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[Welshmandownunder]

Now I understand! We graduated from camping under canvas to our Chausson 610 Welcome earlier this year and having spent around 6 weeks touring France we are complete converts and love the whole new focus in our lives.

We loved staying in Aires on the edge of rivers, getting the oligatory hot bread from the village, market days, long lunches and meeting loads of great friends in this mobile community. Of course, the relative comfort of the van and ability to wake up and to follow the sun was great. No wet tent to take down, no packing everything away, no dreading the next stop knowing you had an hour or so to put it all up again took a while to get used to. We now 'get it'! The hardest job was stopping the wine bottles rattling around in the fridge...got that solved as well - pad it out with more bottles!

We cant wait for our next trip, Spain and Portugal in Feb/March. Any recommendations of camp sites would be well received. We look forward to crossing paths!

 

[Just smiffy]

And

 

[Baldeagle7470]

Hi and a big from a resident of France and Portugal.
Like your style.
All the help you need here,anything and everything,enjoy.

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[Madeinengland]

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[Al-Di]

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[The Dudess]

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[davidbaldam]

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[Rob and Val]

and a warm welcome from us.

 

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Hi and Welcome........

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[Carol]

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[Welshmandownunder]

Hi and a big from a resident of France and Portugal.
Like your style.
All the help you need here,anything and everything,enjoy.

Hi Guys
Thanks for your reply...love to live in France/Portugal but will have to put up with a few weeks or months from time to time!
In your travels have you found any campsites (Aires on the way down would be great) you would recommend? We are thinking about taking the ferry to Santander in Feb and then making our way south to either Portugal or south coast to lie around for a week or two in warmer weather....are the sites likely to be busy at that time of year (ie do we need to book etc)
Any help would be appreciated!

cheers Nick

 

[WynandJean]

Hello and welcome from West Midlands.



Wyn

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[hilldweller]

We graduated from camping under canvas to our Chausson 610 Welcome earlier this year and having spent around 6 weeks touring France we are complete converts

We cant wait for our next trip, Spain and Portugal in Feb/March. Any recommendations of camp sites would be well received. We look forward to crossing paths!

From freezing cold sheet losing the battle against the elements to luxury accommodation I can unstand you liking the change.

You'll see on here many FUNsters head towards Benidorm in those months because of the better climate then move towards Portugal March/April. Just based on weather.

 

[Bull]

Sounds brilliant

 

[Ann&MikeMancs]

Welcome from Ann & Mike in Manchester

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[Hollyberry]

Lots of campsites down through France will be closed from now on to next Spring. Aires remain open but often the water is turned off in case pipes freeze.
But all is not lost! You can stop anywhere in France as long as you're not blocking an entrance or there's a specific no parking sign. There's usually a tap available at a cemetery! If all else fails, ask at the Mairie--- if a service is switched off in an Aire, the Maire often has the power to get it turned back on for you.
Enjoy your future travels.

 

[scousebird]