PLEASE be aware if you visit France on holiday.

Firstly if you are on a bike (and also this also applies to push bikes) the roads under the guise of “safety” are being littered with very dangerous hidden obstructions, for example a high angled line of blocks that in the rain or at night cannot be seen, and frequently unlawful paint on the roads that is very slippery.

We are aware of many accidents and, currently, are in the process of taking our Marie to court in a small village with less than 3,000 inhabitants and the bailiff has itemised over 100 infractions.

Secondly, the so called traffic regulators (police and gendarmerie) are using kit to catch “speedsters”.

Some of the kit is being used by incompetents, the money being collected by big business.

Lies will be told and one certain ferry company has its bookings inspected, searched for “offenders”.

These said “offenders” will be stopped at the ferry port on their departure, returned to a bank to extract the exact monies for the “amende”.

Invariably you will miss the ferry.

If you have no available cash the car may be impounded from the cash point, not the ferry, until you turn up with said cash and you have to get back to the ferry!

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