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  1. Thanks for all your advice and particularly the photo in the last posting. We are considering replacing a very ancient and inefficient insert. There must be something wrong because the insert in the other part of the house is so effective we sometimes have to open the window to cool down!
  2. Bricodepot Bricoman and others have an economy range of woodburners which offer a considerable saving on the 'big name' makes. Does anyone have any experience of a budget insert and would they recommend one? How reliable are the rated output figures? I do wonder whether these are actual measured outputs or simply a formula based on the parameters of the burner.
  3. Thanks SD - you have been most informative. In view of what you say it is a bit marginal whether PL restrictions are worth taking on. Ours is a Hymer 584 and without the scooter and carrier I suspect would have a useful payload even at 3500 kg. Perhaps I ought to get the current weight checked at a local weighbridge. The alternative I suppose is to register at 3900 kg and reregister at 3500 if we no longer use the scooter , or prior to a sale. Your M/H sounds enormous. If we see a Hymer using tug assistance to come alongside at Bressuire we'll all know who it is!
  4. I don't think I'll have a problem with the licence - I have a pre 1997 full UK licence. I feel the problems are more likely to be lower speed limits, CT issues etc.
  5. We have just purchased a Hymer motorhome which we have imported from England. Once the CoC arrives (Hymer France seem less than jet-propelled) I will start the process of registration. However I have a bit of a conundrum. The m/h has a removable rear motorcycle carrier and was I believe replated with a maximum permitted weight of 3900 kg. Originally the max weight was 3500kg, before the previous owner added the carrier. It has dawned on me that in spite of the convenience of having a m/c carrier enabling us to use our 100cc scooter while touring, there is going to be a downside as well, not least in becoming a poids lourd with all sorts of unpleasant consequences! Has anyone on the forum been here before? I would welcome your advice.
  6. Thanks to you both, and we are indebted to you once again, SD! Smiley
  7. We are considering buying a used Hymer Campingcar. I'm no mechanic and would like to arrange something similar to the AA vehicle inspection that one can have done in England. Does anyone know of a similar facility here in France? We are in Bressuire, Deux-Sevres. Smiley
  8. I've not accessed our computer for a few days but was pleasantly surprised at the response my question has had. Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions.  I'm determined that one way or another I will crack this language thing and become fully integrated into the French way of life.  MicAni, as I know people who live in Nueil Les Aubiers I will contact them to see if they have heard of any language lessons in their village.  I have also been told about a language learning school in Bressuire called GRETA - I understand that there are branches throughout Deux Sevres.  Having called in at the end of last week to request some information about the lessons, I was telephoned today by a very helpful lady teacher who has invited me along next week for a trial lesson.  Hopefully it will be just what I am looking for.         
  9. Thanks MicAni thats very kind. Smiley
  10. Thanks everyone for your comments. JR has given us a lot to think about.  We are no spring chickens (just retired) and you have brought home to us that our brains may just not take the pressure of an intensive course. We perhaps need to explore this a little more deeply. Our dilemma is that we need somehow to get our language learning into a higher gear than is possible at the moment with fairly unstructured weekly lessons. The neighbours that we have encountered are very pleasant and courteous (and that seems to go for all whom we come across), and that brings home at once our shortcomings with the language. We are living in the Bressuire area - if anyone in our locality has come across a course that they have found worthwhile we should be most interested to hear.   I'm glad others share my view of MT.  Although he is often decried by teachers I think the man was a genius!  I'm on Disc 5 of the 8 disc course.  My husband has the advanced course and language builder which he says is excellent. Perhaps I'll check the life policies and persuade my husband to try an immersion course. He'll make a good guinea pig! Smiley   
  11. We have recently settled in north Deux-Sevres.  Although my husband  can just about get by, I am a complete beginner with the French language and am struggling to make headway using Michel Thomas and weekly French lessons in a small class.  Unfortunately I did not do French at school and I'm finding it quite a struggle.  Listening is particularly difficult.  Has anyone any good or bad experiences of immersion courses and what is the general opinion of their suitability for beginners?  While enjoying many aspects of French life, I am worried that I will not be able to fully integrate without being able to converse. Smiley
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