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Post by anglais on Oct 14, 2022 0:23:22 GMT
Rural France is like a 3rd world country when it comes to Power and Telecoms distribution. After 17 years here we just accept the shocking state of the infrastructure. It is usual to see Telegraph poles down and cables tied to trees and fences along the road. Our Telegraph Pole was decommissioned a week ago and the Electrical guys have been on strike since. Our road has been closed off since but we just ignore the road signs and get on with it. The cables and junction boxes for the phones and lighting are still on the road and open to the elements. Luckily it has stayed dry and Igor hasn't been frazzled, yet.
Yesterday on the way to St Affrique the road to Ladrech on the outskirts of Coupiac was in a similar situation to our road. The cables are across the road but are propped up with a long forked branch in the centre of the road like what you do with a clothes line. It was just possible to get around the "prop" and under the cable.
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Post by Su on Oct 14, 2022 8:16:08 GMT
Sounds very quirky!
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Post by will on Oct 14, 2022 11:44:12 GMT
Bloody hell! It's a good job that the French take no notice of authority, otherwise nothing would ever get done.
We've got a similar problem down here with loads of ROAD CLOSED signs being erected, in towns and in the countryside. Of course, most Brits will obey these signs and end up using loads more fuel following diversions. It took me 45 minutes to get to Newton Abbot (just over 6 miles) the other day, and some of the roads I was able to use are going to be closed next week. It's mental.
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Post by anglais on Oct 15, 2022 11:46:22 GMT
Bloody hell! It's a good job that the French take no notice of authority, otherwise nothing would ever get done. We've got a similar problem down here with loads of ROAD CLOSED signs being erected, in towns and in the countryside. Of course, most Brits will obey these signs and end up using loads more fuel following diversions. It took me 45 minutes to get to Newton Abbot (just over 6 miles) the other day, and some of the roads I was able to use are going to be closed next week. It's mental. That sounds ridiculous. We are used to road closures, mainly due to the mountain roads subsiding. When we went to St Affrique the other day the road between Montclar and Faveyrolles has developed a large crack and it will not be too long before it disappears down the valley and into the River Rance. And we never go out without the Tom Tom. It has got us out of trouble umpteen times. There has been movement on our pole, the strike must be off. Yesterday morning the Fibre Optic guys came, lifted all the drain covers pulled all the cables that they laid about 4 weeks ago and pulled all new ones through. Then they blocked both ends of our road with trucks and put another new telegraph pole at the top of our road in Paulet. They then re-attached all the cables to our old pole, put the covers back on the junctions boxes and attached them back to the pole with orange gaffer tape. Its a miracle that we never lost the phone lines and the street lighting. And Igor his winkle. Then they buggered off again leaving the big pile of soil on the road outside our garage from when they put the pole in 10 days ago. Who knows when they will return. Cowboys the lot of 'em. |
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