Summer Hols

[Mike_5041089]

So where are you all off to this summer?

We've just booked a ferry from Plmpouth - Roscoff, an extortionate £575 return in July/August - wife's a teacher, so have to go then, we're in the process of booking a site in the Loire area direct. Prices seem keen at about 30 Euros per night inc EHU, awning etc for the two of us.

Can't wait!

How much have you got to pay?

 

[Viking1]

we are going to pembrey caravan club site in wales.

mark.

 

[chelsea1]

We are -

June -

Old Oaks Glastonbury

CC CL Launceston

Plough Lane Chippenham

July -

Back of Beyond St Leonards

Woodland Springs Dartmoor

Brynich Brecon Beacons

August - nothing booked yet!

Autumn - 2 weeks in holiday cottage on Loch Duich, Wester Ross near the Isle of Skye.

We cant wait either - new to caravanning, but our van is getting some "serious" use...we are addicted!

 

[Fouldsy]

No big summer hols but lots of small ones

June - Lose hill CC Derbyshire

July - Clumber CC Notts

Aug - Back to Clumber CC with the once every few weeks kid and her mate

Sept - Moreton in the Marsh CC

Oct - Working on it

Live the dream!!

 

[popupJohn]

No big summer hols but lots of small ones

June - Lose hill CC Derbyshire

July - Clumber CC Notts

Aug - Back to Clumber CC with the once every few weeks kid and her mate

Sept - Moreton in the Marsh CC

Oct - Working on it

Live the dream!!

This year being new to 'vanning' we intend to stick to 3 weeks at home followed by a few nights away repeated till the weather in the autumn makes us decide to hibernate for the winter

 

[AnthonyVJ]

We are:-

June Pembrey - but just for one weekend

July - Malaysia -no caravan! our eldest son is getting married in Johor Barhu -a Sikh wedding which has various ceremonies over three days!!He and Supriya his Indian bride had a wedding here last year and now it is the traditional Indian wedding this year hosted by her family.I have fear of flying unfortunately!!

August - a CL near the beach at Broad Haven called Shortlands

September - Cornwall - a Cl at Coverack and Trewethett for the last three days near Tintagel.

Helen and Anthony

 

[john_5040735]

Hi Mike

Off for 3 weeks in France (Joinville/Meurseault/Calais) in August followed by long bank holiday weekend at Thurstaston on the Wirral. Can't wait - but seems like a lifetime away at the moment,

John

 

[Wendy-Norfolk]

We're off this afternoon for two weeks in Scotland.

Grummore CC - 4 nights

Inverewe Gardens C&CC - 4 nights

Morvich CC - 3 nights

Glencoe C&CC - 3 nights.

Nothing booked for the middle bit of summer but have another three weeks holiday from 26th August, but we haven't really decided on that one. That's the beauty of caravanning, you can please yourself.

 

[LadyMaureen]

Enjoy your holidays Wendy,and hope you have a safe journey!

There is a landscape photo hanging on the wall at the back of reception ( Altnaharra ) We bought a copy and have now had it framed and hanging in pride of place in our dining room.I can then gaze at it daily !!

 

[Val & Frank]

We are:-

June Pembrey - but just for one weekend

July - Malaysia -no caravan! our eldest son is getting married in Johor Barhu -a Sikh wedding which has various ceremonies over three days!!He and Supriya his Indian bride had a wedding here last year and now it is the traditional Indian wedding this year hosted by her family.I have fear of flying unfortunately!!

August - a CL near the beach at Broad Haven called Shortlands

September - Cornwall - a Cl at Coverack and Trewethett for the last three days near Tintagel.

Helen and Anthony

Don't worry about the flying, I always work on the basis if it was risky why would the pilots do it every day for a job ??

ps If something did go wrong it would only hurt for about half a second.

enjoy JB and visit Singapore, Bintan if you have time

Val & Frank

 

[AnthonyVJ]

Don't worry about the flying, I always work on the basis if it was risky why would the pilots do it every day for a job ??

ps If something did go wrong it would only hurt for about half a second.

enjoy JB and visit Singapore, Bintan if you have time

Val & Frank

Thanks for the encouragement both! I know the phobia is stupid. Looking forward to it all though.

Helen

 

[Lord Braykewynde]

We've already been to-

St Austell, Cornwall

Slimbridge, Glos

Pembridge, Herefordshire

Keswick, Cumbria

Berwick, Northumbria

Bolton Abbey, North Yorks

Got booked-

Clumber Park, Notts

Bognor Regis, Sussex

Whitchurch, Shropshire

Got a few more to book yet though :O)

 

[GillC1]

We are off the Parc de Fierbois in the Loire Valley, the first two weeks of the school hols.

Already been to Gowerton and Brean. Need to get a few more booked.

 

[dazicki]

hi we are off to leonards cove ,stoke flemming devon in aug then otterington park,north allerton ,yorkshire for bank hol

so if anyone been to any of these id love to hear what you thought of them

 

[petercoachman]

hi do'nt have summer hols as such been to ~ chichester 2 nights potugal 30 nights spain(bennicasim)30 nights, scotland bri house bay 11 nights just going to the new forest for a week netley near southampton 10 nights and cheishire booke for 14 nights plus others as and when we feel like it an't grand regards peter

 

[AndrewWimborne]

Off to France a week on Tuesday. staying at Gorges du Chambon in charente area. Have stayed there before so no what to expect. can't weight, like a big kid.

