The Pyrenees Part 7 – Is a discount still a discount if you drink it?

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    Radar
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    The article has been moved to the Travel section and can now be found by following this link….https://bikemeet.net/the-pyrenees-part-7-is-a-discount-still-a-discount-if-you-drink-it/

    #66527
    HippoDrones
    Participant

    Sounds like you all had a total ball with all the money you saved on the ivis! :-D
    Some of those buildings look fantastic.  Looking forward to your thread on the 24hr Lemans museum too.

    I hope I am able to join you all on an adventure at some point,  I totally loved my trip.

    #66528
    ses310
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    Limoges was a lovely place, didn’t really know what to expect before we turned up but it turned out to be a really nice place.

    The very odd fireworks display
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    #66529
    Champs
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    Yeah the brummie lads ended up a two brummie lads. Last I saw thumper he had took the wrong exit out of Oxford services and was headed the wrong way!

    Great trip!

    #66530
    Radar
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    Just been watching a TV programme about the famous RAF 617 Dambusters squadron. It detailed some of the 100 raids they did after the famous dams mission of May 1943. One of them was to a massive aero engine factory in Limoges…you learn something everyday….

    #66531
    imperialdata
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    Didn’t realise they had that aero engine factory. I stopped off at Limoges this August on the way to the Pyrenees too. Very nice town, highly recommend a visit if you’re going past it.

    #66532
    Radar
    Moderator

    Gnome-Rhône was a major aero engine builder for the French air force that was later used by the Germans to produce BMW engines for a variety of aircraft. It was their factory that 617 attacked

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    Bloch 152 fighter that used engines produced at Limoges

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    Messerschmitt Me232, a huge German transport aircraft that also used engines built there…nicknamed Gigant – or Giant
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