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Quote: Originally posted by Bramston on 06/3/2014

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The year they had freezer trucks in Paris as elderly Parisians were succumbing to the heat while their relatives were all away on holiday I was hike camping in SW France.
My boots became personal saunas and I blistered badly. One night it was so hot I had to open the front and rear doors of the tent and flysheet and slept in speedos on top of my sleeping bag.
The previous night I had limped into the campsite with mild dehydration. I had run out of water in the coastal pine forests and had just had to keep going.
I broke a pole putting up the tent (but had an emergency repair sleeve), through the evening I imagined some of the campers around me were speaking English (I later discovered they were all French), feeling secure I didn't ask for help. During the night I had to go to the toilet, in my confused state I couldn't find my tent on the way back.
Next morning back in the toilet block there were 2 English brothers wearing speedos. A German started talking to them, pointing closely to moles on their bodies, I hung around but simply didn't have the strength to tell him to leave them alone.
I like hot weather and wearing speedos but now know it can be dangerous.

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Quote: Originally posted by Bramston on 06/3/2014

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Time you camped in France Landrover boy

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