• Dark days return

    September 22, 2024 in France ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    Getting to Pau and then Argelès-Gazost was an ordeal that we didn’t expect to repeat. Wrong. What we got:
    Google maps sending us to empty padocks or looping aimlessly looking for charging stations. 3 times.
    Charge stations several K’s from main roads, then Google maps refusing to return us to the main routes. Thrice.
    Ian had a brain fart and clipped something and flatted a front tyre. Guess what? EV doesn’t carry a spare. So we wait for a tow truck in Toulouse on a Sunday and arrange a replacement car. Happily, just the once.
    Approximately 500k took 14.5 hours. Sigh.
    With considerable relief we say goodbye to the EV car hire Spectacle de Merde.
    A small irony is that the Hertz rent-a-car graveyard has abundant charging stations.
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