Ferry booked for first trip to France EVER !!

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I'm sure you'll enjoy your adventure :france:

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Interestingly the P&O price seemed to be in euros? 144euro flexi return which I thought was good.
 
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Great Stuff :) we're hopefully going to go this year which would be our first too, hope you have a great time :)
 
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You will love France they are "mostly" a lovely people and the country so friendly to motorhomes. (y)

ps: "mostly" = excluding Parisians and La Rochelle residents - they don't seem to be the happiest people in the world. :rolleyes:

Have a great trip :)

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MikeD said:
You will love France they are "mostly" a lovely people and the country so friendly to motorhomes. (y)

ps: "mostly" = excluding Parisians and La Rochelle residents - they don't seem to be the happiest people in the world. :rolleyes:

Have a great trip :)
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I find the French friendlier the further South you get.

A bit like the UK I suppose:D
 
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Chris said:
I find the French friendlier the further South you get.

A bit like the UK I suppose:D
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Are you trying to say - you are a little bit friendly than me :D:rolleyes:

Or I'm a bit grumpier than you :p:whistle:
 
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Great have a wonderful time :party2:

PS make sure you don't bring any unwanted passengers back with you (y)
 
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Enjoy!

One piece of advice though, aim to tour a small area. France is massive and trying to see too much at once will make it a road trip with very little relaxation!

Good luck!(y)

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Just remember you will be holidaying over Easter so shops will be shut when you least expect it and of course traffic will be busier. I suggest find a good place and hunker down for Easter weekend and travel only on foot!
 
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Theonlysue said:
Are you using the Aires?
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We certainly plan to Sue, with the odd night here and there at a site maybe as well.

Our thoughts are that we want it to be pretty low cost so we can go fairly often so aires are the way to go on the whole.
 
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Any thoughts on what you want to see and do?
 
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jaykay said:
Just booked P&O ferry from Dover to Calais for the 29th March for our first ever two weeks in France. Very excited. :)
No other plans yet, apart from running down towards Dover the day before.
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France = Motorhome Heaven
You will never want to use the van in the UK again.

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Good plan our first time I chose our first aire stop while on tunnel some I headed for some and others I stumbled across
 
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jaykay said:
Keep away from Paris, find some nice riverside village aires, relax, enjoy our first time without much stress and get used to this motorhoming lark.
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If you are looking for places to go, may I suggest turning right on arrival and heading down towards the Loire valley; I don't know what the weather will be like but the chateaus (sp?) and vine yards will provide an enjoyable source of attractions indoors and out.
 
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We did our first trip to France last year, and really enjoyed it. The roads are great, and easy to drive, and some lovely places.
We used France Passion, in between a few booked sites, which worked very well, and worth a look, if you have no plans.
 
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jaykay said:
We certainly plan to Sue, with the odd night here and there at a site maybe as well.

Our thoughts are that we want it to be pretty low cost so we can go fairly often so aires are the way to go on the whole.
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Municipal sites tend to be good value but some may still be closed when you're over there.

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Hi Jaykay,
just a thought try this website,http://www.searchforsites.co.uk/
I find it useful as you put in town /village and it will give you most aires / campsites within 20 kilometres radius, also gives map refs & description. I believe they will soon have an app.
Terry
 
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Cant go wrong with France, our first MH adventure was fantastic - it surpassed everything we thought it would be - never planned in advance just drove from one place to another and late afternoon started looking for aires or nearest campsites - woke up next morning and did the same again until we ended up in Spain - hope your adventure surpasses everything you hope for too - safe trip and stay safe but most of all ENJOY the freedom of Frances great roads and scenic spots :cool:
 
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jaykay said:
Keep away from Paris.
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Our first MH test run across the channel was Bois de Boulogne, Paris. Great. Due to getting there quicker than expected wife hit Paris at rush hour and I failed to load Paris satnav maps so she got to drive the back streets of Paris in rush hour in our first van we'd owned for 3 months.

Good restaurant ( where we demolished their best steak and litre of house red that night ), buss to nearest tube and it was a huge success.
 
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