{"id":25024,"date":"2016-11-19T15:21:12","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T15:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=25024"},"modified":"2021-06-14T16:42:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T15:42:39","slug":"thankful-in-canterbury-next-stop-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/thankful-in-canterbury-next-stop-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Thankful in Canterbury, Next Stop France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zagan the motorhome is enjoying the hospitality of a, wait for it, British motorhome aire! Good old Canterbury have provided a dedicated motorhome parking area and services at a Park and Ride into the city, for all of \u00a33 (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=loc:51.26144,1.10025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">N51.26144, E1.10025<\/a>). That even includes the bus, but we&#8217;ve had a fairly frenetic day (for us) so we&#8217;re just chilling in the van, finishing unpacking.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;Photo of the aire to follow &#8211; Storm Angus has just started and it&#8217;s lashing it down! Here&#8217;s a picture of my clothes instead as I tried to work out what I&#8217;d need to wear for an entire year.&gt;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25034\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25034\" class=\"wp-image-25034 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161117_174331242-1024x576-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"My clothes for a year on the road. Remembered my pants this time - I'm learning...\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161117_174331242-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161117_174331242-1024x576-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161117_174331242-1024x576-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My clothes for a year on the road. Remembered my pants this time &#8211; I&#8217;m learning&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_25056\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25056\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25056\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161120_072320589-1024x537-1024x537.jpg\" alt=\"Motorhome aire Canterbury\" width=\"620\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161120_072320589-1024x537.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161120_072320589-1024x537-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161120_072320589-1024x537-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canterbury Aire after the storm<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The last few days have been the emotional challenge we expected them to be. We like our small home in the UK. We like the village feel of the town we live in, and the sense of community it provides. We like being close to friends and family. We like fish and chips, and being in the pub. &nbsp;If we hadn&#8217;t a health insurance restriction, which only allowed us 21 days in the UK, and a rendezvous planned with fellow Hymer dwellers, we&#8217;d have stayed longer. Saying goodbye to folks, in the knowledge we&#8217;d not see them until late into 2017 involves a serious deployment of the Stiff Upper Lip. Now we&#8217;re on the open road though, with months of responsibility-less travelling laid out ahead, we&#8217;re felling pretty damn good.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25036\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25036\" class=\"wp-image-25036 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161119_112346489_TOP-1024x594-1024x594.jpg\" alt=\"Another motorhome tour of Europe starts and yes, we are happy as muppets!\" width=\"620\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161119_112346489_TOP-1024x594.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161119_112346489_TOP-1024x594-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161119_112346489_TOP-1024x594-768x446.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another motorhome tour of Europe starts and yes, we are happy as muppets!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Just as we were finishing loading the van up outside the house, I had a brief conversation with a neighbour in which he pointed out we &#8216;don&#8217;t have a bad life&#8217;. I heard this as &#8216;you two have an unbelievably awesome life!&#8217; I wouldn&#8217;t disagree! As well as having the great fortune to have truly wonderful&nbsp;parents, who among other things taught us the value of money, we have two other people who played a huge role in getting us where we are: the younger&nbsp;versions of us two. It will sound weird, but I&#8217;m incredibly grateful to the previous&nbsp;versions of us two, who resisted the urge to spend, worked hard, took appropriate risk, and eventually handed us this sweet life.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25041\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25041\" class=\"wp-image-25041 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/jandjuinsquare-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Bordeaux France\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/jandjuinsquare-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/jandjuinsquare-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/jandjuinsquare-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/jandjuinsquare-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/jandjuinsquare-70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/jandjuinsquare.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Earlier versions of us, enjoying a budget break in Bordeaux, who paid in advance for our years of wandering. Thanks guys!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While I&#8217;m on the subject of thanks, check this out. On our way home blog-reader Richard of Newark dropped us a line offering us a couple of free bikes. &#8216;In payment for getting me through the winter&#8217; was his wonderful way of describing it. We nipped to his place today and picked them up, and if we were 25 years younger we&#8217;d say we were stoked man! They&#8217;re BSA bikes, literally as old as we are, and in better shape. They&#8217;re of the sit up and beg style, which we both admired about the Dutch bikes: comfortable and usable. The rubber brake pads, broad seats and flat pedals remind me of bikes I had as a kid, and give me a warm feeling just to look at them. Richard: you&#8217;re a hero fella, happy travels.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25035\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25035\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25035\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161119_125622835-1024x576-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Fellow Hymer-rider Richard gifting us a couple of classic bikes - the generosity of my fellow man never ceases to surprise me\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161119_125622835-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161119_125622835-1024x576-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161119_125622835-1024x576-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fellow Hymer-rider Richard gifting us a couple of classic bikes &#8211; the generosity of my fellow man never ceases to surprise me<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Our mates Phil and Jules are heading off in a week or so. We met them near <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/two-ponts-a-gorge-just-your-normal-wednesday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pont du Gard<\/a> some years back, shortly after which I got rather drunk trying to drain an entire 5 litre stash of vin en vrac (wine which vineyards sell in your own container). We had a riot. They had a hammock in their glambulance! They&#8217;ve since upgraded to a Hymer, a Mercedes-based one no less, which Phil assures me beats Fiat in motorhome top trumps. Well, we&#8217;re all off to the Sahara, so we might just get to test that theory Phil!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25037\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25037\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25037\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161119_102127379-1024x576-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas in a Box. And a Sock. Packed up ready for celebrating somewhere on the Med\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161119_102127379-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161119_102127379-1024x576-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161119_102127379-1024x576-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christmas in a Box. And a Sock. Packed up ready for celebrating somewhere on the Med<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Right-o, time for a brew. Short drive to Folkestone tomorrow for our virgin ride on the Chunnel, then we hit La France. Actual destination: unknown. Yeah baby.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers, Jay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zagan the motorhome is enjoying the hospitality of a, wait for it, British motorhome aire! Good old Canterbury have provided a dedicated motorhome parking area and services at a Park and Ride into the city, for all of \u00a33 (N51.26144, E1.10025). 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