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Chat Area => Omega Gallery => Topic started by: Entwood on 17 August 2008, 21:32:52
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Just 22 piccies out of the 1000 or so we took between us !!!
All cleaned up prior to packing ...
(http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/8629/01cleanedupbo1.jpg)
Hitched up and raring to go ...
(http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9757/02hitchedci1.jpg)
Made some friends on top of a mountain ...
(http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/715/03carmtaigoualez1.jpg)
Miggy In The Mountains ??
(http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9607/04carcaussenoircz8.jpg)
(http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/159/05carcaussenoirbl0.jpg)
(http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/6761/06cargorgesdelajontewa0.jpg)
(http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/7803/07cargorgesdelajontecg3.jpg)
Crossing the Bridge ..... WOW !!
(http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/629/08bridgekn5.jpg)
(http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/2626/09bridgekx1.jpg)
(http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/7324/10bridgelv7.jpg)
Trying to maintain OOF's Standards .....
(http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/924/11standardstm5.jpg)
Roads we travelled...
(http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/7433/12carcaussemejeanzw1.jpg)
(http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/5670/13cargorgesdutarnwq7.jpg)
(http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/6525/14pointsublimeri5.jpg)
(http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/2659/15carchateaudepeyreladezk2.jpg)
I believe they call these "hairpin bends" ....
(http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8094/16cargorgedeladourbieaq1.jpg)
(http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9489/17cargorgedeladourbieer2.jpg)
(http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/1029/18carmillautz6.jpg)
You don't want to mis-judge the width here ...
(http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/5690/19roadva5.jpg)
(http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/2341/20roaduz1.jpg)
I tried to take some fancy shots ....
(http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/4782/21bridgeyz3.jpg)
This one is my favourite ....
(http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/103/22bridgegz8.jpg)
Hope you weren't too bored ... :)
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fanastic photos, but on the second one down, some fool parked a burger van behind your mig! :o :D
Very nice, how long did it take to reach the Milau Bridge?
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Looks good :y
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Brilliant pictures, fantastic car :y
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Nice pics. :y :y
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fanastic photos, but on the second one down, some fool parked a burger van behind your mig! :o :D
Very nice, how long did it take to reach the Milau Bridge?
We didn't go direct, but went Caen - Limoge for a night stop, then Limoge - Millau, first day drive was 5 1/2 hours next day was just over 4 hours. The site we were on was 8 miles from Millau. :)
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Nice photos. My missus sas where did you go.
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havent seen such lovely scenery since i was a youngen when i went round europe by coach. stunning pics :y :y
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Very nice.
Looks like a drive I will have to go on.
Good work sir. :y
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Never knew they allowed Pikeys in France....
;)
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The Milau Bridge is just fantastic to drive over!!
Nice pics. Where a bouts did you go to in the end?
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We stayed in a little place called "Riviere Sur Tarn" 12 miles from Millau
:)
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Nice pictures - BTW how heavy is your van - mine is bigger in size (5 bed) but not heavy - but hits the fuel consumption hard.
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Nice pictures - BTW how heavy is your van - mine is bigger in size (5 bed) but not heavy - but hits the fuel consumption hard.
Buy a lorry then to tow it ::) ;D ;D ;D
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very nice photo :y great looking car, like that colour
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nice pics enty, thought you'd been a bit quiet lately.
How did the car perform, any petrol/lpg figures to compare? Is lpg easy to find in frogsvil?
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Sorry for the delay in responding .. but we got back from France on the Friday .. left for Zummerzet on the Monday .. returned this afternoon ... feeling a bit like a nomad right now ... :)
Nice pictures - BTW how heavy is your van - mine is bigger in size (5 bed) but not heavy - but hits the fuel consumption hard.
My van is 1600 Kg MTPLM ... consumption on petrol used to drop from 23 mpg to around 18 mpg, on LPG it drops from 19 mpg to around 13 mpg., but with the reduced price of LPG I'm still saving around 10 p /mile ... in France that dropped to 7 p/mile due to LPG being more expensive and petrol being cheaper than UK !
nice pics enty, thought you'd been a bit quiet lately.
How did the car perform, any petrol/lpg figures to compare? Is lpg easy to find in frogsvil?
I think I've already answered the first bit, as to LPG availability there is stacks of it !!! and most hypermarkets have it well cheaper than the garages !! ... the satnav listing for LPG in france can be got for free here ::
http://stations.gpl.online.fr/appli/index.php?parEtape=Accueil
It worked really well. The ONLY problem with fuel in France at hypermarkets is the access road to the cashiers office ... its usually very narrow and on a tight bend ... makes interesting work with a long 'van on the back .... :)
Hope those answers help .. :)
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Nice pics, hope you had a nice time, and no rain ::) ::) ::)
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Me and a load of mates & families quite often get a large place in France in the summer, strangely I was looking at one in Millau a couple of days ago and it then turned up in one of your pictures. Bit of a coincidence, of all the houses in France etc....
http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/rentals/millau/54833
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I keep on returning to this thread just to see your great car Entwood! :y :y :y :y What a lovely specimen of a 3.2 with splendid modifications!
Definately made up my mind now to go hunting for a late 3.2 Elite early next year when the prices should have fallen still further. Bad news for current owners :'( but good news for potential buyers like me! ;D ;)
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My van is 1600 Kg MTPLM ... consumption on petrol used to drop from 23 mpg to around 18 mpg, on LPG it drops from 19 mpg to around 13 mpg., but with the reduced price of LPG I'm still saving around 10 p /mile ... in France that dropped to 7 p/mile due to LPG being more expensive and petrol being cheaper than UK !
I was getting anywhere from 12 to 18 while towing on LPG last holiday.
Used more than normal - mine was loaded to about 1200kg at a guess.
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Great pictures Nigel.
I showed SWMBO/Annette this one :-(http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/103/22bridgegz8.jpg)
Great picture she said .... just a pity an Omega was in front of the bridge!!!!!!!!!!! :o :o ::) :y :y :y
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that millau bridge is some piece of enginerring ,1st time i drove over it was surrounded by cloud and it was chucking down with rain had 24 tonnes of bananas in trailer going to barcelona ,dont ask why it was a good paying job . but one things for sure it beats the old road going up to rodez ,well worth the toll to go over it.
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Lovely pics, great trip with the mig
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I did a trip to the South of france in 2008 with a mate of mine,
we did it via switzerland and italy along this route
http://bit.ly/lt3wv9
Was the best trip i've ever done.
All in about 7 days there and back.
Lots of driving, but some of the best roads in the world.
Including the grand St Bernard pass which joins Switzerland and Italy, and then a detour from Cuneo in italy, via a little place called Sospel (part of the WRC stages) where this road is (http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/8052/sospel007jw6.jpg), to Nice in France.
Can recommend a little coastal Village called Six-Fours Sur La Plage.
Wonderful place.
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fanastic photos, but on the second one down, some fool parked a burger van behind your mig! :o :D
Very nice, how long did it take to reach the Milau Bridge?
Nice 8-) :y 8-)
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i like the body kit what the name of it mate
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Love the Millau bridge, that's where I'm taking my Elite and kevin, the caravan
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i like the body kit what the name of it mate
It's proper Irmscher, & you'll be very lucky &/or patient if you want the same. ;) ;)
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Some cracking Pics .... just a shame they drive on the wrong side of the road over there ;) ;D