G-J-B

Sounds idyllic, it must be very rural where you are. I can't imagine too many gendarme hiding in amongst the vines, waiting to demand your papers!

scrubbedexpat056

The government website is indeed overloaded so I have typed out a copy of the form and printed some off. I'd be happy to put it on here for others to download while waiting for the website to free up (could be along wait), but I suspect the forum doesn't allow such things. Tweedpipe's link includes a download of the form, but you have to sign in with facebook, which I don't have, and I am wary of such sites demanding access to mt data. You can always write it out.
Stay safe everyone.

cyrian

I downloaded the form without problem.
If anyone needs a copy, I can attach it (I hope) to an email for them.

Tweedpipe

Knowing my luck I'd probably be jumped upon by a gendarme pretending to be a poacher disguised as Worzel Gummidge with a black beret.

dmu

The friend I mentioned actually found this latest link

https://www.gouvernement.fr/sites/de...Na2T510C8FeQXs

which says that people can return "home" from a trip away from their domicile/residence. But I'd be inclined to fill in the form anyway.....

Tweedpipe

That's rather strange because the links I indicated in posts #3 and #10 gave free access to the file download.
I don't use or have a Facebook account, nor use any other social media services. In fact I keep my computer - a Mac - ultra secure, and whenever a site asks for a log-in to proceed further, I click on the 'not now' link. Similarly if a site requests acceptance of its cookies to provide personalised content, analyze traffic etc (as many do) I always click on the 'more information' link and then opt out of accepting those unwanted cookies and whatever other junk they propose. Never use any anti-virus or anti-malware software, and never had a problem. And as a browser extension I swear by uBlock origin - a very efficient blocker, easy on cpu and memory.

G-J-B

"Well I'll be bum-swizzled"

KJMW

I will probably be safer on my bike this morning than all the previous 20 years riding here. Very little traffic and gendarmes everywhere!! Great!!!

KJMW

Believe me Hypothermia isn't such a bad way to go, so I'm told. The worst part is getting very cold but after that, apparently, it's a nice slide into oblivion!!! I shan't be testing the theory though as I find that once very cold the body does try and make amends and it is quite painful as the blood circulates; some nice colours too; all mottled, blue, pink and red; very jolli !!!!!

Tweedpipe

So you seem to be telling us that when you come out of the water after your winter swims, you resemble a pack of Smarties.......

dmu

Yes, but if those gendarmes decide that you're not close enough to your domicile, then prepare yourself for a fine (now in force).
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KJMW

And a eunuch !!!!!!!

KJMW

Just got back from a 2 hour ride. Not a gendarme to be seen anywhere. That includes the Frontier with Spain which I pass en route!!! In any event it's a circular rout and I doubt I'm more than a few miles , in a direct line, from home. No problems; the gendarmes around here are probably more pleasant than the ones where you are!!!

dmu

To save printing out the same Attestation whenever you have to go out, and help save the planet, the French radio announced that you can write the date and tick the box in pencil, and erase where necessary for the next outing. To avoid contamination, the gendarmes usually don't touch your paper or ID. And a "copy" of the Attestation on your phone isn't valid....

KJMW

There does appear to be some confusion concerning where you can go out to exercise. My bike club inform me that you have to stay in your commune!!! I suppose that one step outside your commune and you could be fined!!!!