Motorhome trip to Spain… Do we run out of diesel?

Motorhome trip to Spain… Do we run out of diesel?

Hello good morning so last night in chatra was um was peaceful night I mean obviously you can see there’s a road there that goes across the front of the air but uh it wasn’t that bad so uh today we’re going to walk over to the cathedral I think you can see it by

There and uh have a little Wonder around the town before we hit the road again continuing our journey to find the sunshine but what I can tell you is it’s not Here walking along the path into town or city city I’m assuming it’s a city um yeah the air is just behind us there’s being rather excited oh we’re just walking alongside the river it says it should be about 20 minutes to uh get into T say

Sorry excuse my poodle says it should be about 20 minutes to get into town so uh hopefully that’s right we’ll have a coffee in the sit down somewhere I think sounds like a plan yeah but as as Corin said just over there is where we parked

Up yeah there’s a nice walkway into town There’s a bridge over there’s a river y uh well repeating everything I just said did you mention the play Park I didn’t mention the play Park play park so if you got we on there’s play parks and

Lots of things to do over there yeah so uh looking forward to seeing this Cathedral it looks really um imposing over the city doesn’t it although it’s very strange as you drive up to it the cathedral is just sticking out and it looks like it’s there on its

Own with nothing else around it’s all lowrise around it so anyway almost like a new town around sort of an older part isn’t it yeah so we’ll uh see when we get there yeah which way did you reckon it is I reckon oh that way well there’s

This is people jogging in the park follow that lady all right following this lady going over the bridge We’re in the town we made the walk up the hill yeah we just hiked up the hill um from where the air is there’s a cycle path or foot path that leads all the way but once you get to the actual city um it’s very Steep and cobbly so if

You’ve got uh issues with Mobility I think you find it quite difficult yeah it’s uh quite a clim shall we say but it’s nice nice to be here now yeah so still still quite Christmasy here lovely 29th December 29th December M and it’s just gone midday cuz the bells have dinged

Yeah and uh it’s quite busy it’s yeah and it’s very pretty very very pretty you can see there’s um the cathedral just up ahead it’s a bottle of cognac there 649 where are you seeing that 3 l of cognac yeah look at that BL me that’s expensive here we

Go got some wines some very expensive wines €64 for that one that’s quite something isn’t it so big I can’t get it all in the camera look at that I do love a good Cathedral and this looks like a really good Cathedral I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to get

In though uh it’s a grand entrance is it that it’s a very grand entrance that behind it’s got windy up here now you see we had to climb up and from a distance it looked like this cathedral was completely on the flat but it’s not it’s actually raised up quite

High look at the detail and then what you got Opposite right so that’s me out uh absolutely stunning it yeah um better than a lot of the uh Italian ones it looks like they’re spending 15.6 million EUR according to the site over there to wow it’s stunning it is really if you come here um whether or not you’re interested

In getting your worship on or uh like me you just like the architecture of these buildings um this is one worth seeing it’s mindblowing in there yeah so uh if you come to chhatra make the effort to come up and see the cathedral cuz it’s beautiful are you going to make the effort

Yes well we thought we’d Seen the Last of these bad boys but uh looks like we’re still on our Christmas trip I know so what have we got in here macarons not something I’ve ever been fed on to be honest always big ones were there cakes tiny

Cakes I’m not a cake person I’m more a bread person that is big ball balls yeah Mighty ball balls Thai street food have very French oh yeah we’re at an artisan B longerie and I’m just about to hand reders some money what am I going to come out with God

Knows Ready Steady go ready steady ready has got me pocket money okay what have they got buttered crossant 130 oh yum yum would you want a chocolate no I prefer the plain ones they’ve also got over here look get some surprise me sending redders in to a bonger or a bakery with

20 means I’m not going to get much of my €20 back that’s Pippa trying to go and say hello to a rockt Vier that wants to take a head off yeah so red is in a bakery means not a lot of change but it does mean he’s

Probably going to come back with a lot of very tempting stuff so yeah uh chatra is stunning um if you are coming this way stop at the air it’s walkable into the town like I said there is a hill um so if you struggle with Mobility it might

Be difficult but see if you can find a different way in um but uh it’s well worth it it’s a beautiful city lots of lovely shops there’s the cedral which was a stunner um the scenery the buildings really really lovely so uh yeah yeah this has been a great first

Proper stop for us so what did you get uh this is a pulle crud which I think is uh chicken and salad oh lovely and I got C on the cross on oh okay and how much did that cost that was 670 so that was that was

