Trip to France

[Pudsey Bear]

I spotted one of your pois on WC this afto, south of Carcassonne nearly went but no pictures.

 

[TJBi]

I spotted one of your poison this afto, south of Carcassonne nearly went but no pictures.

I'd be wary of poison, Kev.
Was it Monze? You should be able to click the Street View link.

 

[Robmac]

I spotted one of your poison this afto, south of Carcassonne nearly went but no pictures.

I'd be wary of poison, Kev.
Was it Monze? You should be able to click the Street View link.

Yeah, stick to the Poisson Kev!

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I'd be wary of poison, Kev.
Was it Monze? You should be able to click the Street View link.

I forget now, moved on.

 

[Tonybvi]

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.

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That’s more like the park ups that I know and love in France. None of that horrible industrial estate business!!

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Honestly Tony, never had any bother on an IE, they all have cameras and security so usually really quiet, apart from trucks etc but that one was really good as it was basically shut down until tomorrow, we only saw 2 or 3 cars and no trucks, we have lovely scenery all day, it's nice to have it at night but I'm too tired by then to care very much.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

We had a quiet night, apart from a bit of normal road noise from 06.30.

One car came in to let a couple have a bite to eat, then they left, no one else came in, quite often we wake up to find another van or two have arrived overnight.

 

[SimonM]

I'd be wary of poison, Kev.
Was it Monze? You should be able to click the Street View link.

Stick with petit pois Kev that may roll off your plate.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Mange tout Simon, Mange tout.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Just visited an aire on the way to Perpignan.

Aire park Maury. On the 4 site

we just wanted to fill with water got two watering cans out of it before turned off, 3.5€ not well spent, rang the number and two great french lads turned up and let me follow them to their yard 50m away to fill up. the machine purportedly does English but it reverts to french, it's pretty dire to be honest next to the crematorium, rough and unlevel.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

They have bears here already.

 

[TJBi]

Just visited an aire on the way to Perpignan.

Aire park Maury. On the 4 site

we just wanted to fill with water got two watering cans out of it before turned off, 3.5€ not well spent, rang the number and two great french lads turned up and let me follow them to their yard 50m away to fill up. the machine purportedly does English but it reverts to french, it's pretty dire to be honest next to the crematorium, rough and unlevel.

You need to be faster with the watering cans, Kev! Like many charging service points, that one is restricted to 10 minutes operation. Might even cut off earlier if no sustained demand. I seldom resort to a watering can in France, virtually always using a hose.

 

[SimonM]

Here in Norway I can go into a garage and ask to fill with water, not been refused so far - all for free. In fact not paid for water, toilet dump or overnight stops - even tonight’s when I asked if I could stay - yes 100kr (£6). I said , sorry I don’t have any NOK and was told, it’s OK.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

You need to be faster with the watering cans, Kev! Like many charging service points, that one is restricted to 10 minutes operation. Might even cut off earlier if no sustained demand. I seldom resort to a watering can in France, virtually always using a hose.

It looked like the tap had prostate problems Tom it was running so slow.

We're at La Barcares, on the Med, very touristy but it's dead.

 

[alcam]

You need to be faster with the watering cans, Kev! Like many charging service points, that one is restricted to 10 minutes operation. Might even cut off earlier if no sustained demand. I seldom resort to a watering can in France, virtually always using a hose.

I do find waiting behind watering can users does give me a chance to finish my theses

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Dont see why, the water will only move so fast into a hose or can, the van is only feet away, it holds 10 litres, it takes only a few seconds to empty it into the tank, normally we need 50 litres to top up as we dont empty it.

So you open your locker, get out your hose, find the hose adapter, put it on the tap, fit the hose to it, wait for it to run and clean out any debris, fill the tank, detach the hose, empty and recoil the hose, put it back in the locker, detach the adapter, lock the locker.

No way a hose is faster than a can.

 

[jacquigem]

Dont see why, the water will only move so fast into a hose or can, the van is only feet away, it holds 10 litres, it takes only a few seconds to empty it into the tank, normally we need 50 litres to top up as we dont empty it.

So you open your locker, get out your hose, find the hose adapter, put it on the tap, fit the hose to it, wait for it to run and clean out any debris, fill the tank, detach the hose, empty and recoil the hose, put it back in the locker, detach the adapter, lock the locker.

No way a hose is faster than a can.

I always use a can as good for quick getaway if needed

 

[SimonM]

I’ve got a 180 litre freshwater tank - no way would I consider a watering can it would take forever, a hose is slow enough.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Liz says she likes a man with a big un.

 

[barryd]

Dont see why, the water will only move so fast into a hose or can, the van is only feet away, it holds 10 litres, it takes only a few seconds to empty it into the tank, normally we need 50 litres to top up as we dont empty it.

So you open your locker, get out your hose, find the hose adapter, put it on the tap, fit the hose to it, wait for it to run and clean out any debris, fill the tank, detach the hose, empty and recoil the hose, put it back in the locker, detach the adapter, lock the locker.

No way a hose is faster than a can.

In all my years motorhoming in France I don't think I have ever seen a van pull up to a service point and get a watering can out to fill the van. As you discovered many are on a timer. Whip the hose out. Short ones are best, bung it in and "then" stick your money in. Takes me 20 seconds.