There is no law to say that you have to park in motorway service areas, you can come off route, and park near a town/city/village and have a wonder around, like in the Uk there will be industrial estates to park in.
You may have to pay to use the loo at the services, on the motorway type roads, with the voucher for the loo, you get money off for a drink or a snack, the loos are very clean, and guarded by cleaners.
Habay truck stop is a very good one, good showers, excelllent food, the last time i was there, they served a mix of roast meats on a 2 foot long skewer.
They have a drivers menu, or fixed price, and ask for a loyalty card to get money off.
On the subject of habay, does anyone know if its open Sundays■■?
Thinking of heading there tomorrow from Amsterdam.
Open Sundays, as they have the hotel there, and a good passing trade of local families and farmers having meals there.
chilistrucker:
On the subject of habay, does anyone know if its open Sundays■■?
Thinking of heading there tomorrow from Amsterdam.
Habay has always been open on Sundays.
They shut at about 10pm local though, so don’t get there late.
Truck centre-les Coeuvins.6720,Habay la Neuve.
tel- 063 42 28 28.
Breathalyser Kits were a French thing, it’s been dropped. You don’t need them now.
Wrong, you have to carry 2 in the vehicle, the only difference to the previous legislation is there is no fine now for not having them in the vehicle.
Thanks gents, I’ll be there for my dinner then!
Do Habay still have those ‘phonebox’ showers? It was a skill getting showered and dressed in one of those!
|Don’t forget your letters of assetation for the days you have your card out of the truck.ie weekend breaks.Covering you for four weeks i think it is.
kindle530:
Do Habay still have those ‘phonebox’ showers? It was a skill getting showered and dressed in one of those!
i thought it was me and got a bit of a complex.
There is/was one of them Alex, that is twice the size of all the others, i allways asked for that one (cant remember the number) they thought i was weird asking for a specific shower room!
Nah, those phonebox showers have gone now.
They were murder. If you dropped your soap, you had to open the door and stick yer arse out, to be able to reach the floor. Otherwise your head was jammed against one side, your arse against the other side and you still couldn’t reach your soap 
I think that was shower 6 or 7 Kindle, the proper shower cubical beside the toilets. The other 5 or 6 were those little phonebox things in a separate shower room.
Everyone asked for that one by it’s number. You were not alone, or considered weird
dieseldave:
AlexWignall:
It would be nice if someone with a computer could post the Vignette symbol so the OP knows what to look for…That sounds like a good idea Alex, so here we go…
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Here’s a link to the official Eurovignette website:
Thank you Dave,
A driver explained the symbol to me the first time I went to Belgium. Nice of you to help me pass on the favour.
W
martinviking:
Speak Flemish, if you can’t,speak English very loudly & very slowly , they won’t understand you but at least you will be making an effort !
This Is the reason why most ‘Foreigners’ think that English people are a bit slow &/or deaf, & yes they’ll understand more than they let on…
When talking to any Flemish or Dutch women, you’ll need to ask " Ik wil je kont neuken" , stand back & then wait for a reaction… Just kidding,defo do not ask that…
Geoffo:
martinviking:
Speak Flemish, if you can’t,speak English very loudly & very slowly , they won’t understand you but at least you will be making an effort !This Is the reason why most ‘Foreigners’ think that English people are a bit slow &/or deaf, & yes they’ll understand more than they let on…
When talking to any Flemish or Dutch women, you’ll need to ask " Ik wil je kont neuken" , stand back & then wait for a reaction… Just kidding,defo do not ask that…
Geoffo, sound like you want to blow up her genitalia
pierrot 14:
Geoffo:
martinviking:
Speak Flemish, if you can’t,speak English very loudly & very slowly , they won’t understand you but at least you will be making an effort !This Is the reason why most ‘Foreigners’ think that English people are a bit slow &/or deaf, & yes they’ll understand more than they let on…
When talking to any Flemish or Dutch women, you’ll need to ask " Ik wil je kont neuken" , stand back & then wait for a reaction… Just kidding,defo do not ask that…
Geoffo, sound like you want to blow up her genitalia
The word ‘Neuken’ doesn’t translate very well… It has nothing to do with blowing thing’s up, unlike the English term ‘to nuke something’…
Geoffo:
When talking to any Flemish or Dutch women, you’ll need to ask " Ik wil je kont neuken"
Hahahaha, good luck with that, or even try
‘… neuken in de keuken’
W
Take it slow and easy , enjoy and you will learn the people will help you, and the police if you have a problem, do not worry . My first trip was to Rotterdam with a container late 70s i still have the id card. Since then i ,ve covered most of Europe except the Baltic states and Greece. But i do know a Greek word and 1 day so will you and you can then use it Here
AlexWignall:
Geoffo:
When talking to any Flemish or Dutch women, you’ll need to ask " Ik wil je kont neuken"Hahahaha, good luck with that, or even try
‘… neuken in de keuken’
W
Ja zeker… 
Or you could try ’ Ik wil POEPEN !!’
Geoffo:
Ja zeker…Or you could try ’ Ik wil POEPEN !!’
Haha, the lads always told us not to call Tanken Slangen (a tankers flexible discharge hoses) ‘Pipes’ too
I wonder why…? Hehehe
W