In reply to Post #30
when i went to les man the french coppers encouraged us to pull wheelies when leaving the tolls
when i went to les man the french coppers encouraged us to pull wheelies when leaving the tolls
In reply to Post #30
I can't disprove you but I can tell you what happened. We were a party of 2, a van and a car, the van got pulled. I can't say if there was a Gendarme at the entry or exit but what I can say is that when my friend protested the Gendarme asked to see his toll tickets as they are date and time stamped, he didn't protest anymore (perhaps he should have done...lol). I have been suspicious ever since and won't risk it.
Edit A quick search of Google agrees with both of us...lol...I'm still suspicious.
Contrary to a sometimes-heard myth, toll tickets machines are not used to compute a car's average speed between two points. However we have been told that sometimes French police check your toll ticket as you're leaving a toll road and from this they will be able to calculate your speed over a long distance.
I can't disprove you but I can tell you what happened. We were a party of 2, a van and a car, the van got pulled. I can't say if there was a Gendarme at the entry or exit but what I can say is that when my friend protested the Gendarme asked to see his toll tickets as they are date and time stamped, he didn't protest anymore (perhaps he should have done...lol). I have been suspicious ever since and won't risk it.
Edit A quick search of Google agrees with both of us...lol...I'm still suspicious.
Contrary to a sometimes-heard myth, toll tickets machines are not used to compute a car's average speed between two points. However we have been told that sometimes French police check your toll ticket as you're leaving a toll road and from this they will be able to calculate your speed over a long distance.
Never have I been pulled over for speeding between the tolls,they are all automatic as far as I know
Mistakes: None in over 25 years of travelling to France for fishing holidays.
Lessons: Abide by the law!
That is all.
Lessons: Abide by the law!
That is all.
Biggest mistake is thinking that French lakes are easy-ish. Some are but most are not these days. Do your research.
Take plenty of bait but use wisely and slowly at first.
Baitboats generally work against you - if you use them to drop a big pile of bait in one spot.
Remember that you are fishing for big fish so up the hooklink BS and its length.
As someone said below, you are on holiday, so enjoy.
Take plenty of bait but use wisely and slowly at first.
Baitboats generally work against you - if you use them to drop a big pile of bait in one spot.
Remember that you are fishing for big fish so up the hooklink BS and its length.
As someone said below, you are on holiday, so enjoy.
In reply to Post #35
Lessons - think outside the box I fished a rod in a rarely fished area with 2 grains of maize boom had a 70
Don't follow the herd
Lessons - think outside the box I fished a rod in a rarely fished area with 2 grains of maize boom had a 70
Don't follow the herd