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Oh no - poor Syd needing a vets visit in the middle of his holiday!🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her0 -
He has to go if he is coming home with us 😃EssexHebridean said:Oh no - poor Syd needing a vets visit in the middle of his holiday!1 -
ahh - it's for the permit to travel back into the UK is it - thank goodness, I thought he'd managed to get himself into some mischief or something!🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her0 -
No. Just the worming tablet to come back into the UK.EssexHebridean said:ahh - it's for the permit to travel back into the UK is it - thank goodness, I thought he'd managed to get himself into some mischief or something!
It turned out to be a very simple process. The vet and receptionist were lovely and Syd didn't even know he had been too a vets. He was spoiled with a tablet hidden in nice French cheese 🤣🤣🤣1 -
One happy dog then 😂😂😂January spends - £587.581
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We had a longer day's driving yesterday and a last food and fuel stop. So it wasn't helpful when the three aires at our supposed destination were all full.Found another half an hour down the road on a nature reserve at La Molliere, which didn't seem great value at €10 when compared to some others we had stayed on. Still it was somewhere quiet and safe to spend the night.
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Just finished reading your updates, looks like you’ve had a brilliant time in France, pleased for you. IIRC first trip to the continent in the van too?France is such a beautiful country, somewhere I would certainly like to explore more of one day.0
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It is our first visit to the EU with the van and with the dog.alt80 said:Just finished reading your updates, looks like you’ve had a brilliant time in France, pleased for you. IIRC first trip to the continent in the van too?France is such a beautiful country, somewhere I would certainly like to explore more of one day.
It certainly won't be our last. It is such easy motorhoming. Far simpler than the UK and much much cheaper.
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Our last night in France tonight and a free aire by the seaside at Wissant to finish off with.
Only a short 15 minute drive to Calais in the morning to catch our train.
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What a pretty place. I'm glad you had such a brilliant trip.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)1
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