Category Archives: Van stuff

Are we making your forecourt look untidy? (part 2)

Posted on August 15, 2011 by AdrianC

For part 1 of the saga, see this post… After the van was left at the VW dealer on Monday afternoon, awaiting “diagnosis” and attention, communication dried up somewhat. Throughout Tuesday and Wednesday, we called ADAC periodically – to be … Continue reading →

Posted in By Country - France, Personal stuff, Van stuff | 3 Comments

19th World Meeting of 2cv Friends, Salbris, France

Posted on August 10, 2011 by EllieGee

As we were driving east and northwards across Spain and up through France, I was imagining all the thousands of 2cvers busily packing their cars in preparation to head to Salbris from every corner of Europe or even flying in … Continue reading →

Posted in By Country - France, Personal stuff, Travel stuff, Van stuff | 1 Comment

Are we making your forecourt look untidy?

Posted on August 9, 2011 by AdrianC

We’re jumping a bit out of sequence in posting this now – the blog itself’s still about two weeks back – but we thought you might like to know about this. The van is currently hors-de-combat. We’ve already mentioned the … Continue reading →

Posted in By Country - France, Personal stuff, Van stuff | 11 Comments

En-Route to Salbris

Posted on August 2, 2011 by AdrianC

Fortunately, the CV joint held up – and we reached the foothills of the Pyrenees intact. The views from the pass had been as good as expected, not least because of the dramatic change in vegetation as soon as we … Continue reading →

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Out of Iberia (part 2)

Posted on August 2, 2011 by AdrianC

After Marvaõ, we were really intending to have a bit of a tonk across Spain – still with a feeling of slight disappointment after our time in Galicia. The plan was to stop in at Salamanca and Segovia, but otherwise … Continue reading →

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Houston, I think we have a problem…

Posted on July 17, 2011 by AdrianC

Part 1 of a hopefully very occasional series. So there we were, cruising gently down a fairly major dual carriageway, just left Sintra on the way to Mafra, 4.30 on Friday afternoon… and the van lost power. Totally. Change down. … Continue reading →

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St James of the Field of Stars

Posted on June 18, 2011 by AdrianC

Even if you don’t quite swallow the myths about how Santiago de Compostela was founded, with the body of the Apostle being taken by boat to Galicia in a “miraculous” seven days after his beheading in the Holy Land, then … Continue reading →

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There (was) gold in them there hills

Posted on June 18, 2011 by AdrianC

West of Astorga, near Ponferrada, there’s the remains of Roman mining activity – for gold. North-West Spain was one of their main sources, so they weren’t afraid to throw some engineering and muscle power at the excavations. It’s difficult to … Continue reading →

Posted in By Country - Spain, Personal stuff, Travel stuff, Van stuff | 4 Comments

Packing the house up … part three

Posted on May 5, 2011 by EllieGee

Yes, we’re still here, still sorting and packing … My advice to anyone reading this is… avoiding accumulating… anything. The packing and sorting has been challenging on so many levels! In the meantime, since our last post we enjoyed our … Continue reading →

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Meet the van…

Posted on April 6, 2011 by AdrianC

Those of you who’ve found the blog this early probably know one or both of us. But few of you will have been introduced to the third member of the team. He/she/it’s not been christened yet – “the van” just … Continue reading →

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