French campsites full in June.
Bonjour!
We're 'vanning in France at the moment, and the site we're on is now full, (Camping la Chapelette, at St Martin de Crau.) We were intending to move to Camping Monplaisir at St Remy on Thursday, have just phoned them, and they're full too. It isn't a problem
for us, we're flexible and will just move on to a less popular area, but we've never come across this situation in June before. Any other C.T. members having "problems" finding a site?
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If you want to stay in that area you could try Les Romarins at Maussanne les Alpilles.
Or La Pesquie between Eygalieres and St Remy if you are happy to accept an unassuming, informal site in an orchard.
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Its possible that with the terrible weather in France in recent weeks that many people have migrated further south filling sites where previously you would find space at this time of year? Don't think you would have any trouble further north
David
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Erm.......... A little football competition taking place at the moment?
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If you want to stay in that area you could try Les Romarins at Maussanne les Alpilles.
Or La Pesquie between Eygalieres and St Remy if you are happy to accept an unassuming, informal site in an orchard.
Thanks, Eurotraveller, much appreciated. We phoned a couple of sites last night that had limited spaces. Neither would hold a pitch until Thursday for us, which is fair enough, can't expect anyone to turn away campers arriving today. But they did suggest
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Erm.......... A little football competition taking place at the moment?
Yes, I'm sure the tournament has had an impact. Not so much with fans staying in the campsites here in the Camargue, too far from the venues. But many campers who aren't interested in the football seem to be giving the areas where the matches are being played
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Not had a problem ourselves, we're at La Grande Motte, so not far away from you, Pliers. However, having spoken to several people on various sites, the picture was that people stayed put in the south due to fuel problems and flooding further north. This
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Not had a problem ourselves, we're at La Grande Motte, so not far away from you, Pliers. However, having spoken to several people on various sites, the picture was that people stayed put in the south due to fuel problems and flooding further north. This
site is not full and hasn't been during the last week.Why mention a fuel problem as a cause when that has been resolved now?
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Not had a problem ourselves, we're at La Grande Motte, so not far away from you, Pliers. However, having spoken to several people on various sites, the picture was that people stayed put in the south due to fuel problems and flooding further north. This site is not full and hasn't been during the last week.
Why mention a fuel problem as a cause when that has been resolved now?
It WAS a cause as it was mentioned by a number of people we spoke to, who said that they had stayed put in the south as fuel was much less of a problem there than further north.
I only reported what was said to me over the past few weeks.
Why shouldn't I mention it???
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Not had a problem ourselves, we're at La Grande Motte, so not far away from you, Pliers. However, having spoken to several people on various sites, the picture was that people stayed put in the south due to fuel problems and flooding further north. This site is not full and hasn't been during the last week.
Why mention a fuel problem as a cause when that has been resolved now?
It WAS a cause as it was mentioned by a number of people we spoke to, who said that they had stayed put in the south as fuel was much less of a problem there than further north.
I only reported what was said to me over the past few weeks.
Why shouldn't I mention it???
Yes, the fuel strike is now over, but it was a perfectly valid subject for InaD to mention as a reason why people had chosen to head south. There is no doubt that during the fuel strike, that in the south there was no real problems with filling up, so any caravanners who kept an eye on the news would head to an area where fuel was available. The south!
When they got there, they found it wasn't raining, the weather was much warmer,the sun was out, and so sites filled up with people avoiding both the weather and fuel problems. Just because a problem has ended doesn't mean it wasn't a reason for sites to fill up in the first place!
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Whilst the fuel problems have been over for some weeks there is still quite a large number of people seeking reassurance that it is over. I suspect it's when the holiday is getting near that such questions are asked by people who don't spend their time on
forums. I think the thread about fuel in France in this section has provide a wonderful resource to members provided by members.David
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Well we were certainly one of those who stayed in the South because of the fuel strikes and the bad weather. Both of the threads on CT were helpful to us, which is why we posted on them once we did return to France, its what CT is very good at.
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Landed Caen on Thursday 23rd with a full tank. Rain absolutely pouring down until near Rouen, but no fuel problems, we never let our tank below half full. Now in the Luberon, 36deg and solid sunshine. Seems to be plenty of room on our site at Camping Indigo,
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We came over on 6th June spent the 1st week at St George in Normandy, weather glorious not many routers a few seasonal. The following week near Fougeres in Brittany again very quiet site. A week at St Anne d'Auray no more than about 6 other outfits. Arrived
at Saint Martin near Saumur just reopened on Saturday after clenup after being flooded. Only about 10 outfits at the moment. Loire is still quite high but starting to drop0
