]

'Women have no sense of humour; this enables them to marry men, instead of just laughing at them ...'
'To woman, marriage is just a word, but to man, it is a sentence ...'
'Man is incomplete until he is married; then he is truly finished'
'God gave Man a willy and a brain, but only enough blood to operate one at a time'

And, in summary of the case for the defence, some of us [older] men yearn for the chance to return to the teenage stage, but with the benefit of the fatter wallet that older age brings, the experience of a lifetime of a life well lived, and the understanding of a spouse who knows that it is all a fantasy, so the early laughter is transformed into a wry smile and a bewildered shake of the head at her man's optimism ...

Steve

I've got to say Steve, that is fekkin profound.

If I was ever that profound I'd have to celebrate my new found wisdom and maturity by going out and getting totally bolloxed!

 

[Drover]

So I'm 71 and planning for the first time as we are taking our grandson to Italy..
It's hard work as the only planning done in the past is do we go north,south,east or west....
South of France is a great place

 

[Pudsey Bear]

That

Thing is, a lot of blokes never manage to get past the teenage stage

And that's why you all love us, even wimmin need a hobby, it's just yours can be more of a challenge.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

What a night, hardly any sleep, we are in the village of Villerouge-Termenès, a nice little village, very civilised, not many people, the odd thing is the church bells ring the hour, on the hour EVERY hour, then the same again 2 minutes later then 1 ring at the half hour i don't know why the villagers put up with that.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

We noticed that most of the town and villages we past through the "you are leaving ******" signs were downside up.

This is why.

Rural France turned upside-down by farmers

Road signs have been unscrewed, flipped over and screwed back on in a growing campaign.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Robmac]

What a night, hardly any sleep, we are in the village of Villerouge-Termenès, a nice little village, very civilised, not many people, the odd thing is the church bells ring the hour, on the hour EVERY hour, then the same again 2 minutes later then 1 ring at the half hour i don't know why the villagers put up with that.

Yes, I've witnessed that elsewhere in France Kev.

 

[Robmac]

Yes, I've witnessed that elsewhere in France Kev.

...of course alcohol is the solution to that, and well, everything else really!

 

[mariesnowgoose]

We noticed that most of the town and villages we past through the "you are leaving ******" signs were downside up.

This is why.

Rural France turned upside-down by farmers

Road signs have been unscrewed, flipped over and screwed back on in a growing campaign.

www.bbc.co.uk

The French definitely know how to protest, it's in their DNA.

 

[mark61]

Gotta love a French protest.

 

[mark61]

What a night, hardly any sleep, we are in the village of Villerouge-Termenès, a nice little village, very civilised, not many people, the odd thing is the church bells ring the hour, on the hour EVERY hour, then the same again 2 minutes later then 1 ring at the half hour i don't know why the villagers put up with that.

You'll find a lovely quiet lay by 10 mins out of town. Right next to a lovely lake, river and a waterfall.

 

[marchie]

The French definitely know how to protest, it's in their DNA.

Unless you're caught up in one ... Gilets Jaunes didn't achieve their objectives and control was hijacked by the Unions. On the other hand, the Brittany Farmers protests where they burned down the local Tax Office was possibly better received ...

Steve

 

[mark61]

Been caught up in a few, all non violent ones. Best one was in Metz, they made a lot of noise, was a collection of everyone, commies, Frexit and even a small contingent from the local retired BDSM community. I hadn't intended to stay so long.

 

[guerdeval]

Been caught up in a few, all non violent ones. Best one was in Metz, they made a lot of noise, was a collection of everyone, commies, Frexit and even a small contingent from the local retired BDSM community. I hadn't intended to stay so long.

How does one retire from bondage,discipline and sad masochism ?, I’ve been trying for years

 

[alcam]

That

Thing is, a lot of blokes never manage to get past the teenage stage

Indeed !
We are the lucky sex . Who'd be a wummin ? Apparently you can now be non-binary . Sounds like the worst of both worlds

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Carcassonne was a disappointment, the main square was nice but, the rest was quite run down, grub was cheap enough though.

We stopped at a few so called WC free AIRES that were now camping car sites, (reported) so being from Yorkshire we passed, and headed to Perpignan looking for nice quiet place to overnight and found this empty picnic area.

 

[mark61]

Lovely looking spot.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Another biker road too, I took a few pics this morning in La Grasse, 1st is shovel, in nice nick so worth a few shackles, lots of bike but some were heading out as we were arriving, good lads two were stopping me from getting in blue badge bay but they came over without asking and moved them for me, class.

 

[marchie]

How does one retire from bondage,discipline and sad masochism ?, I’ve been trying for years

I thought I would revel in my fetish of sadism, bestiality and necrophilia, but it turned out I was just flogging a dead horse ...

Steve

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Hardly worth the effort these day Steve, just put it between two pi$$ed up matteresses and call it s horse butty.

 

[TJBi]

A few photos for you Kev, as you were nowhere near Fécamp for the festival.
Not only did they lay on a special motorhome parking area, after requests from a couple of motorhomers they sent in a drinking water tank and a tank for emptying black.