Post by snobbyafghan on Oct 16, 2008 11:48:34 GMT
Inspired by Wendy's post, I've collected some pics from our trip which finished last Sunday.
Setting off from Dover in mid-September, we went via Calais to Mereuil sur Ay in the Champagne region and stayed on the Aire which is in the town square on the canal - very pretty. From there we went south to Baume-les-Dames and then on to Annecy. Here the sun came out but it was very cold at night or when a cloud flitted across. Four nights on site and then we decided to head south for more warmth. After a trip-breaking stop near Crest we pressed on to a name which we picked more or less at random from the map: Aigues-Mortes.
This turned out to be a charming, walled town on a canal and within a few miles of the sea. After a couple of nights in the Aire we moved to a site near Port Camargue. They were charging 11€ per night with electricity and, although it was a huge site of about 2000 pitches, it was virtually empty. We settled down there for 10 days of cycling, swimming in the sea and lazing. The on to Trebes near Carcassonne. Trebes was a nice little town (if you ignored the outskirts) with a canal-side Aire but Carcassone was a disappointment.
By now it was time to start heading back which we did via Vierzon and Cleres, just north of Rouen.
We didn't use toll roads much on this trip so we saw a lot of France that we would normally whizz past. A great holiday and we are now planning a Paris-only visit ASAP.
Pics:
s61.photobucket.com/albums/h69/CannonOlympus01/France%2008/?albumview=slideshow
Doug
Setting off from Dover in mid-September, we went via Calais to Mereuil sur Ay in the Champagne region and stayed on the Aire which is in the town square on the canal - very pretty. From there we went south to Baume-les-Dames and then on to Annecy. Here the sun came out but it was very cold at night or when a cloud flitted across. Four nights on site and then we decided to head south for more warmth. After a trip-breaking stop near Crest we pressed on to a name which we picked more or less at random from the map: Aigues-Mortes.
This turned out to be a charming, walled town on a canal and within a few miles of the sea. After a couple of nights in the Aire we moved to a site near Port Camargue. They were charging 11€ per night with electricity and, although it was a huge site of about 2000 pitches, it was virtually empty. We settled down there for 10 days of cycling, swimming in the sea and lazing. The on to Trebes near Carcassonne. Trebes was a nice little town (if you ignored the outskirts) with a canal-side Aire but Carcassone was a disappointment.
By now it was time to start heading back which we did via Vierzon and Cleres, just north of Rouen.
We didn't use toll roads much on this trip so we saw a lot of France that we would normally whizz past. A great holiday and we are now planning a Paris-only visit ASAP.
Pics:
s61.photobucket.com/albums/h69/CannonOlympus01/France%2008/?albumview=slideshow
Doug
But look forward to seeing them.
