Hi Folks
Nearly time for the "off" to France for our 5 weeks break, YIPPEE!!. We're booked on the 10.00am Norfolk Line boat on 23 July, back by the same route 26 August 8.00am. Just Cary and I - leaving the dog and big kids at home this year.
This year we're taking our Bailey Senator down to the Pyrenees (new Kia Sorento towcar should avoid breakdown problems of previous years). My sister has bought a house in Salies Du Salat/Aspet area and so we are planning on extend our limited experience of the central and southern parts of France. (We've visited the East enroute to Switzerland and driven down the western side to northern Spain but the central part is new to us)
We are planning on spending some time in the Pyrenees as it's a new one to us. We may then go on to Spain, either towards Barcelona or alternatively along the north coast past Bilbao. On the return journey I am hoping to travel over the Millau Bridge and stay for a while in the Tarn Gorge area. we may leave out the Spanish part of the trip. I've been looking at the Michelin France, CC Caravan Europe and Alan Rogers France and my Tom Tom but I always feel that personal recommendations are worth their weight in gold - so I'M ASKING!!
I would be grateful for recommendations for a route from Dunkerque to Aspet, (that's south of Toulouse) and campsites enroute. We're hoping to take it reasonably slowly this year, for a change, and stop off for a couple of days, or longer, at 2 or 3 places enroute.
I have sketched in plans of stopping at Versailles and Limoges. I have sketched in an autoroute of A25 to Lille, A1 to Paris, then A!0. A71 to Toulouse. I would be PARTICULARLY GRATEFUL for advice about the BEST way around Paris - as traffic and trouble free as possible. We could go around Paris on the west or East side, we don't have to stop at Versailles. I'd be interested in non-autoroute routes too.
Campsite recommendations for the whole outward route would be greatly appreciated too. We tend to drive for a maximum of 250 miles in one day. We don't book sites as we like to set our timetable by being able to stop longer at good places. I would, also, be interested in recommendations for route and campsites for the return journey, Millau and the Tarn. We like the quieter type of sites with good views and near lakes and rivers if possible.
THANKS IN ADVANCE for all help received.
(I'm posting this message on several caravanning website- you only need to reply one!!)
Best wishes
Tim
Nearly time for the "off" to France for our 5 weeks break, YIPPEE!!. We're booked on the 10.00am Norfolk Line boat on 23 July, back by the same route 26 August 8.00am. Just Cary and I - leaving the dog and big kids at home this year.
This year we're taking our Bailey Senator down to the Pyrenees (new Kia Sorento towcar should avoid breakdown problems of previous years). My sister has bought a house in Salies Du Salat/Aspet area and so we are planning on extend our limited experience of the central and southern parts of France. (We've visited the East enroute to Switzerland and driven down the western side to northern Spain but the central part is new to us)
We are planning on spending some time in the Pyrenees as it's a new one to us. We may then go on to Spain, either towards Barcelona or alternatively along the north coast past Bilbao. On the return journey I am hoping to travel over the Millau Bridge and stay for a while in the Tarn Gorge area. we may leave out the Spanish part of the trip. I've been looking at the Michelin France, CC Caravan Europe and Alan Rogers France and my Tom Tom but I always feel that personal recommendations are worth their weight in gold - so I'M ASKING!!
I would be grateful for recommendations for a route from Dunkerque to Aspet, (that's south of Toulouse) and campsites enroute. We're hoping to take it reasonably slowly this year, for a change, and stop off for a couple of days, or longer, at 2 or 3 places enroute.
I have sketched in plans of stopping at Versailles and Limoges. I have sketched in an autoroute of A25 to Lille, A1 to Paris, then A!0. A71 to Toulouse. I would be PARTICULARLY GRATEFUL for advice about the BEST way around Paris - as traffic and trouble free as possible. We could go around Paris on the west or East side, we don't have to stop at Versailles. I'd be interested in non-autoroute routes too.
Campsite recommendations for the whole outward route would be greatly appreciated too. We tend to drive for a maximum of 250 miles in one day. We don't book sites as we like to set our timetable by being able to stop longer at good places. I would, also, be interested in recommendations for route and campsites for the return journey, Millau and the Tarn. We like the quieter type of sites with good views and near lakes and rivers if possible.
THANKS IN ADVANCE for all help received.
(I'm posting this message on several caravanning website- you only need to reply one!!)
Best wishes
Tim