Decamping to France

[wibblywobbly]

Well as some of you already know, I am intending to up sticks and flee across the channel to Free France at the beginning of May, probably for 12 months, and maybe forever, or if I don't settle...back here inside 6 months?

It's something I just have to do, its been bugging me for many years.

I am taking the tanks with me, and I will hunt around for hobbyists while I am there, though I may sell the T34 and Bulldog to fund another project. I am definately keeping the Elmod Tiger and Stug though.

I will be at Luton next weekend, maybe only Sunday, I wouldn't miss that for the world, but I am going to miss the various gatherings this summer. (Unless I can blag a free trip over somehow???).

So, if anyone is interested in either the Bulldog or the T34, let me know, I am not after silly money for them, and will make a loss on what I have invested in them. Specs as follows:

T34
Fully stripped and rebuilt replica of the T34/85 at Cobbaton.
Painstaking paint, weathering, rust and additional accessories
RX18
Full Darkith battle system, so Tamiya compatible
Battle system permanently installed by concealing the mushroom electronics in a crate mounted on the turret roof.
Muzzle flash.
Metal gear conversion.



Bulldog
Hl Walker Bulldog
Painstaking paint, weathering, rust and additional accessories
RX18
Full Darkith battle system, so Tamiya compatible
Battle system permanently installed by concealing the mushroom electronics in the turret.
Muzzle flash.
Metal gearbox.
Metal tracks



I would rather deliver to Luton, but can post for £15.
£100 each. You could never build either for that amount, and no offers, I will keep them or Ebay them if no takers from the forum. Both will come with batteries and crystals, but no transmitter.

If I sell both the transmitter will be up for sale at £10.

Cheers

Rob G
PS - Once I have my internet hooked up I will be back on the forum, so you haven't got rid of me either!

[971wright]

Hi Sorry to hear you are going to France but I lived there for 2 years (Brionne in Normandy)and loved it.where abouts are you going to live.
Would love to buy the Bulldog but the Boss is going to America in 2 weeks and has clamied all the money for spending there.

regards pete

[wibblywobbly]

Its 10kms west of Chateaubriant, I just love France, and the French have still got what we used to have. I really appreciate that neighbourly smile, everyone says 'bonjour', and everybody is warm and friendly. The difference between the two countries is astonishing, so I am going to see if I can make a go of it.

Time will tell...

[971wright]

Hi Thats why I loved it ,teenagers who behave themselfs ,everyone shakes your hand in the bar when they arrive and leave ,also can leave the door unlocked without fear of being robbed .All you have to watchout for is cars with a Paris reg No they drive like real numbtys.


Hope you find a nice place with a big garden and maybe we could pop over and have a battle.

regards pete


Bon Voyage

[Gigantohawk]

Hi Rob,
Sad to see you leave good ol' Britain. However I can understand the allure of France, They have got everything that was taken away from us when successive Governments embraced the "American" way of life.
I'm not a fan of "City" French people, but the Provincial French are really so endearing. Their Catholic way of life ( I'm not religious by the way) is all about Family. It's all about the things that I was under pressure to give up when Sammie and Katie were little.
All the best mate, I don't think we'll see you back in England.

NIck.

[wibblywobbly]

I 'really' am going to miss the tank meets, I hope that more people attend as the club expands, as they are exceptional in the friendship and freely shared talent and expertise that happens.

Once the house is finished off (still a bit to do, and that is why I have to go down there for an extended period), I will turn my attentions to the garden. I intend to create an Oztruck style battlefield and/or RC rock crawler area so that I have something to do on those alcohol free evenings!

I may yet offer tanking weekends in the sun, with tours to WW2 sites of interest and Saumur Tank Museum (which isn't far away), or the U-Boat pens at St Nazaire (which are absolutely colossal) which are both huge tourist attractions.

Having said that, I haven't even got there yet and some English friends are harassing me to join them in business ventures, websites etc, so no idea what time I will have to anything.

I won't be far away!

Rob G

[tankmad]

Hi Rob hope it all goes well for you in France I would leave the UK in a minute but the wife is too close to her family I think its a better way of living more relaxed and a better climate for the old joints keep us up to date on the site mate good luck.
Stevie

[Steenv]

Hi Rob

Ohh man - I would like to do that. Just love the Normandie area - great food, friendly people and a lot of interesting sites to see. We are at the moment planning our summer vacation and it will proberly go to a house close to the Omaha Beach area.

cheers and Bon Voyage
Steen

[Saxondog]

Hello Rob,We spoke long ago about France and their anti-American sentiment.Your detailing these people as polite,conservative,and fine neighbors changed my outlook of the French.When you told me they respect the Americans who have died in two wars to help them know freedom again made an impact on my view of the French People.Hope all works out for you,Cheers Blake

[wibblywobbly]

Arromanche:



I was at the back of the crowd somewhere in the next one. Met loads of vets, U.S and Brits. All very modest, all said the same, it was hell on earth, but could drink anyone under the table come nightfall. Not bad for 80 year olds? Its a tradition that all vets get free accomodation and beer for the D-Day celebrations. I know one of the guys that helps organise it, his daughter made one of the speeches, and was the girl who presented the Queen with her bouquet of flowers when she attended a few years ago.

Sadly, as the years pass, inevitably, the numbers able to attend steadily falls.



Want more..D-Day + 60...if this doesn't make a grown man cry, I don't know what will.