Recommendation for somewhere to stop overnight no Calais (France Passion) (1 Viewer)

[Lot lover]

We wanted to stop close to Calais but not too close so we stayed at Leubringhen (FP 2016 page 353)

Pros
Only 20 mins from Chunnel registration
Leave A16 at jct 36 and you pass an Intermarche, handy for diesel etc
Only 10km from A16, no stupidly narrow country roads to get to farm
No charge for parking
The farm produces own ice-cream (fabulous) but no hard sell
Mme is very helpful and speaks English
Probably too far from the jungle to suffer any probs

Cons
It is a dairy farm so, until you become nose blind (quite quickly), has an all-pervading odour of cow merde
The cows are noisy sleepers
Milking starts at 0600
Mme wants to practice her English not your French
The ice cream is fabulous and seriously more-ish

Overall once you have paid yr annual sub it is free and there is very little that you can get that is free these days.

 

[Robert Clark]

We wanted to stop close to Calais but not too close so we stayed at Leubringhen (FP 2016 page 353)

Pros
Only 20 mins from Chunnel registration
Leave A16 at jct 36 and you pass an Intermarche, handy for diesel etc
Only 10km from A16, no stupidly narrow country roads to get to farm
No charge for parking
The farm produces own ice-cream (fabulous) but no hard sell
Mme is very helpful and speaks English
Probably too far from the jungle to suffer any probs

Cons
It is a dairy farm so, until you become nose blind (quite quickly), has an all-pervading odour of cow merde
The cows are noisy sleepers
Milking starts at 0600
Mme wants to practice her English not your French
The ice cream is fabulous and seriously more-ish

Overall once you have paid yr annual sub it is free and there is very little that you can get that is free these days.

We stayed at a great France Passion last week en route to Calais - a Champagne producer. Had a great tasting session and treated ourselves to a couple of bottles. Great value too!

 

[chaser]

We have joined fp for the last four years, and have been on the farm one, and never had any complaints about any of them, but must confess we aren't in it this year, we are so used to Aires now it seems too much trouble rooting them out, and can be dear if you partake in their wares, but that is no way knocking them we have been on some gems, and was thinking we might try one or two this trip without actually joined up , but now we have got this far on just Aires and of course twin lakes, don't think we will.

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[Minxy]

When we came over in August we stayed at Wimereux, large car park just behind the hotels/houses near the beach, nice and quiet and free, no services though but didn't need them. Will definitely use it again in preference to Wissant which gets packed.