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I think we need a Plan B for the next rainy season.

In all the aires in all the countries!

Err, sort of. My girlfriend has installed a chain of hanging bells. I don't notice them any more.

Many thanks for your comment. My videos are pretty personal, with all that entails. Sometimes we get up to exciting stuff and sometimes we don't. Happy New Year to you too!

I feel pretty fortunate to live the life I do and being able to do the things I do. Not all of them can be grippingly exciting. Sometimes it's just a case of driving from A to B. Having said that, travelling through France is a privilege as it's so varied. In the weather we experienced, it wasn't shown off to the best advantage.

It actually took less than an hour for the leaves to fall. It's the third year in a row it's happened, so it must be "normal". The pumps are there to push the water through the reeds and plants to be purified and have the nitrogen extracted so algae can't grow. When it's cold, the algae doesn't grow (or is very slow to grow) and the reeds are almost dormant, so their roots aren't working very hard anyway. Happy Christmas to you and yours as well!

Merci Jacques!

You're right, thank you. The day after I filmed this, we found some at the local market. In French they're called kaki. They're rather nice! And thank you for your kind comment.

The Hymer will have to go, unfortunately. It hasn't found a new home yet, but will be going back to England in the next few weeks and I'll sell it there.

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Most 2CVs are like that nowadays, but they still keep going.

Thank you. I'm still enjoying driving her almost every day.

Thanks for your comments. There are more than 2,000 members of 2CVGB, the club I'm part of, as well as many thousands in France as you can see.

I have another Citroën Dyane in England, plus a Citroën 2CV van there. I also own a Citroën C5, as well as a Citroën Pössl camper and a Citroën-based Hymer that's for sale!

Thank you. In more than 40 years and tens of thousands of miles driving Dyanes and 2CVs, I've never known of a burst oil filter. Hopefully it's a one-off!

Rest assured, if I ever earn any money from these videos, a mic will be the first thing I buy with the money.

Thank you. As you'll see in later videos, it's being used a lot.

Many thanks. I don't think I'll be doing any more shots when I'm driving, so hopefully you'll be able to hear me in future videos.

They're full of NOS parts.

Thank you. It was lovely to go away, but great to come home.

Yes. 99 per cent the same, but the ending was missed off on the previous one.

It was a lovely trouble-free drive and felt a lot shorter than the 12 hours it turned out to be. I think, though, with the trouble with the sound, I probably won't be doing much more filming through the windscreen.

It's a Dyane - a close relative of the 2CV.

@@JacqueslemacFrance A little sister with identical mechanics which was to succeed the 2CV... but in the end the big sister lived much longer! Years of production: 2CV 1948 - 1990, Dyane 1967 - 1983. The brave girl was supposed to close the gap between the 2CV and the DS but without investing money - mission impossible. The Dyane is more efficient and better laid out than the 2CV - notably thanks to the tailgate. But unfortunately for her she did not have the power of the myth and the seduction of the curves of the 2CV.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll do some investigation. I don't know what my GoPro's wireless capabilities are, but I do know that while it's in its mount, it's not possible to plug anything in to it.

I've experimented, but not come up with a satisfactory solution yet. The parcel shelf of a Hymer is huge and to have the camera near enough for me to be able to turn it on and off means I either have a lot of sky or a lot of parcel shelf, with the windscreen wiper in the middle of the shot. Suggestions to solve this gratefully received!

They were original fitment for Citroën's Ami Super and were fitted later to the Méhari Azur and Méhari Plage. They're purely for aesthetics and I've had them on all my A-series Citroëns since the 1980s.

There was a little work needed on the toeboard, but that's not atypical. Even different bodyshells deteriorate in different places.

The chassis did mostly rust much faster as bodyshells, especially on the last 2cvs which were manufactured in Portugal: i had a brand new 1990 2cv , and only 6 years later did the chassis bend because internaly rusted, but the body was still correct.I did store this car long years and finaly buy a new chassis and launch a full restoration, inclusive engine who was upgraded to 652cc with nicasil cylinders from VG (35hp) and a gearbox from a Dyane who allow a top speed of ~130km/h...

Yes, I certainly would. Will knows his stuff.

A little air is being drawn in at the base of the carb, so I need to fit a new gasket.