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    VETS NEAR CALAIS

    Chateau du Gandspette closes 30th September.
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    VETS NEAR CALAIS

    There is a vet just down the road from the Chateau du Gandspette campsite near St Omer. I know a lot of British people use this vet.
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    Caravan Club's Red Pennant

    Another great testimonial for Red Pennant. This is the reason that I would never consider insuring with anyone else. I hope that you are well on the way to a full recovery.
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    Portsmouth to St Malo

    Portsmouth to St Malo always used to be our preferred crossing but it became quite expensive. We now prefer to go to the east side of France so tend to use the Dover/Calais crossing. We first stayed at Le P'tit Bois in 1986 when it was a nice quiet site with a decent toilet block although we...
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    supermarket carparks

    SWMBO had her front bumper damaged recently in the Lymm Baptist Church car park following a WI meeting. The drive who hit her car must have known:-(. Chips Away have done a great job with the repair.
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    Campinggaz bottles

    There is also a 901 which is smaller :-)
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    stop over on route to Metz

    Oops!! did not read your post properly :-)
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    stop over on route to Metz

    Metz has a nice municipal site by the river and it is only a short walk into the town
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    le harve camping

    I must admit that it is 5 years since we last stayed there. It's a pity that it appears to have gone downhill:-(
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    The Caravan Club 12 oclock rule

    We spent some time at the Chatsworth Caravan Club site a couple of weeks ago. Access to the site is along a fairly narrow road. Having seen how some people with large units cope (or otherwise!) you can imagine the chaos there might be if you had units leaving and arriving at the same time.
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    Lets have some fun with the budget tomorrow.

    Cut out MPs expenses, reduce MPs pay now that they have had their summer recess extended to 12 weeks, cut out all Labours spin doctors, so called ministerial advisers, etc, etc. How is that for a start but pigs might fly!!!!
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    how do i unsubscribe from Practical Caravan Magazine?

    Just send them an email and cancel your direct debit. That's what I did.
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    Gas Attack alarm

    You should have brought the instructions to the pub with me tonight as we had a German friend with us tonight:-)
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    Troyes , France

    There is a municipal site at Troyes. We have stayed at a pleasant site at Geraudot, Camping de l'Epine-aux-Moines to the east of Troyes and it is just across the road from a lake.
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    wardrobe hanging rail

    Alternate the way you place the hangers on the rail, e.g. first hook faces inwards, next hook faces outwards, etc. We have never had a problem with the hangers coming off the rail placed like this.