Don Madge
Deceased RIP
Arrived back Thursday after a "Working holiday" in Burgundy and Centre.
We stayed on a different aire every night and only paid once and that was at Amboise. A gated entry to the aire cost was €10.00 for 24 hours that included electricity and services. The aire was grass and would be a major problem in the wet, it was bad in places when we visited and it had not rained for a week.
We had no problems getting fuel but I did notice that in a few places people were panic buying. We paid about €1.13 per litre in the hypermarkets and paid €1.22 at Zeebrugge (Belgium) before getting the ferry to Hull.
I was also very surprised at the lack of LPG outlets. In years gone by many garages sold the product but now it seems restricted to the motorway service areas, some hypermarkets plus a few Total garages we came across on our travels.
Super "U" have defiantly gone up market since the last time we were in the area. The new stores we used were very good according to the boss.
It is many years since we toured the area and I was surprised at the number of height barriers on car parks in some of the more popular areas. It is not at all surprising as the number of motorhomes has increased considerably over the years.
For those thinking of visiting France and using the aires here are a few pics of the latest type of Borne (service point).
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This borne was credit card only
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This borne was credit card only
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This borne was tokens (jetons) usually states on the borne were tokens are availble from.
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This is another system where tokens are available from one machine (credit cards only) for use in the other two bornes.
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This is an aire that charges and payment is by credit card only
Safe travelling.
Don
We stayed on a different aire every night and only paid once and that was at Amboise. A gated entry to the aire cost was €10.00 for 24 hours that included electricity and services. The aire was grass and would be a major problem in the wet, it was bad in places when we visited and it had not rained for a week.
We had no problems getting fuel but I did notice that in a few places people were panic buying. We paid about €1.13 per litre in the hypermarkets and paid €1.22 at Zeebrugge (Belgium) before getting the ferry to Hull.
I was also very surprised at the lack of LPG outlets. In years gone by many garages sold the product but now it seems restricted to the motorway service areas, some hypermarkets plus a few Total garages we came across on our travels.
Super "U" have defiantly gone up market since the last time we were in the area. The new stores we used were very good according to the boss.
It is many years since we toured the area and I was surprised at the number of height barriers on car parks in some of the more popular areas. It is not at all surprising as the number of motorhomes has increased considerably over the years.
For those thinking of visiting France and using the aires here are a few pics of the latest type of Borne (service point).
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This borne was credit card only
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This borne was credit card only
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This borne was tokens (jetons) usually states on the borne were tokens are availble from.
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This is another system where tokens are available from one machine (credit cards only) for use in the other two bornes.
Link Removed
This is an aire that charges and payment is by credit card only
Safe travelling.
Don