Of to France! (1 Viewer)

[Jo662]

We are heading to the tunnel this afternoon for an evening crossing.
We have nothing booked as usual,and are heading to the Bordeaux area.
I will post where we are when we get internet if anyone interested. And will
No doubt be asking for advice for where to stay and see in whatever area we
End up in.

 

[Tanya_and_Mick]

Safe travels and lots of pictures please.....

 

[Jo662]

Thank you,and yes will do

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[chaser]

We are heading to the tunnel this afternoon for an evening crossing.
We have nothing booked as usual,and are heading to the Bordeaux area.
I will post where we are when we get internet if anyone interested. And will
No doubt be asking for advice for where to stay and see in whatever area we
End up in.

Nice one , we travel to France two or three times a year, and go all over but always include Bordeaux area in the tour as Julie has friends around there from when she used to live there, many excellent Aires around there and of coarse twin lakes is down there as well

 

[Jo662]

Nice one , we travel to France two or three times a year, and go all over but always include Bordeaux area in the tour as Julie has friends around there from when she used to live there, many excellent Aires around there and of coarse twin lakes is down there as well

We visited Bordeaux last summer and loved the area,so we fancy doing a bit more of it. We always go to Provence at Easter to see friends so nice to see different parts. But as we haven't booked anywhere we could get sidetracked
We may be asking for suggestions of places to see and stay!

 

[chaser]

We always stay at blaye for at least a couple of nights , used to be free in the centre of town and large market but think they charge now, but there has been quite a few on here who have been on a vineyard come restaurant behind the citadel, supposed to be very good , free parking if you use the restaurant, number one on trip advisor for restaurants in the area, we shall try it this year.

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[chaser]

There is also a free aire in montendre near twin lakes ,, in the centre of town but there is a market there on certain days and you have to move off.

 

[chaser]

We visited Bordeaux last summer and loved the area,so we fancy doing a bit more of it. We always go to Provence at Easter to see friends so nice to see different parts. But as we haven't booked anywhere we could get sidetracked
We may be asking for suggestions of places to see and stay!

This is the one behind the citadel

http://www.voyages-grand-cru.fr/

 

[Jo662]

Thank you Chaser,there are some good ideas there,much appreciated

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[FIDGET]

We love Mortagne sur Gironde aire

 

[Jo662]

We love Mortagne sur Gironde aire
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Another good one!
Thank you

 

[chaser]

Another good one!
Thank you

Yeah another nice one but if you go , go early or it will be packed out.

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[FIDGET]

Brantome aire & town well worth a couple of days

 

[FIDGET]

if going a bit further south ,well worth a visit to the Dune de Pyla . also Gastes aire is good.

 

[Jo662]

if going a bit further south ,well worth a visit to the Dune de Pyla . also Gastes aire is good.
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Wow looks great,defo on the list!!
Thank you again!

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[Jo662]

Yeah another nice one but if you go , go early or it will be packed out.

Yes I think it will be an early start for most days when we are moving on!

 

[Fenman]

Brantome aire & town well worth a couple of days
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Super market right across the bridge and the roads on the other side every Friday. Very popular town in the summer.

 

[Jo662]

At the tunnel now. Had a good journey ,so Bon voyage until my next installment

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[FIDGET]

have a safe trip & enjoy

 

[Jo662]

After getting off the tunnel on Saturday night we headed to Montreuil aire for the first night,but the aire was full so we joined half a dozen other motorhomes on the car park next to the boule court.That used to be the old aire so thought it would be ok.We were woken up at 7.30 by cars parking round us as people arrived to play on the court.We decided to leave before we got boxed in and headed south.As it was
raining we carried on driving south/west till we arrived at the Blaye aire near the fort.We woke this morning to better weather,and after a walk round the fort we headed to
Saint Emilion and the Yelloh camp site.We got set up before heading into town for lunch on the free minibus the campsite provides.What a lovely town ,and well worth a visit.
We had a coffee on the terrace of the hotel where James Martin first trained to be a chef,before catching the minibus back to the campsite.All in all we had a lovely day,and are
now planning what to do today.

 

[chaser]

After getting off the tunnel on Saturday night we headed to Montreuil aire for the first night,but the aire was full so we joined half a dozen other motorhomes on the car park next to the boule court.That used to be the old aire so thought it would be ok.We were woken up at 7.30 by cars parking round us as people arrived to play on the court.We decided to leave before we got boxed in and headed south.As it was
raining we carried on driving south/west till we arrived at the Blaye aire near the fort.We woke this morning to better weather,and after a walk round the fort we headed to
Saint Emilion and the Yelloh camp site.We got set up before heading into town for lunch on the free minibus the campsite provides.What a lovely town ,and well worth a visit.
We had a coffee on the terrace of the hotel where James Martin first trained to be a chef,before catching the minibus back to the campsite.All in all we had a lovely day,and are
now planning what to do today.

You didn't find the vineyard/ restaurant behind the blaye citadel then, shame I am waiting for some first hand feedback on this one as we shall be heading that way in September.

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[Jo662]

You didn't find the vineyard/ restaurant behind the blaye citadel then, shame I am waiting for some first hand feedback on this one as we shall be heading that way in September.

No sorry we didn't!
We only have two weeks and want to so much!

 

[Jo662]

The second night of our franch adventure we spent at Blaye aire near the Fort.I hope the pics Im trying to post will load on this wifi signal.

 

[Jo662]

The third night we stayed in a Yelloh campsite in St.Emilion.What a beautifull place.We had lunch in the town and finished with coffee and cake at the hotel where james
martin learned how to cook as a 16 year old.

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[Jo662]

The weather for cast for the Bordeaux area was not good,so after a night on the aire at Arcachon and climbing the dune we headed to the sunshine and the Med.
We stayed on an aire in Thuir Weds night with the intention of finding a campsite near Perpignan.But every where we tried was full,so we headed to the Bay of Roses as recommended. So we are in a campsite in Sant Pere Pescado for a few days to chill.Lovely clean site with very good facilities if a bit busy to what we are used to.But it is right on a lovely sandy beach,which is what we wanted.
Today we are going to explore the area on our bikes and will let you know how we get on!