outofyorkshire
Member Since: 27 Apr 2009
Location: Emigrated to Notts
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Am already here in the Charente Maritime 
1500 miles down and am loving the £1.10 a litre prices 
Back home next week tho  before the French hols start  Cheers Ian
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MY13 FL2 HSE lux - just gone
MY10 D4 XS
MY07 D3 SE
Massey Ferguson 400 FIS AGTV - Arctic Cat by any other name...
Citroen C3 Picasso for SWMBO so we can remember what fuel economy is!!
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lake_District
Member Since: 14 Jan 2013
Location: Reading
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outofyorkshire wrote:Am already here in the Charente Maritime
1500 miles down and am loving the £1.10 a litre prices
Back home next week tho before the French hols start
Lovely there too, spent many a summer on a farm in Charente, near Ruffec.
Lovely beaches near you.
Enjoy the weather  .
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| 29th Jul 2013 8:25 pm |
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MHP
Member Since: 31 Dec 2011
Location: lydd
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Has anyone else thats in France, had bad thunder storms, high winds and mini tornadoes? 2009 Discovery 3 HSE - Gone
2019 Anniversary Edition D5 - Going
2019 HSE D5 - coming!
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| 30th Jul 2013 8:11 am |
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race.it
Member Since: 15 Oct 2011
Location: Hopefully at a race track.
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therso wrote:
Nearly forgot. Saw Andre Rieu and his Orchestra in Maastricht. On April 30 he gave a concert in celebration of the new Dutch King which we saw on TV. Over 2 months later he gave the same bloody concert! Thousands in the audience from around the world who couldn't give a flying f**k about the Dutch Royal Family (including me) so change your act mate. 
Was at same concert and other half was well disappointed especially with the australian singer he had there
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| 30th Jul 2013 9:02 am |
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outofyorkshire
Member Since: 27 Apr 2009
Location: Emigrated to Notts
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Russell's son wrote:Has anyone else thats in France, had bad thunder storms, high winds and mini tornadoes?
We had a couple of nights of very impressive thunder storms Cheers Ian
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MY13 FL2 HSE lux - just gone
MY10 D4 XS
MY07 D3 SE
Massey Ferguson 400 FIS AGTV - Arctic Cat by any other name...
Citroen C3 Picasso for SWMBO so we can remember what fuel economy is!!
Member of the Narpy torch club
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| 4th Aug 2013 9:28 pm |
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MHP
Member Since: 31 Dec 2011
Location: lydd
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Snap I must say its been the worst year we have ever had  2009 Discovery 3 HSE - Gone
2019 Anniversary Edition D5 - Going
2019 HSE D5 - coming!
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| 4th Aug 2013 9:58 pm |
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SI 1
Member Since: 19 Jan 2007
Location: York
Posts: 407
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SI 1 D3 trip in two weeks
Sun 18th York to Bristol.
Mon 19th Bristol to Barnstaple .
Then spending 1 week with family in Cornwall . Via as many as poss PASTY Shops and Cream Scones...
Hope the weather hold out .
1960 Morris Minor
1965 Morris Minor Traveller
Rangerover TDV8 (Current)
Discovery TD5 (Current)
BMW 123d SE (Current)
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| 5th Aug 2013 10:03 am |
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mickyd4
Member Since: 26 Jun 2010
Location: North
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I have been right down to the south of France, stopping in the Loire valley, and heading further down, around Bordeaux, then
down as far as Nice. Then I am off to Southampton on Thursday to pick up a cruise ship! Used a few litres of diesel this month 2023 Ineos Grenadier 3.0 Diesel Commercial
2022 Mini John Cooper Works Hatch
2021 Golf MK8 GTD
1978 Land Rover SIII
1993 Range Rover Classic 3.9 V8
2007- Range Rover TDV8 - SOLD
2020 - Discovery 5 3.0 SD6 Landmark - SOLD
2020 - Defender 110 D240 First Edition - SOLD
2012- Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE - SOLD
2009- Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 XS - SOLD
2007- Discovery 3 TDV6 GS- SOLD
2001- Defender 90 Td5 - SOLD
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| 5th Aug 2013 10:08 am |
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MHP
Member Since: 31 Dec 2011
Location: lydd
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what was the weather like down south? 2009 Discovery 3 HSE - Gone
