primo Knauser inglês passeia-se por França e faz diário de viagem

Mr Knauser já conhecido dos leitores do Blog Newsletter, afinal tem e sem o saber, um primo, ou mais exactamente um cousin inglês, um autêntico Mr. Briton Knauser, que se passeia por mais de 60 dias...na sua AC Knaus Sun Traveller por terras de França.

Correspondendo a pedidos de leitores para não divulgar aqui só noticais francesas, aqui ficam excertos deste autor de um blog em inglês bem interessante....The Campletts on tour, a ver em:
http://clampetts.blogspot.com/
NOTA: como bons autocravanistas descomprometidos estes viajantes tanto param e pernoitam em parques de campismo, como tambem estacionam em areas de serviço de AC, ou em outrso parkings públicos...Um exemplo a seguir para quem faz autocaravanismo em liberdade !

Day 53 – Friday 29-08-08 After a wonderful night’s kip polly was as usual whistling away & me 1st cuppa of the day was soon ready to be drunk. We spent the morning cleaning the inside of the motorhome & replenishing our water supply & by 11.30 we left the campsite heading for Vers. From there we then followed the scenic route to St-Cirq-Lapopie stopping of at St-Gery to stock up on some supplies & of course have a cuppa. St-Gery was a nice little village & they have signs up saying “they try to talk & understand English”. We arrived at St-Cirq-Lapopie early afternoon & it was getting rather hot. Today the weather had reached the early nineties & it was a bit hot for walking around. We enjoyed our visit to St-Cirq-Lapopie which is a hilltop village with some great scenery. From there we took the scenic route to Cajarc & then onto Figeac. We found Figeac to be just like Cahors but bigger, we didn’t like the place...
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we headed for Boisse-Penchot Aires no: 74 page 244 (if you have the all the aires France book or sat nav co-ordinates N44º.26.420 E001º.26.468 for Google earth). The aires is in good condition with 8 well spaced parking bays. There are no views of the river from the aires but it’s only a 2 minute walk. There is a brasserie on the corner where you can get the tokens for the service point or you can get tokens at the bar / tabac, there are a few picnic tables by the river, a children’s play area & a public barbeque point.
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Day 55 – Sunday 31-08-08 Today started cloudy but dry & after me usual morning cuppa we left Albi heading for Millau. We stopped at Roquefort Sur Soulzon Aires no: 9 page 228 (if you have the all the aires France book or sat nav co-ordinates N43º.58.867 E002º.58.867 for Google earth). We stopped here because there is a tourist office by the aire & I needed a well earnt cup of tea.
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So we’re now in a place called Portes & are now parked up in the car park of a château. So what happened to the aires & where is it? Well it’s now 10.15pm & all I can think of is a nice cup of tea & then bed. The château we parked at overnight at Portes I logged the co-ordinates as Nº44.16.089 Eº004.01.559. It was very peaceful there & it has a picnic area, toilets & public barbeque. The château is open from July to the end of August & costs €4.80 per adult.
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On route we stopped at St-Colomban-des-Villards where I tried out a bit of mountain climbing. Now for someone who is scared of heights I think I must be either going mad or it’s the water I’m using for me cuppas that’s making me do these strange things. As you can see from the pictures it was tough & I didn’t use the suggested safety equipment. I don’t look that scared in the pictures but believe you me that was quite a high climb. Well it’s a start, who knows perhaps one day I’ll try a much higher climb.