$410 so about 390 not bad you know it’s all artisan and they were £130 so about1 20 each they’re quite small aren’t they that’s why I got you two right we could spend a lot longer here but we need to hit the road don’t we so

Should we walk and eat okay back to the van and hit the road okay so it’s goodbye to uh shart as a man we just met in the park told us sit pronounced I don’t know if that’s true or he was having fun with us but uh

Anyway thank you shart it was lovely um apparently the cathedral has a light show uh so we’ve definitely put this place on the come back to and the sun’s come out this has definitely made the places we’re going to be coming back to uh list um an IT Mar Li mil so

W towards T so we’ll see you a bit further On good morning and here we are we’re just outside tour in chatau Renault um it is a my camping car or camping car air um so it’s the one that you uh access by using the card system oop sorry I’m being a little spin around

There for you uh it’s the dog it’s the one that you check in using the card uh that you prepay it’s been great €140 this was for the night um all the services um it’s laid out with pitches I think there’s about 70 pitches here obviously electricity is included and

During the summer months it has services like toilets and showers uh there’s picnic tables there behind me you can see um just behind me here there’s tennis courts play areas for children uh I would say the only downside with this one is the motorway runs along the back

There where the trees are but we didn’t hear it but it’s one of these places that if you got a pitch you could just sit out so uh this is fantastic today’s plan we’re going to carry on and travel down to Bordeaux uh we’re going to be using some

Tall roads today so at the moment currently we spent about5 on tolls but um that’ll probably go up a little bit today but again this route that we’re doing is working out quite well uh the back roads aren’t through tiny Villages and stop start roundabout I mean there’s

A few roundabouts but it’s not too bad at all it’s quite fast a roads yes so we haven’t used one of these uh sites for quite a while mainly because we haven’t been in France for quite a while um and it seems to be that it is just France it

Covers so uh we got our card two years ago um and fortunately it still had1 19 on it so uh tonight was paid for two years ago or last night was paid for two years ago it was only us and uh I think three other Vans here last

Night um be a brilliant place to come in the summer and apparently the town is nice and it’s got its own castle which unfortunately we won’t be seeing cuz we’re in a rush and the weather is as you can see not very nice it’s a bit rainy but I do understand

We’ve definitely got better weather than there is back home uh we’ve been getting Sky news alerts all morning saying that the weather’s pretty bad up in the UK so uh good luck to you our search for Sunshine we still not found any but fingers crossed we’re getting closer

Reders is uh filling up the water bottles getting us all ready because tomorrow is New Year’s Eve and of course everything’s going to be shut and then it’s probably going to be shut on New Year’s Day as well so so we just got to make sure we’ve got

Everything we need that’s going to last us for 2 days until next year oh yeah so we’ve got to survive a year like this oh we can do it we’ve done worse we’ve done worse yeah me thing to point out all right is water taps mhm if you look

Here they’re not standard okay so just bring bring a mixture of adapters because that it’s quite a large screw thread it’s not the same size as UK it’s the larger size so you’re going to need to get yourself a kit so you can get onto the larger screw type Taps on

Site just in case yep always good to be prepared be prepared well I’m going to go in and uh strap the dogs in looks like you’re nearly ready yeah just got the bottle to do yep okay and then we’re going to hit the road so uh road to bordo

Oro let’s hope the Sun’s shining down there this is the card that you need to use these air uh you load them with money and then you swipe them as you come to the barrier the barrier goes up you get in and then you do the same

Again to leave so I’ll show you now come to a barrier like this take your card and just hold it it beeps and the barrier goes up and what that means now is our account has been charged €140 uh for our stay last night now you

Can use these sites just to come and offload use all the services and that costs so it’s the they’re very good and they tend to be very good airs in good locations so uh well worth getting one of the these you can get them actually as you come in you can actually buy

Yourself one of these or you can order them before you leave home when they will post one to you so just waiting to pay another toll using the revolute card so I can keep track this morning we’ve spent €450 so far $450 for the last one yep so we’ll

See how much this one cost we’re just gone through tour um and this is the is it the N1 this is the A10 and lead into the E5 K called into the setap oh no we’re taking a ticket we’re not we’re not paying oh we’re entering oh Force alarm

Good intent yeah see when you look at the wind oh no you don’t need to there it is up there be late there we go Right then we’ve just pulled into an air just north of bordo um made quite good progress today so uh it’s time for a CER and a sit down um what I’m going to do is uh got a couple of mince pies left that we brought from home so I’m going

To pop them in the air fryer um using the trusty power bank so uh I don’t think you’ve seen this one yet actually there we go 1500 watts runs the air fryer yeah the Journey’s been pretty good today have we found the sun yet no definitely haven’t found the sun yet

