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2015

A six week tour towing our caravan starting on Sunday 16th August and ending on Sunday 27th September using ACSI card or Camping Cheques where possible. ( both offer off peak site discounts)

Total Mileage 1655-- (plus 567 miles touring from campsites= 2071 miles grand total)

This year we started by driving direct from Calais to Chartres. Our planned route was Chartres -Chateauroux- Beaulieu sur Dordogne, Beaulieu su Dordogne- Cahors -Cordes sur Ciel- Palau del Vidre and returning via Issoire - Nevers & Chartres before heading for Calais and home.

We reserved site at Palau del Vidre to ensure that we got our preferred pitches

2016

A six week tour towing our caravan starting on Sunday 14th August and ending on Sunday 25th September using ACSI card or Camping Cheques where possible. ( both offer off peak site discounts)

Total Mileage 1651-- (plus 592miles touring from campsites= 2243 miles grand total)

This year we started by driving direct from Calais to Chartres. Our planned route was Chartres -Chateauroux- Beaulieu sur Dordogne, Cordes sur Ciel- Palau del Vidre and returning via Issoire - Nevers & Chartres before heading for Calais and home.

We reserved sites at Beaulieu sur Dordogne and Palau del Vidre to ensure that we got our preferred pitches

2017

2012

A six week tour towing our caravan starting on Wednesday 15th August and ending on Friday 28th September avoiding toll roads and using ACSI card or

Camping Cheques where possible. ( both offer off peak site discounts)

Total Mileage 1884 -- (plus 535 miles touring from campsites= 2419miles grand total)

This year we started by driving direct from Calais to a municipal campsite at Guignicourt where we had stayed some years ago - the roads were quite as it was a public holiday ( Assumption Day ) but we decided to stick to the motorways to save time. Our planned route was Troyes-Dijon-Annecy (Alps)- Corps ( on the Route Napoleon ) -Nyons - St Enemie ( Gorge du Tarn) - Palau del Vidre and returning on the A75 Meridienne motorway across the Milau Viaduct .This is one of our favourite routes and much of the motorway runs at an altitude in excess of 800 m (2600 ft) with 50 km in excess of 1000 m (3250 ft).

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2013

A six week tour towing our caravan starting on Sunday 18th August and ending on Sunday 29th September avoiding toll roads and using ACSI card or Camping Cheques where possible. ( both offer off peak site discounts)

This year for our first campsite we returned to La Source at Petit Appeville a few miles south of Dieppe our route from there was - Chartres- Chateauroux- Beauleau sur Dordogne - Soreze - Palau del Vidre - Issoire - Nevers - Chartres -home

Total Mileage 1622 -- (plus 508 miles touring from campsites= 2131miles grand total)

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2014

A six week tour towing our caravan starting on Sunday 17th August and ending on Sunday 28th September using ACSI card or Camping Cheques where possible. ( both offer off peak site discounts)

This year we started by driving direct from Calais to Chartres. Our planned route was Chartres -Neris les Bains- Ruynes en Margaride- Meze - Villes sur Auzon - Palau del Vidre and returning via Issoire - Nevers & Chartres before heading for Calais and home.

The only site we reserved this year was At Palau del Vidre to ensure that we got our preferred pitch

we stayed longer than planned at Meze and did not go to the planned stop at Villes sur Auzon

Total Mileage 1655-- (plus 567 miles touring from campsites= 2222 miles grand total)

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2011

Duration :6 week

Basically a repeat of last year's tour with some minor changes

( missing out the stop at Petit Appeville near Dieppe and staying at Cognac le Foret en route from Beaugency to Beaulieau )

Total Mileage home to home 2287 miles -1645 miles home to home and between sites and 645 miles 'in and about'

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Calais - Chartres -Beaugency - Limoges (Cognac La Foret)- Beaulieu sur Dordogne - St AntoninNoble Val - St Paul le Fenouillet - Palau del Vidre -Les Pradeaux - Bourges- Chartres - Calais

2010

Duration : 6 weeks

An excellent tour stopping at some interesting riverside locations and near Collioure, our favourite spot on the Mediterranian. On our return trip we stopped near Limoge and visited the Maryr Village of Oradour sur Glane