2019 Anniversary Edition D5 - Going
2019 HSE D5 - coming!
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| 5th Aug 2013 10:47 am |
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mark the spark
Member Since: 22 Jun 2011
Location: southampton
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Wow that was some wild weather here on the north coast of cornwall last night ,surprised ive still got the awning nice to be back tho will have to drop in to see stew in the next few days .at least the surf should be good ,just need some sun bjt apparently its coming so all good thd disco was majestic all the,way down 240,miles of effortless towing : 8) MY05 SE D3 Manual my first LR what a car
MY10 HSE D4 auto
MY14 XXV more buttons than the spaceshuttle
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| 5th Aug 2013 10:59 am |
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stew 46
Member Since: 01 Dec 2011
Location: cornwall
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good bit of Cornish weather  just give us a shout mark -------------------------------------------------
if you cant hold on dont let go , it ill come in handy for something even if you never use it.
D3 SE 05,
110 s wagon 300 tdi SOLD
h top transit
crew cab transit
transit connect
ausa dumper, muck truck .
peljob 2.5 digger
06 L 200 crew cab
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| 5th Aug 2013 11:02 am |
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DALEK
Member Since: 28 Jul 2011
Location: Near Stockport
Posts: 633
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Leaving Wednesday, down as far as Millau (yes viaduct but staying in town) then on to Murcia Thursday..... back via Biarittz Noirmutier de isle then home by the end of the month.
Should be a good trip..... D3 HSE ........................Gone!!!
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| 5th Aug 2013 12:01 pm |
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BBDisco3
Member Since: 23 Nov 2008
Location: Cheshire
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mark the spark wrote:just need some sun but apparently its coming so all good
We had good weather down there last week near Perranporth with the only rain being overnight - left on Saturday evening but back again this Friday, for the rest of the month and the sun again. 
Last years meeting place (or was that the year before?) "The New Inn" has closed for refurbishment during the peak season
Not on our own last week Stew - so didn't call you.
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| 5th Aug 2013 3:30 pm |
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stew 46
Member Since: 01 Dec 2011
Location: cornwall
Posts: 10146
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no no prob Brian -------------------------------------------------
if you cant hold on dont let go , it ill come in handy for something even if you never use it.
D3 SE 05,
110 s wagon 300 tdi SOLD
h top transit
crew cab transit
transit connect
ausa dumper, muck truck .
peljob 2.5 digger
06 L 200 crew cab
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| 5th Aug 2013 6:08 pm |
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pshawfocus
Member Since: 29 Jun 2013
Location: Croydon
Posts: 73
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So, got back from my week away in sunny Brittany last Saturday evening. 5 guys, a sh/t load of luggage, 1340 miles and.....loads of diesel
Disco performed faultlessly. Smooth, quiet and comfortable at speed on the auto routes, easy to thread through lanes and French villages, plus it squished the cobbles we encountered in St Malo and Dinan (near to where we stayed) which normally result in your fillings being ejected in 'normal' cars.
When loaded up to the gun walls the air suspension really does come into it's own, especially when you see other 4x4's and estate owners rubbing their rear wheel arches and lighting up the sky (talking of which, we say the Milky Way on one clear evening, plus numerous shooting stars and passing satellites).
Only when we returned did she blot her copy book with the drivers door latch going AWOL last Sunday. £183 later and normal service is resumed.
I'm now thinking about a winter hols road trip...please let it snow!
Fabulous car.
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| 17th Aug 2013 9:47 am |
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