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FR17 - Veterinarian Surgery!

Vets in France! It seemed much easier for the FR16 trip.  The vets in Abbeville had a website and an email address.  I made an appointment by email and we turned up at the allotted time and it was all very easy. Even though the Dordogne region must be home to thousands upon thousands of ex-pat British, locating a veterinary surgery that can dose Reggie with the worming pill designed to kill the usual tapeworms and a few that Europe keeps to itself, is proving plus difficile. As they say over there. I put a note on Tripadvisor and also an email to the tourist board and the results seem to have led me to MC-Vet in Sarlat itself.  An email and we have a dialogue to book Reggie in there towards the end of the week we are there. Sarlat is only 7 miles from the campsite. There is a particular tapeworm that we don't have in the UK, and that they have in Europe that we need to kill before it comes over to us. So the rules are that the treatment needs to be administered and t

FR17 - 95 days to go

Well that was easy.  Very easy in fact.  The final balance paid on the Dordogne week online on Eurocamp's website. Whether Reggie comes with us or not we are now paid up.  We had to pay for him as an extra to the normal rental so that they can clean the place. I'd expect that they would be efficient with their cleaning anyway and as they are "dog friendly" they would have certain units that would be let for dogs and others that were for humans only. Although having camped early and late season with Eurocamp and Canvas Holidays in the past, but in large frame tents rather than mobile homes, I have to say that the human visitors aren't all working to the same standards of cleanliness and decency as me.  Some of the damage to fabric of the tents looked to be ignorance rather than just accidental. I have ordered the Tesco vouchers to cover the cost of the Eurotunnel crossing.  As usual we'll have to pay cash for Reggie to have his passport checked. Bu