Autumn Adventures by Motorhome '23 : Part 8 - Arcachon to another French gem, Rocamadour
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- A very warm welcome once again to our channel. Thankyou to our new and existing subscribers and fasten your seatbelts for our Autumn Adventure, it's great to have you along !! :)
We're off again and this trip will take you to Atlantic coastlines, stunning French towns and villages, the beauty of the French Alps and everything in between!
In Part 8 we travelled East, about 170 miles, to the incredible settlement of Rocamadour. We found Rocamadour on a cycling holiday in the mid 1980's and hadn't been back since. Rocamadour has an enormous amount of ancient history and is seemingly carved out of the rock face in this beautiful area of France.
We stayed at Camping Koawa Les Cigales which once again offers great value for money for a very well equipped site and a lovely pool complex that was very welcome in the mid 30's temperature when we were there in October 2023.
We are on a mission to avoid toll roads for this trip - the routes give you a chance to see a lot more of France and some of their lovely towns and villages :))
This series of films follows our 2023 6 week trip to France in our A Class 2021 Mobilvetta K-Yacht 79 Teknoline, towing a small trailer on which we now have 'Peggy', a 2023 Lexmoto Pegasus 300cc scooter :)
Camping Koawa Les Cigales is here:
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Some information about Rocamadour is here:
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What a smashing place to visit?
It certainly is Colman 😍 Thanks for watching ☀️🚌
Love Rocamadour! Visited there a few times and never tire of it.
I agree - even better than our first visit all those years ago 😍🚌
Another brilliant place on your tour. Great video as usual, thanks for taking us on your trip
Many thanks indeed for that Steve, good to have you along. Such a 'wow' place !! :)
The zigzag path traces the Stations of the Cross which memorialises the Passion of Jesus Christ. In the Catholic faith this progress is a prayer and consideration ceremony. I took my 80-year Dad up that path years ago and he struggled up it. Now I’m in my 70’s I can now understand why!
Hi guys that’s a great memory and thanks for the background too 😁
70 is the new 40 😁☀️🚌
Wow what a place, another one for my list, my list is getting very long after watching your videos
It is a great one for the list Retro - many thanks for that 😍☀️🚌
Bob & Nicky, another superb movie, some stunning drone footage and a great walk around Rocamador. We’re now googling the ‘histoire’ and got it firmly on the bucket list. The camp site looks wonderful out of season. Thanks so much for more sunshine on a wet Feb day in the Lake District!
Thank you so much for your very kind words Peter which are much appreciated and it is well worth the addition to your list! Almost as good as the Lake District 😊☀️
@@motorhomingadventures Sunshine would get boring if we had it all the time😄
@@petermccall6880 True that !! :))
Great video guys , brings back some lovely memories of our visit there a couple of years ago. Maybe we’ll go back in 30 yrs ? 😂
It’s a beautiful place indeed - never say never 😍☀️☀️🚌
Could you do a video of you reverse in the trailer and your motorhome in your camping space I’ve not seen anyone video this it could be quite good many things colin. How is the transverse scooters trailer going?
All great with the trailer Colin and yes sounds like something I can add re site manoeuvres 😁
So easy to use the trailer 😁🚌☀️
@@motorhomingadventures thank you looking forward to it so much ive never towed before
First rule when you get it is go to an empty car park or wide open space and practice, practice, practice where no one is in the way!!! The key thing when reversing is to watch that the trailer doesn't come into contact with the rear corner of the van - a bit like a 'jack-knife' for a truck.
If you haven't got a good rear camera then windows open, so you can hear them, and have someone at the rear to keep an eye - in your line of sight at all times in mirrors - on those vulnerable spots at the rear off and nearside to stop that contact I describe when reversing.
It won't touch the rear of the van when going forwards on full lock but can do when going in reverse as the physics are different!!
Small inputs on steering, both ways, and just get the feel for how the trailer responds - hopefully you've got a rear camera :)
Above all take your time and don't be rushed by anyone!!!
Car parks are better, when they are empty, as you can use their lines as practice camp pitches without the trees and anything else on a real pitch!! :))
Failing all that the trailer is that light and stable, even with a scooter, that you can disconnect and manoeuvre it manually - remembering it hasn't any brakes of it's own !!!!!
You really will get the hang of it quickly Colin and will be threading it through a needle in no time :))
I'll see if I can sort out a 'How To Reverse' film - probably useful for the channel Colin :)) Good suggestion.
@@motorhomingadventures many thanks