Illegal migrant, a cautionary tale

[wildslammer22]

Wild camped in darkest Languedoc and noticed we had a stowaway or unauthorised (es)cargo if you will.

Determined bugger, still clinging on at 75mph.

Be careful out there…

 

[CamperFam]

Theres an S-Car-Go joke in there somewhere.

Did you pull into the nearest Shell garage or straight to on to the boarder?

 

[secret lemonade drinker]

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Wild camped in darkest Languedoc and noticed we had a stowaway or unauthorised (es)cargo if you will.

Determined bugger, still clinging on at 75mph.

Be careful out there…

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Little garlic butter and a cocktail stick to ook it out et voila, just a little more rubbery than squid

 

[andyinluton]

Determined bugger, still clinging on at 75mph.

If you took his shell off he would be a bit more sluggish.

 

[lohr500]

I hope once you spotted him, you drove back at a snail's pace.

 

[acer]

Phew! I was expecting a very different sort of thread

 

[wildslammer22]

Phew! I was expecting a very different sort of thread

I’m enjoying some downtime in France (despite the iffy weather) and was in the mood for some shameless clickbait!

 

[AdamsFamily]

Wild camped in darkest Languedoc and noticed we had a stowaway or unauthorised (es)cargo if you will.

Determined bugger, still clinging on at 75mph.

Be careful out there…

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Is that some sort of spotlight he's clinging on to? He looks like a full meal - or is that just the close up.

 

[wildslammer22]

Is that some sort of spotlight he's clinging on to? He looks like a full meal - or is that just the close up.

It is a ditch light and yes he was a big ‘un, probably need a whole bulb of garlic to make him edible!

 

[Vagophile]

How do you think that it effected an entry? I can't think of a direct slithering route and I didn't think that snails could jump. Maybe the cunning gastropod hid in the picnic kit?

 

[JuanVecino2023]

Theres an S-Car-Go joke in there somewhere.

Did you pull into the nearest Shell garage or straight to on to the boarder?

Beautifully quoted

 

[acer]

How do you think that it effected an entry? I can't think of a direct slithering route and I didn't think that snails could jump. Maybe the cunning gastropod hid in the picnic kit?

Yeah, can’t wait for someone to work out how it got there.
Wait!
You obviously brushed past a bush or something, causing the poor fella to suck on to any old thing he could, just for dear life.
Yes!
S’nailed it!

 

[JuanVecino2023]

Wild camped in darkest Languedoc and noticed we had a stowaway or unauthorised (es)cargo if you will.

Determined bugger, still clinging on at 75mph.

Be careful out there…

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Where are you in the Languedoc? It’s my second home.

 

[wildslammer22]

Where are you in the Languedoc? It’s my second home.

We were near Tarn Gorge and now we’ve headed up to the Mons/Olargues area - stunning walking. Just had a local sausage stew, it was just missing a fat snail to make it a perfect post hike meal… Off to find a wild camp spot now

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[JuanVecino2023]

We were near Tarn Gorge and now we’ve headed up to the Mons/Olargues area - stunning walking. Just had a local sausage stew, it was just missing a fat snail to make it a perfect post hike meal… Off to find a wild camp spot now

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Olargues is beautiful. I approve

 

[wildslammer22]

Olargues is beautiful. I approve

Campervan heaven around here for sure.

 

[kurienp]

Campervan heaven around here for sure.

Your trip is a geography revision course for me.

 

[wildslammer22]

How do you think that it effected an entry? I can't think of a direct slithering route and I didn't think that snails could jump. Maybe the cunning gastropod hid in the picnic kit?

It’s a good question, there was one also on one of my storage boxes but that was on the ground, it’s quite a climb up onto to the ditch light.

Here’s one of him clinging on to the side of it at about 45mph. Ms Wildslamm was mortified when I launched it into the undergrowth after we had parked up - I think they had bonded during the trip…

 

[wildslammer22]

Your trip is a geography revision course for me.

I feel like that every time I visit Snowdonia!

 

[wildslammer22]

Olargues is beautiful. I approve

Wild camping spots everywhere in this area. Last night parked by a river, pretty bumpy on the way down but a surprisingly flat pitch at the end of the track.

We shall be back

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[JuanVecino2023]

Wild camping spots everywhere in this area. Last night parked by a river, pretty bumpy on the way down but a surprisingly flat pitch at the end of the track.

We shall be back

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[kurienp]

Ok, three days in now. What's the status with the original illegal migrant?


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[Corradobrit]

I think they had bonded during the trip…

Did she call him Brian?

 

[wildslammer22]

Ok, three days in now. What's the status with the original illegal migrant?


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I believe he’s working as a waiter in a restaurant in Marseilles - Gastropedia

 

[secret lemonade drinker]

Did she call him Brian?

No....He's a very naughty snail!