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Raid Asterix

Thanks Gary, that's how I guessed it might have been. Still goof fun by the sound of it.
 
Hi Gary - good report and glad you chaps had a good time. Sounds like these Baob guys need a lesson from your boets down south about how to organise a trip (not bitching and whining to clients would be a good place to start!). That Gite looks excellent! Myself and Julia are likely gonna be working in Zambia in the Safari industry for a short spell and for background reading I read a statement in a book that said "the most important thing you can do is remember clients names". Hmmm ;) Gotta laugh that the only vehicle that gave problems was the "support" 90. Anyway, welcome back!
 
Don't get me wrong here folks - we really enjoyed ourselves. So much so that we'll definitely go back sometime soon, for a longer trip around that part of France and down to the Med coast (Provence area) I think, though, that a bit of further, in-depth investigation might have made things a bit easier!! Must remember to not work so hard before going away next time!!! :lol: :lol:
 
IMO the pace of any tour must be very hard to judge to keep everyone happy, I'm a nightmare for example and always want to see what is around the next corner and would keep going all day if I could ("why are we stopping?") :mrgreen:
 
Something else I forgot to comment on is that there were only about 2 occasions when we briefly didn't have a mobile phone signal! Very handy for sending pictures home so they could see what they were missing :lol:

I have some pictures from Ray now:

Just off the Ferry and about to be confused by the sat nav:
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View from Saturday nights camp site:
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Skipping to 1st night of the raid proper, the camp site was by the river which kept Steve, Kev and Ray entertained for ages:
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I think Ray is saying something about how cold the water is:
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He's soon relaxing though:
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Kev waded up stream and then washed back down again in the current and the others had a go:
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Day 2 of the raid had us squeezing along an overgrown track and then driving along a river:
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It was a bit of a wet day:
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For some reason it was the drivers job to jog down the road a few hundred meters and back to check we could get through:
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Picnic stop later that day when it stopped raining:
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Think this is day 2 and I think everyone rang that bell :mrgreen:
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There was a wall with a steep drop off so obviously you go and stand on the wall :lol:
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Even at about 5300ft ASL on a little track there were speed limit signs!
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The car park at the gite:
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Playing on the water:
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Distances on the road book were not always correct & Ray wanted proof :lol:
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another picnic stop (there were a lot of those :D )
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the start of the track to the rock:
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the rock
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misty start to the last day but it soon burnt off:
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packing system worked a treat
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Amboise town:
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the market:
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Kev being Kev
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Busy Sunday afternoon on the French motorways on the way back:
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Nice pics Jon!

Forgot to add - my total distance was 2196 miles, door to door :shock:
 
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Here we go, these are some of my pics and videos of the raid.

Here we are just arriving in France.
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First night at the stop over camp site.
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The french kindly put killometer markers down the centre of their Motorways so we took the oppertunity to check the calibration of the trip meter.
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The RV point day 1
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The first campsite including rock art and river.

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Well here it is the time that I lost my side step.

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We went through some lovely wooded sections.

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[There were some bridges

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What you need when you need to change a tyre on an OX

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The rock

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At the top of the world

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Some water

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Some snow.....just...


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Some huts and a 600 year old house

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And lots lots more
 
Fantastic pictures :)

This thing looks like it belongs in a Delorean:
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you know how it is, its black with buttons, knobs and big red LED numbers on it......that makes it a must have thingy that does somthing but not sure what. That does not matter cause it looks good :lol: :lol:

Steve
 
Excellent pics & reports guys...

Must get mine up from our last trip :)
 
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