 

[MikeA]

Hi Mike,

Like you we are stuck with School Holidays. This year it's Ghent and Koblenz and a bit of Pas de Calais on the way home. Feels a bit odd because it's the first time we have ever had a main holiday where we have been to all the places before - but friends wanted to see what we had been raving about.

Hope you have a good time,

Cheers,

Mike A

P.S. If you are stuck with school holidays you can't take advantage of the offers that ferry companies have at other times. One of the things we discovered some years ago is that for peak periods, booking via one of the good agencies - Select Sites and Caravan Club are the ones we have used - can be beneficial for ferry prices. You usually have to do a minimum of 5 nights in camp sites from their brochure but otherwise you can break out and stay where you want. They obviously get better rates from the ferry companies than can individuals and pass some of the savings on.

 

[Mike_5041089]

Hi Mike,

Like you we are stuck with School Holidays. This year it's Ghent and Koblenz and a bit of Pas de Calais on the way home. Feels a bit odd because it's the first time we have ever had a main holiday where we have been to all the places before - but friends wanted to see what we had been raving about.

Hope you have a good time,

Cheers,

Mike A

P.S. If you are stuck with school holidays you can't take advantage of the offers that ferry companies have at other times. One of the things we discovered some years ago is that for peak periods, booking via one of the good agencies - Select Sites and Caravan Club are the ones we have used - can be beneficial for ferry prices. You usually have to do a minimum of 5 nights in camp sites from their brochure but otherwise you can break out and stay where you want. They obviously get better rates from the ferry companies than can individuals and pass some of the savings on.

Mike

Thanks for the tip. Yep we did get a quote from the CC, which would have been marginally cheaper if we had booked 7 nights with them, but we did this once before when we first went to France 20 years ago and ended up in Little England - at a very nice French site - but absolutely full of Brits, complete with a takeaway which served chips with everything! As I only get 2 weeks in the summer, we both like to get away from our fellow countrymen as there's nothing worse than Brits abroad

 

[JamesFrance]

Hi Mike,

I would say that keen inland prices in France would be more like 10

euros per night. They don't have the caravan club over here but if you look in their european sites guide you will find some good suggestions at French prices. 30 euros is more for the coastal sites with discos to keep you awake all night.

 

[MikeA]

Hi Mike,

Like you we are stuck with School Holidays. This year it's Ghent and Koblenz and a bit of Pas de Calais on the way home. Feels a bit odd because it's the first time we have ever had a main holiday where we have been to all the places before - but friends wanted to see what we had been raving about.

Hope you have a good time,

Cheers,

Mike A

P.S. If you are stuck with school holidays you can't take advantage of the offers that ferry companies have at other times. One of the things we discovered some years ago is that for peak periods, booking via one of the good agencies - Select Sites and Caravan Club are the ones we have used - can be beneficial for ferry prices. You usually have to do a minimum of 5 nights in camp sites from their brochure but otherwise you can break out and stay where you want. They obviously get better rates from the ferry companies than can individuals and pass some of the savings on.

Yes, you are right, that can be a problem on the sites that get into the mainstream UK brochures. Next year I suggest you have a word with Andrew Erskine at Select Sites of Abergavenny, they have a lot of experience, particularly with the French market, and travel very widely looking at sites. Sometimes they come across very good sites that they just fail to make a commercial relationship with so they don't get into the brochures. A couple of times, when we wanted to go to an area they didn't have in the brochure Andrew was kind enough to pass on a couple of good tips.

 

[mary.ross]

As a fellow school teacher, I can sympathise, however, we have a dog who is too old to travel to France, so we stay in GB One week just outside Norwich on a CL in August, moving on to a CL at Leek in Staffordshire for a week.

Various weekends as and when we can grab them, and a weekend at a small CL nr Ripon August Bank Holiday. October half term is a bit of a nightmare, not booked anything yet, need to hurry up!

 

[dazicki]

hi probably gonna start an argument but never mind id like to say to all the people who are teachers that your not alone having to pay silly prices because you have to holiday in august most parents do too

in our kids school they dont give permision for kids to go in term time its frowned upon and maybe for good reason i dont know

so weve never had the option of going in term time.every year we have to fight for our hol because my husbands boss is a tight sod and hates people having hols because he has to get cover for them and all the employees have to go in summer hols because they have kids too. we always go peak season but just take it as we havent a choice its what fits with the school thats life

so teacher arnt the only ones who have to pay the price parents do too

sorry if i offended anyone its not meant nasty just stating my opinion

nicki

 

[Simon_5041576]

Dover Calais week Friday, then who knows. Could it be Sth of France, Switzerland, Austria, all I know definately not Germany this year. Never book, just take pot luck never had a problem even in July August. Going early this cause kids have all growd up and left. Oh the joy!!!!

Simon

 

[ThePlotter]

Was due to leave this weekend for a couple of weeks in the Dordogne and hen a week near La Palmyre but my wife today diagnosed with cancer so now cancelled but maybe with luck and a following wind if all goes well maight be able to do it back end of the season.

 

[dazicki]

the plotter sorry to hear about your wife i hope everything goes ok certainly makes you stop and think how life can change in an instant good luck im sure everyones best wishes are with you

nicki&darren