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Good afternoon! Looking for some advice for a trip I have planned for May 19’. We have an apartment in Murcia and having driven it none stop 3-4 times (so the dog could come) I decided to build a camper as there are so many nice places I’d liked to have stopped. With the main objective to...

I did ( a while back) have a few people ask about some notes about how we did this and finally below is a link to this. IMPORTANT - our knowledge is from obtaining a visa using a French citizen to provide a certificate of lodging, but I have included some links to information that might help if...

Hi all, Just back from our 1st trip through France and loved it. Myself, other half and our two kids travelled down through Brittany, Dordogne and into Pyreenees over two weeks. Great fun. Watched the Tour De France on the Tourmalet Stage - amazing! However on our return we were booked onto...

Anyone know if I need to observe lower speed limits in France in my T32 like I do in the UK (dual carriageways etc)? Thanks

Hi all, does anybody know if you can have an awning attached to your van on the camping de mon village sites in France (part of 'camping-car park' network). I know you can't have tents on the camping-car parks but camping de mon village appear to be ex municipal sites, TIA ...Hugh

Actually La Poole currently but day one of being lost in France! Started off yesterday by travelling down to the sister in law's in Bournemouth ready for an early start. Glad we did as we hadn't even made it to Oxford from Northampton before the drivers side solar panel decided to let go after...

Hi We are driving from Italy to Chamonix tomorrow, if we took the St Barnard pass route over into Switzerland then into France, do we need to buy a vignette? Iv been looking on google maps and can’t work out if we drive on any roads that require one? We aren’t in a rush so hoping to avoid the...

Guys do they have silver van recovery in France does anyone know?? Cheers

Just a few little wobbles as there's less than a month now to our France trip:geek: and thinking here do I get one of those two pin Schuko type plug to blue 16A euro skt adaptor leads or is it likely that as it's 2024 the hookups there will all be the 16A blue type anyway? I'm bothered less...

Anyone off to Normandy in June for the D-Day 80th anniversary? Anyone know any decent child friendly sites or recommendations? I've booked the ferry but hoping to just play it by ear and find places to stay on the fly... or am I being too optimistic? I'm expecting to see the Ferry swarming with...

Going to France for the first time in probably 20yrs and never in a campervan so wondering how everyone else goes on with autoroute tolls, paying for fuel and food etc ie. cash or card? Got our Crit sticker and all sites booked but would be good to have a bit of an heads up to see what has...

Hi all - considering a couple of weeks away in Sept - I prefer lakes/ rivers to the coast for swimming and paddle boarding - any advice/ bad experiences with mossies at this time of year please? I tend to get eaten alive if they're about!

So we decided this past Saturday that we're heading to France on Saturday (19/08) and it feels like the van has typically decided to rebel against the idea. First drive after I booked the ferry the tyre pressure light came on and it seems we MAY have a slow puncture and today the side window has...

Have a 66 plate SE spec Caravelle with air con. My question is does the air con not get through to the rear vents in the back? Is the seperate rear heater not connected to the air con in the cab ? Kids have been moaning there is no air in the back

So train is now booked for our second French road trip this June following the HUGE success of last year's adventure. This time we'd like to head down to the Dordogne. Will have two weeks to get down and back up to Calais. Looking for help and advice on the following; * Recommendations on...

Does anyone have a recommendation for a campsite on Île de Ré

Hello everyone, We are after your campsite recommendations in Normandy and Brittany for our French 2023 summer road trip, in late July and August. We are looking for recommendations for an overnight stop in Normandy half way between Calais and the Quimper area of Brittany. We are going to...

Howdy all, any recomendations for great sites on the French Riviera? Our first time abroad - we're going and of July into mid August from Northumberland, UK!? Checked out a few but it's difficult to tell..... be great to get a few recommendations! Pitch 3 coquillages Vendres Plage at the...

We have recently returned from a 2.5 week trip around France in our camper van and I thought it might be usual for others if I gave an overview of our holiday and where we stayed etc. Our adventure began at Dover where we used the ferry to Calais. It was the Friday that it all went wrong in...

Drive to Eurotunnel traffic reports working fine, soon as I hit France it has TMC with a line through it. Anybody know why?