L-R Discovery 3 + AlKo hitch: clearance?

Yes thanks Valda, all is in hand.

The caravan is already parked at the new house having been towed there with the British Jeep. We have the CoC and everything necessary for the carte gris application... apart from the dreaded speed limit stickers... so there will be no urgency to engage the attention of the préfecture.

The requirement for individual registration for trailers over 500kgs MGW is the reason I won't be taking my trusty old trailer laden with "things that mustn't go in the lorry". There was no such thing as type approval for trailers let alone CoCs when it was built so it would never qualify for its own plate.

J

Where are you moving to, Pings?  

We have a house in the Aude, (Hautes Corbieres) and spend about half the year in France - either at the house or away in our caravan, which is stored on a campsite in the Ardeche region.  We pick it up from storage and go off wherever........... and whenever (sometimes at just a few hours notice to say 'we'd like to pick up the caravan at 4.00 pm).

Hope the move goes well.

Thanks ValDa, we're hoping the logistical nightmare will deliver a blissful waking!

Sounds idyllic, I once knew a little of the Perpignan coast and the marina at Port Argelès although I believe it's developed a great deal since I last saw it. Lovely sunshine, lovely breeze, lovely grapes!

We're heading for the Western extreme of the Limousin, where the 'cold' Creuse hillocks meet Allier. There's plenty of room to keep the caravan at home so excursions can be almost on impulse, rather like your own.

Well, we will be heading there eventually, so long as we don't receive too much more good (but time consuming) advice from the Notaire...

See you in the mountains!

J.