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You missed all the nice British weather. It's been warm and sunny here for the past month or so. First day of rain in ages ...
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Ha. What a shame we missed the British summer. Damn!
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Glad to see you back safe and sound.
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Cheers Ray. Was quite the adventure for the kids, Galicia, Spain via Dordogne, France and back.
All the best to you and Gwen.
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I'm quite jealous
I really miss all the lovely drives I used to do. At the time it was just part of the job. I went virtually everywhere, all over UK, and Europe from Sweden down to Portugal and eastwards to the Polish border with East Germany and Yugoslavia, down Italy as far as the Sorrento Peninsular.
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Ray at Wigan Pier 2014 A8L D4 4.0TFSI Gold (Sticker says "Beige") Can't leave you in a black smoke cloud anymore.. In progress, Nothing left to do. Gone 2004 A8 D3 3.0 TDI. Ebony Pearl Black (with little bits of other colours and glitter) |
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I used to love the idea of being on the continent far from home, but now with two little kids, and a wife,... I’D LOVE TO BE MILES FROM HOME. Have you been along the coast in northern Spain? The scenery is something else. The viaducts are frequent and staggering, especially for me as I’m quite scared of heights. Edit: I don’t know why the photos have uploaded like that?? Never had that problem before, maybe it’s cos I’m using public beta of iOS 11...
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I stayed for two weeks once in a little village just outside Vittoria. It was with a choir from Wrexham College and there were other choirs from all over Europe including five or six from Eastern Block countries. We were supposed to ferry them about whilst they went all over on day trips singing but the Spanish organisers had laid on local vehicles so we stayed with the police men on security duties and got rat legged on home brews. The nastiest was called "pasheran" (iirc) it was in old medecine bottles and it was deadly.
At that time they were starting to build the motorway so most of the driving was along the old roads and as you said, beautiful. When we left our choir had performed on Spanish TV and we set off home immediately after they came off air. At the French border there were hundreds of coaches held up by the Spanish Frontier Police whilst they searched for Basque terrorists. It caused a riot when the officials waved me to the front, over the border and allowed me to continue without holdup. Used to be good having a UK vehicle registration.
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Vey interesting read. How times have changed Ray.
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