Unfortunately so uh there you go you’re resting on top of the power bank now multi-purpose so uh time to P the kettle make a brew and Chuck a couple of minced pies in the air Fryer magic like magic now where did he put Them yeah just one mince pie we do two you could do two right you good I I’ve been run of my here we are it’s 10 7 we’ve still not made it to destination um mainly because there’s been a couple of root C closures or Clos roads so we’ve had big deviations um which has been fine but we were getting

A little bit you know close to low on diesel um we are literally Flint stoning it to a garage now um which is in the town that we’re going to be staying in anyway so uh but it’s dark isn’t it it’s a little bit dark we’re on Vapors and my

Legs are pedaling as fast as I can yeah it’s got to be done there ain’t a lot left in that tank no honest any deviations what can you do hey uh it said there was uh when you press the button it said there was about

75 miles left in the tank now me I’m happy to believe that I used to run all my cars on Vapor it was fine never let me down never run out of fuel um he’s a bit more cautious than I am and uh started getting worried be prepared be

Prepared you see you’ve got one saying be prepared you got another one saying I’ll be fine not long nearly there and and uh I’m not going to put much in only because we’ll be our next stop after this is Spain and hopefully it’ll be a lot cheaper so uh probably only put

About € 3030 in here yeah yeah that’s enough to get us to Spain isn’t it enough to put some liquid not vehicles in there be fine be fine see told you we’d be fine there we go so actually not a bad price is it here 168 so that’s not bad

Oh to get the derve yeah non drivers privilege I get the gas Caren gets the derve and it’s 168 so that’s not bad we know it’s 120 something in Spain oh all right I can hear you uh yeah I’ve heard 127 127 in Spain but that’s cheap isn’t it yeah so we’ll

Just get a little bit here the these are um Self Serve pumps it saying what what’s it saying it’s saying it’s his voice on the left hand side oh I don’t I don’t you 50 yeah that’ll do yeah happy New Year it’s just gone 1:00 on New Year’s Eve and we’re currently in

Mamaan miman miman I can’t remember we’re currently in mimizan which is about 60 miles south of Bordeaux on the coast so we’ve made some good progress the sky is blue mhm the rain is coming now and again but the sun’s out and the door is

Open it was but the wind blown it shut yep and the hoodies are off for now yeah so uh it’s certainly the temperature is going up a little bit so uh things are looking a little bit brighter now but uh we just wanted to say a few things

Didn’t we well it was a few things and most importantly a big thank you to all the subscribers uh recently we’ve just had a a huge influx of subscribers so thank you very much and welcome aboard the new and the old for you continue support and all of your comments we get

Lots of comments and we do reply to all of them mhm except the naughty ones they they don’t quite make it they go on The Cutting Room floor so yeah thank you it really is appreciated and it’s amazing what you guys um you know your your guys

Support we just can’t believe how many have joined us in the last couple of days obviously uh a trip to Spain in the winter appeals to quite a few of you so um we hope you enjoy this trip coming up and to keep you going have a look

Through our back catalog because this year we’ve been to Greece Poland Denmark so uh there’s something for everyone back there so go and have a look yes plenty more to come we’re doing them on uh the days we’re doing them are are let me see if I remember Tuesdays Thursdays Sundays Sundays yes

Okay anyway we hope you all have a brilliant New Year we’ve got a shout out um a thank you in fact it’s um we had buy me a coffee didn’t we Fiona and Robert yes thank you Fiona and Robert Fiona Robert kids and dogs thank you so

So much we really really appreciate it uh and we really wish you a happy New Year guys yes Happy New Year I think what we’ll do is wind up this video uh you can see how our new year went on Tuesday Tuesday yeah you’ll see how our

New year went on Tuesday yes along with a visitor we got today who are we going to spend New Year with wait and see right well we will see you all on Tuesday hope you have a fantastic New Year and um thank you very much once

Again yeah from us all and two sleepy dogs yeah okay bye

Our winter sun motorhome trip to Spain has started and although its not all been plain sailing (quite literally) we have made good progress.
This video we arrives at Chartres and visit the town before heading off towards to border of Spain
Our what3Words are:
Chartres stop ///ordering.feathers.averts
Tours stop ///entitle.whiner.impractical
Mimizan stop ///harder.unrestricted.cheeks

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We are Corrin and Paul and we travel 9 months of the year in Europe and the UK, with our two brilliant travel hounds, Pippa Poodle and Dolly Doodle