At some point I will total up the fuel bills...... 
We ran on LPG nearly all of the time, except for the long run through Belgium where for some reason there are no services for about 100km, and after that we ran out on the last leg to Carpentras.
Both Discos had no issues with 36 deg C heat and pulling the big trailer in my case.
Philip had aircon, we just opened the windows on mine
France is not exactly Land Rover territory, most models we saw were Freelanders and Evoques, occasional Rangie and a couple of Defenders.
Peter
We ran on LPG nearly all of the time, except for the long run through Belgium where for some reason there are no services for about 100km, and after that we ran out on the last leg to Carpentras.
Both Discos had no issues with 36 deg C heat and pulling the big trailer in my case.
Philip had aircon, we just opened the windows on mine
France is not exactly Land Rover territory, most models we saw were Freelanders and Evoques, occasional Rangie and a couple of Defenders.
Peter
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The Fender is the biggest selling LR product in France.At some point I will total up the fuel bills......
We ran on LPG nearly all of the time, except for the long run through Belgium where for some reason there are no services for about 100km, and after that we ran out on the last leg to Carpentras.
Both Discos had no issues with 36 deg C heat and pulling the big trailer in my case.
Philip had aircon, we just opened the windows on mine
France is not exactly Land Rover territory, most models we saw were Freelanders and Evoques, occasional Rangie and a couple of Defenders.
Peter
If you ever come down the western side of France, I'd love to see that engine.
The Fender is the biggest selling LR product in France.
If you ever come down the western side of France, I'd love to see that engine.
Unfortunately we have to leave the engine behind, at 1.3 tonnes it is too much of a lump to drag around on a holiday trip, but should we hear of an engine rally over that way we will let you know if we are going.
Next year's trip already planned!
Peter
Our dashcam produces high-resolution images of 1280 X 720 from the video tracks on demand, and we saved most of the return trip files to edit after the trip and produce some shots from the trip.
Here I have reduced them to something more manageable for those on slower PC's or who have monitors which won't display that resolution without scrolling.
I've put a line or two of comment so that there is some context, and if they all seem to be of roads, that's because it is a dash cam and not hand held! I'll be posting 15 pictures in this section and will be stopping to check them as I go along.
Philip was in front in his own Discovery, we had CB communications which was a bit limited on coverage but highly useful.
Leaving Villey-Le Sec at 06.30 on Sunday morning, beautiful day in the making, most of the site is still asleep,Moselle river on the left:
On the road, we were doing a very respectable speed, but this Belgian guy with a Discovery 4 and twin-axle caravan came past us like we were going slow:
Sundays, most trucks are banned from the roads in France and elsewhere, and the services on the major roads are jam-packed with them:
Further up the road, a bit of motorway architecture. Time is on the picture, top left hand side, France was an hour difference (ahead) to the dashcam clock:
Typical motorway filling station, GPL is what they called LPG:
Coming out through the cash points, we had to borrow an LPG adaptor to get gas as they used a different one to the three we had! Passport requested as security while you used it:
Overtaking while passing an entrance slip road:
One of the many coach tours that we saw, this company was seen quite frequently:
Typical motorway (non-toll) in France/Belgium/Luxembourg, it just goes on and on....
If you wondered where all the Q8 services in the UK went to, they are all in France:
Driving through the centre of Liège, lovely city with the river running through the middle (on the left of the picture, behind the trees):
Further on through the town, the road dips into tunnels all along the banks of the river at junctions:
Another shot approaching one of the tunnels:
Going down....
Picture showing the river at the north side of the town:
Peter
Here I have reduced them to something more manageable for those on slower PC's or who have monitors which won't display that resolution without scrolling.
I've put a line or two of comment so that there is some context, and if they all seem to be of roads, that's because it is a dash cam and not hand held! I'll be posting 15 pictures in this section and will be stopping to check them as I go along.
Philip was in front in his own Discovery, we had CB communications which was a bit limited on coverage but highly useful.
Leaving Villey-Le Sec at 06.30 on Sunday morning, beautiful day in the making, most of the site is still asleep,Moselle river on the left:
On the road, we were doing a very respectable speed, but this Belgian guy with a Discovery 4 and twin-axle caravan came past us like we were going slow:
Sundays, most trucks are banned from the roads in France and elsewhere, and the services on the major roads are jam-packed with them:
Further up the road, a bit of motorway architecture. Time is on the picture, top left hand side, France was an hour difference (ahead) to the dashcam clock:
Typical motorway filling station, GPL is what they called LPG:
Coming out through the cash points, we had to borrow an LPG adaptor to get gas as they used a different one to the three we had! Passport requested as security while you used it:
Overtaking while passing an entrance slip road:
One of the many coach tours that we saw, this company was seen quite frequently:
Typical motorway (non-toll) in France/Belgium/Luxembourg, it just goes on and on....
If you wondered where all the Q8 services in the UK went to, they are all in France:
Driving through the centre of Liège, lovely city with the river running through the middle (on the left of the picture, behind the trees):
Further on through the town, the road dips into tunnels all along the banks of the river at junctions:
Another shot approaching one of the tunnels:
Going down....
Picture showing the river at the north side of the town:
Peter