Total Mileage home to home **** miles -****miles between sites and *** miles 'in and about'

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Calais -Petit Appeville ( Nr Dieppe) - Chartres -Beaugency -Beaulieu sur Dordogne - St AntoninNoble Val - St Paul le Fenouillet - Palau del Vidre -Les Pradeaux - Limoges (Cognac La Foret)- Chartres - Calais

2009

A Five and a half week ( 40 day) tour of France visiting Petit Appeville ( on the Alabaster Coast near Dieppe) and the Ile de Noirmoutier for our first time . our friends , Wally & Valerie, Near Marmonde and Palau del Vidre near our favourite resort of Collioure on the Med close to the Spanish border.

Total Mileage home to home 2637 miles -1951 miles home to home and between sites and 686 miles 'in and about'

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Calais - Petit Appeville Nr Diepe - La Trinity-Noirmoutier - St Barthelemy - Auch - Foix - Palau del Vidre - Pezenas- Buxiere Sous Montaigut- Chartres - Autignues - Calais

2008

Calais - Verdun - Strasbourg - Eguisheim - Lake Constance- Innsbruck-Sirmione (Lake Garda) - Venice - Florence - Deiva Marina - San Remo - Villeneuve-Loubet Plage (Nice ) - Antheor Plage - Malaucene - Neris Les Bains - Loches - Blangy sur Bressle - Autingues - Calais

2007

Duration 4 weeks

Total mileage 2381

Arras (Boiry Notre Dame)- Bourges - Royat - Figeac - Tarascon - Cabanasse (Mont Louis) - Palau del Vidre - Pezenas -Bourges - Blangy

2006

Calais - Blangy - Cancale - La Rochelle - St Barthelemy - Condom- Palau del Vidre- Serignan Plage - Pezenas-Chartres- Blangy- Calais

2005

Sat 1st October to Sunday 23rd October

Self Drive Car tour of California

Total mileage 1591 miles

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Heathrow - San Francisco - Santa Rosa -Lake Tahoe - Lee Vining - Yosemite - San Luis Obispo - Morro Bay - Monterey - San Francisco - Heathrow

2004

Calais - Cancale-Concarneau -La Rochelle - St Martin (Ile de Re) -La Pyla ( Arcachon) Biarritz - Mane - St Cyprian - Issoire- Villiers sur Orges- Ardres - Calais

2003

The Romantic Road ( Germany) and Italy

Total Mileage 2861 mile

Calais - Mons - Koln - Bophard - Rothenburg - Donauworth - Fussen - Bardolina (Lake Garda) - Venice - Florence - Viareggio - Finale Ligure - Villeneuve - Loubet Plage (Nice) - Corps - Dijon - Rebeques - Calais

2002

Calais - Rouen - Cancale - Nantes - La Reole (Bordeaux)- St Pere Pescador (Spain) - St Cyprian - Millau - Chaudes Aigues-Gien - Arras- Calais.

2001

Calais - Guignicourt- Strassbourg-Eguisheim--Colombier-LakeNeauchatel,Switzerland)Annecy- Grasse - Avignon- Tournon- Beaune - Troyes - Calais

1995

French Cycle Camping Tour

Mediteranean Sea to Rainham, Kent

15th July - 5th August

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1183 miles in 22 days

Narbonne - Gruissan- Rennes les Bains - Cos - Mane -Mirande - Condom - La Reole -Paullac - Il d'Oleron - Secondigny- Montsreau ( Saumur ) Celletes ( Blois ) - Secauray - Conde - Avesnes en Bray - Le Crotoy - - Calais -Home

French Cycle Camping Tour 1997

with a few nights in Youth Hostels

Friday 13th June - Thursday 26th June

Circular Cycle Tour from Beauchastel ( just South of Valence )

By car to Beauchastel - left car on campsite for tour

Beauchastel - Aubernas - Villefort - Florac - Millau - Brassac - Carcassone - Guissan - Sete - Saintes Maries de la Mer - Istres en Provence - Le Thor -Pont Saint Espirit - Beauchastel