Recent content by Pip1

Seasons Greetings all , We are considering going to the South of France , Nice area , Can anybody recommend a site , we looked at Les Pinedes . Also is there much to do to keep us and and a 12 yr old occupied for a week or 10 days , Looking at end Aug 11 . Thanks for any tips . Rgds Pip

Thanks for the tip on A12 / A13 split . Have spent time doing the virtual journey via google map man . The A86 it is . Just hope the good old M25 behaves tomorrow night as our 2 van mini convoy heads south . Rgds Pip

Thanks all , will avoid and look at this rte , the old google map man seems to cover this area , so might take the virtual drive as a dummy run , can remember some landmarks and sign posts. cheers Pip

Just need a few pointers on towing around Paris . We need to get from Euro Disney A4 East of Paris around to Caen ,via the A13. Q Whats it like from the Junction of A4 around to the A13 exit , is it well signposted etc . We will have friends with us who have not towed in France before , so...

Thanks Val , will look at map later tonight , as you say BDS is out of the way . Rgds Pip

we are going to the 4 winds ( les quatre vents ) ,on an early 0830 shuffle , but in case we can get an earlier train as we are planning to set off from the midlands after the M25 rush say 0001 -0030 , is there a safe place to stop for a few hours before heading south , bearing in mind it will...

We to have been affected by the curtailment of the Barfleuer sailing between Cherbourg and Poole , we have however been offered a sailing from Caen - Portsmouth ( at no extra cost , save for the extra fuel we will burn to get there ) . But due to sailing times we will have to night stop at Caen...

Steve W , the aim of the original post was not to " Bash Pensioners etc " , but it seems that certain people are of the opinion that we cannot express a reservation on a rule that could be changed , and as quite a few have agreed would not affect that many . Ian in the post above says why...

Ian , I did not hear any lions . I note others comments about booking an extra night in order to guarantee your pitch for the whole day , thing is this then only removes another pitch for the night when infact it actually would have become free later in the afternoon . We have been to other CC...

Sheila , i tried the first 10 people request with the wardens , but this fell on deaf ears, on the road away from the site outfits were driven by the older generation as you say

I would be interested in others views on this rule , We have just had a " Weekend Break " at a Cotswold area CC site ( I will not name names , suffice to say that the so called weekend was in fact 42 hours , including time spent asleep say 16 hours ,so infact 26 hours on site . The reason behind...

we are planning 2010 trip to Euro Disney , can anybody recomend decent sites within say 30 mins drive of the park . Thanks in advance

Thanks for the replies , might even look at a 1.8 CMax as well .

Does anyboby tow with a new style focus tdci , and can offer any advice on its performance. The kerb weights i can find is 1400 appx and bhp being 134. Somewhere I seem to remember practical cravan actually having a red one in the magazine . thanks Pip

Hi Cheryl , we have just (saturday ) come back from a week in Tenby , Stayed at Well Park between Tenby and Saundersfoot. Site is ok and grounds well kept , facilities are a little basic but generally clean ( 1 x toliet block unheated in Tourer area and a newer one in tent feild . Play area on...