First time to Francais in a MH Forums

sailor

I guess everyone has their own preferences.

We always plan it a bit, to the extent that we know which broad areas we want to concentrate on. And then we travel as quickly as we reasonably can between them - if you are on a limited time for the holiday I think this is the best way. Those that have unlimited time can potter all the way! (I envy them!)

If you are travelling on motorways - in my view fine for when you are between chosen areas - 250 miles, maybe even 300, is fine in my view. On the motorways you can average 50+, so 300 miles is six hours driving, say 8 hours allowing for stops.

But within areas often we might only travel 15 miles in a day!

So last year our first fast leg got us to Chamonix in two days, but then for a couple of weeks we did no more than about 50 miles per day, through Provence, until we travelled back to the loire as fast as poss before spending a couple of days there. It was splendid!

But its really what suits you best, you will enjoy it however you do it.

Jeff O

silversurfa

Forget the driving for 150-250 miles a day. make for Brittany and Atlantic coast. stay in places for days then! say move within a 50 mile range stop and stay. this driving for hundreds of miles is a man thing. your visiting France ? not showing off the M/H

DABurleigh

"I may have to admit to being mistaken"

That may be the case, but as a fellow bloke, please don't. We have to do what we can to keep up the illusion of infallibility.

Dave

Zebedee

pippin

You could have been almost right because I vaguely remember there being a requirement to display a notice that you were actually carrying a first aid kit.

Or maybe there wasn't!

pneumatician

I think you will have got the general gist of the advice by now. The idea of being in a Motorhome is that you can set your own objectives then keep changing them as you go along.

We have been travelling to France for about 25 years most of those Hotel hopping and riding a motorbike. This year will be our sixth year in the truck.
General modem operandi is the same look where the weather is then head in that general direction. Usually Italy in May. Then we decide which way through Germany, Switzerland or France doesn't have to be a direct route.

Distances travelled have varied from 30 to 450 miles, the longer was when we got the weather wrong it was lousy, wet and cold, so I just kept going. I reckon we usually do about 150 miles per day we like to be at the next site just after lunch. Time to do a recce and decide do we stay or move on tomorrow.
It is quite normal for us to plan an overnight and find we like the site and fellow campers so much we have still been there a week later.

The only sites we book are either side of the Channel for going out and returning. They can get busy at all times of the year especially UK side.

We are off for 8 weeks in May perhaps we may see you.

Have a good time
Steve

Alfa_Scud

Thanks again, nice to know that most people don't plan, other than a general area to head towards.

It's OK Rapidorob, we ain't going to go without having a few weekend out in the van here! Looking at our first weekend in a fortnight, been looking at Keswick. Just joined the C&CC & fancied their site on the lake but it shows as being booked & you can only have 3 nights! - What's the flaming point of that if you want to go for a weekend?? I thought weekends were two nights!

Anyways, back to topic, has a glance through the 10 year old Michelin 1cm:2Km France atlas last night, & provisionally thought, Reims, Epernay, Auxerre, Dijon/Beaune/Nuits-St-Georges, then play by ear, see what happens, & of course what the weather does!!
Like you say Steve, may see you there - we'll be the Brits with no idea - Oh hang on a minute, I bet there'll be a good few hundred of us like that!

Just another quick question, & I had a bit of a look on other threads, but general consensus, with two of us, no kids, cooking / barby'ing, assuming weather is reasonable & shower is used, say half of the time, are 2x6kg propane sufficient for 2 weeks?

Many Thanks again

DABurleigh

"assuming weather is reasonable ......are 2x6kg propane sufficient for 2 weeks?"

Yes.

pneumatician

Sounds Good.

Never stayed camping in Rheims but have Hotelled interesting especially when you think the "Gothic" Cathedral is a replica replacement for the one wrecked during the war, as apposed for the concrete monstrosities we produce.

Auxerre very interesting old quarter with Cathedral, boats etc. Minicipal Campsite by the sports area is OK for a couple of nights. Clean and cheap, showers remove the top layer of skin so ensure cleanliness Smile

. Easy walk into the city.

Epernay Champagne country interesting again we hotelled here.

Enjoy
Steve

asprn