Mike from Spain
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Hola everyone! Well I'm here in Sunny Spain at last with the "purple peril". It was the worst journey I've made in my life. Started Wenesday afternoon (18th Jan) and arrived 6 am Saturday (21st) morning. We had hardly any sleep due to giving up our bed space for "stuff"; you really don't know what you've got 'til you try to load it into a Transit! so ended up cat napping and doing it virtually none stop. Only just getting over it now! Why not stop over in a hotel you might ask; well hotels don't take kindly to animals and we had Brian, our cat and Truff our dog with us.
The Transit never missed a beat and I didn't know the little R4 was behind; in fact I kept checking! The only down side apart from sleep deprivation was the French police at Biaritz. They pulled us over at the payage (the last in France) and added the weight of the Renault to the weight of the van and then charged us €90 for being overwieght! He just kept saying "money, money". So I'm sorry to say all you French people out there that at least one of your policemen put you in the position of rudest, coldest police ever encountered by me!
Anyway, we're here now. I tried to attach a couple of photos of the "purple peril" when it was still attached to the van but they were too big and I don't know how to reduce them! I'll try again soon. I've since give it a good service, I've connected the radiator fan up to the heated rear screen switch until I get a new radiator switch and have been bombing up and down the mountain track for the last few days! It was built for the job!
Anyway, the sun has just dropped behind the mountain so it's time for a cerveisa or two! Hasta luego mi amigos!
The Transit never missed a beat and I didn't know the little R4 was behind; in fact I kept checking! The only down side apart from sleep deprivation was the French police at Biaritz. They pulled us over at the payage (the last in France) and added the weight of the Renault to the weight of the van and then charged us €90 for being overwieght! He just kept saying "money, money". So I'm sorry to say all you French people out there that at least one of your policemen put you in the position of rudest, coldest police ever encountered by me!
Anyway, we're here now. I tried to attach a couple of photos of the "purple peril" when it was still attached to the van but they were too big and I don't know how to reduce them! I'll try again soon. I've since give it a good service, I've connected the radiator fan up to the heated rear screen switch until I get a new radiator switch and have been bombing up and down the mountain track for the last few days! It was built for the job!
Anyway, the sun has just dropped behind the mountain so it's time for a cerveisa or two! Hasta luego mi amigos!