Hi folks
As many of you have advised us on holidays I thought I'd let you know how we're getting on- it's too hot to do much else apart from laze in the shade.
We're having a super caravanning holiday in the French Alps.
This year for the first time we avoided the autoroutes and travelled on the excellent, low trafficed, scenic N roads and made excellent progress. We started off at Dunkerque and had a couple of nights at Chateau Gandspette. The on to Camping de Lac Liez near Langres for 3 nights. Final stretch to Camping Les Iles De Passey, we did use the autoroute for the last bit. We stayed at Les Iles for 2 weeks. It was a bit rough and ready but had lots of shade and was very cheap at 16_/nt with electricity. It has a lake with a public beach just outside the site gate and we swam and paddled there a couple of times. The lake, also, had views of the Mont Blanc range - well and truly snow capped and very photogenic. The site was about 15 miles from Chamonix and we bought a Mount Blanc Multipass (93_ for 4 non consecutive days - OUCH but we could pick the good days out of 15 days validity) which enabled us to travel on 8 cable cars, telecabines, trains, etc up Mont Blanc and the surrounding mountains.
On 13 August we moved on to Camping De Lac Bleu on Lake Annecy as we have a small Zodiac inflatable. We drove over from Passey to check out the sites first and were able to book a lakeside pitch at Lac Bleu. A bit pricier at 30_/nt but fantastic views and Zodiac is bobbing on the blue lake waters 10 metres from our awning!!
The weather on Lake Annecy has been consistently hot - 30+ so grateful for lake breezes. At Passey we had similar temperatures but a couple of days rain. Unfortunately Cary has strained her back helping lift the Zodiac outboard so she's having a restful day today. Otherwise a brilliant time. We have another week to go before a 2 day back up to Dunkerque for the ferry.
VIVE LA FRANCE! VIVE LA CARAVANNING.
PS For those of you may remember our troubled Continental motoring history both car and caravan are behaving impeccably.
Best wishes
Tim
As many of you have advised us on holidays I thought I'd let you know how we're getting on- it's too hot to do much else apart from laze in the shade.
We're having a super caravanning holiday in the French Alps.
This year for the first time we avoided the autoroutes and travelled on the excellent, low trafficed, scenic N roads and made excellent progress. We started off at Dunkerque and had a couple of nights at Chateau Gandspette. The on to Camping de Lac Liez near Langres for 3 nights. Final stretch to Camping Les Iles De Passey, we did use the autoroute for the last bit. We stayed at Les Iles for 2 weeks. It was a bit rough and ready but had lots of shade and was very cheap at 16_/nt with electricity. It has a lake with a public beach just outside the site gate and we swam and paddled there a couple of times. The lake, also, had views of the Mont Blanc range - well and truly snow capped and very photogenic. The site was about 15 miles from Chamonix and we bought a Mount Blanc Multipass (93_ for 4 non consecutive days - OUCH but we could pick the good days out of 15 days validity) which enabled us to travel on 8 cable cars, telecabines, trains, etc up Mont Blanc and the surrounding mountains.
On 13 August we moved on to Camping De Lac Bleu on Lake Annecy as we have a small Zodiac inflatable. We drove over from Passey to check out the sites first and were able to book a lakeside pitch at Lac Bleu. A bit pricier at 30_/nt but fantastic views and Zodiac is bobbing on the blue lake waters 10 metres from our awning!!
The weather on Lake Annecy has been consistently hot - 30+ so grateful for lake breezes. At Passey we had similar temperatures but a couple of days rain. Unfortunately Cary has strained her back helping lift the Zodiac outboard so she's having a restful day today. Otherwise a brilliant time. We have another week to go before a 2 day back up to Dunkerque for the ferry.
VIVE LA FRANCE! VIVE LA CARAVANNING.
PS For those of you may remember our troubled Continental motoring history both car and caravan are behaving impeccably.
Best wishes
Tim