Frederick Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Having recently had a conversation with a the owner of a big bar restaurant who said he was worried about the fall of the pound and the lack of Brits on holiday and his business this year I ckecked out the town car park ... The beach and town main car park at La Tranche here in the Vendee holds ov er a thousand cars i imagine and we always see many GP plated cars .....driving in round the car park today when its prety full being Easter Mondey I spotted 2 UK registered cars ....I normally would see a lot more than that...but when a small beer and a coffee is almost £5 now in most bars ....I think they are going to have a lean year ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Mr Clair mentioned he had noticed many GB plated cars in St Céré (Lot) on Friday... He was surprised, as he thought the current economic climate would deter many from travelling over to the Eurozone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmelle Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 No brits in Dordogne ...I am stupefied , because last year there were a lot .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nell Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Quite a lot in Brantome (Dordogne) in Friday when I was down there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG MAC Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 There was nothing like as many in the Mayenne this week but we were there.........rain.....interespersed with rain and occassional rainy spells followed by downpours........Back in Hampshire sun is out and it's glorious! Typical............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Seemed to be a good few on the roads in this part of 24 on Thursday but not so many on Saturday - not been out since (weather crap but some gardening this afternoon) so can't make an assesment today :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Avery Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 [quote user="Frederick"]but when a small beer and a coffee is almost ( the equivelant of ) £5 now in most bars ....I think they are going to have a lean year ![/quote]A demi and a white coffee is normally about 5€ so lets say that is £5 now, last year it was £4.50, hardly bank breaking is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Streason Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 For a couple of days trip to the Dordogne, it is much cheaper to fly and hire a car. Hence fewer GB cars I would guess. For me living close to Stansted with a place in 79 I worked it out and anything less than 4 days makes it more economical for me to fly and because car hire does not increase dramaticaly its marginal between 4 to 7 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baypond Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 I have a theory that because Brits can't travel as often to France because of the EURO, we will see pretty much all the English in July and August. One other thought about GB plate cars. Having organised insurance with AXA in France on a UK plated car, the local prefecture then wrote me a letter informing me that I had about 2 weeks to get my carte gris or they would take action! I managed to get about four weeks leeway but the car is now on French plates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViVienne Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 thank crikey there will be one extra brit on Friday, it's ok we will try and spend some money from the Loire down to cognac...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitty Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Well, we are here - who needs any more?P.S. No one asks me in the winter 'how long are you here for?'. Now they do. [:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini_man Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Plenty of Brits in UK registered cars around Ribérac this last week and plenty more driving hire cars also but it's mostly owners - that's going by observation in town, at the supermarkets and amongst my clients. As for holiday makers - haven't seen many of them about (UK ones that is) and owners say bookings for the summer are not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Avery Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 "One other thought about GB plate cars. Having organised insurance with AXA in France on a UK plated car, the local prefecture then wrote me a letter informing me that I had about 2 weeks to get my carte gris or they would take action! I managed to get about four weeks leeway but the car is now on French plates"You were unlucky then, but glad to see that you got your car legal in France, there are two people near here who have been here four years and still do not have french plates although one has CT, both are SORNd in the UK and are both "insured" each year by AXA. I wonder how your prefecture got to know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG MAC Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Is it worth buying a runaround and keeping it over there or is it an adminstrative nightmare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Yes and No (if done properly) [:)]Glad to see the green shoots of a clamp down on matriculation refusenicks [:D]How did the Prefecture know; it only takes one marginally intelligent Gendarme to inquire into what that out of date round disk in the windscreen actually means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baypond Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I don't know how the prefecture got to know. The only sources that I can think of are the garage that did the CT (unlikely) and AXA themselves. I think it must have been AXA, or at least the AXA franchise in Lectoure, Gers. But it was a good thing. It pushed me to be more proactive in getting the Cert of Conformity completed so I could the tax papers and carte gris. I think all prefectures should adopt the same approach.Incedently, the car had current CT and AXA insurance. So a gendarme wouldn't have known from any information on the windscreen. AXA told me I was legal, but would need to get a carte gris to enable renewal the following year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 [quote user="Clair"]Mr Clair mentioned he had noticed many GB plated cars in St Céré (Lot) on Friday... He was surprised, as he thought the current economic climate would deter many from travelling over to the Eurozone.[/quote]Oops, they've all gone [:D]. Did not see any in St C though 2 were spotted in Leclerc car park in St Laurent-les-Tours this a.m. Perhaps the economic climate has deteriorated over the weekend.John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViVienne Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Is this a new game....spot the brit!! we sometimes play it in the supermarket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Beautiful sunny afternoon on Monday as we strolled around St Giles Croix de Vie. Loads of French there but nary a Brit car in sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Wet on Wednesday as we walked on the beach in the Vendée. No one in sight!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 [quote user="woolybanana"]Wet on Wednesday as we walked on the beach in the Vendée. No one in sight!![/quote]I know the weather's bad Oh Wooly One but have you knicked my new 900ml tub of ice cream off the packaging thread 'cos it's disappeared? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 That was quick WB. Or was it that Ron who'd run off with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Avery Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 No I just had a tablespoonful and put it back on page 3. Its now only got 922,23mls in it as we all know how precise a tablespoon full is[:$][Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG MAC Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 [quote user="Ron Avery"]No I just had a tablespoonful and put it back on page 3. Its now only got 922,23mls in it as we all know how precise a tablespoon full is[:$][Www][/quote]Sorry Mr Avery and with all due deference to your Scale manufacturing namesakes but ..was that a metric or an imperial tablespoon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnip Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Warm and sunny in Norfolk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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