Ideas for a Late Summer trip to France
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I'm with you brue 😆.
Great to see photos and hear reactions to sites. Really enjoying this thread.
We are away in the UK and we've had occasional glimpses or the sun 😔 good to know the weather is quite widespread. Sorry don't mean that to sound nasty 😉 but I'm completely with you about morning chills 😲😲. Yesterday breakfast in the sun too hot, didn't last long as clouded over completely by lunchtime. Bright start here but closing already chilly wind so no sitting outside for breakfast 😲
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snap (over a late brekkie, so should i add 'crackle' and 'pop'?)..
...thanks, Chas....always enjoy your posts and pics
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When we left Le Fret we took a detour up to the Pointe d'Espagnols overlooking Brest at the top of the Presque d'ile de Crozon. Lots of silver-haired ramblers passing bye, and some volk taking photos of where grandpa kept his U-boat.
Next stop was Locronan; a village once voted one of the prettiest in France. In Autumn it wasn't looking its best, nor were the bus loads of pensioners shuffling around. Nonetheless it's an attractive town boasting a cathedral, despite its size.
We stopped the night at Camping Locronan, formerly the municipal. The approach is up a steep incline to reception, parking, swimming pool and a new toilet block. The couple, who have been running the site for ten years, were very welcoming. It's a 15€ ACSI site with free wifi at reception, and use of the covered pool included. The downside is that the site is terraced with steep climbs between levels. Le Patron acknowledged that his priority task over the winter was to repair the steps between the levels. The toilet block he has built is palatial; however, there aren't enough showers, WCs or washing up places for the size of the site.
The site is only 500 metres from the village, but the site isn't very suitable for wheel-chair users or those with limited mobility. The Aire, which is at the other end of the village on level ground, might be more suitable for a day or one-night stop.
Following another of WTG’s suggestions, we’re now at Bendodet, and Camping le Poulquer. There’s only a few of us here, but the basic site facilities are open (pool closed), and we’re only a few minutes’ walk from the promenade.
The weather has been great and we’ve had some nice walks. We were last here in the ‘eighties’ with our children! Le Poulquer is an ACSI 17€ site with excellent san facs and wheel-chair access; big hedged pitches; and friendly son and dad welcome. There aren’t any nearby shops, so stock up before you arrive.
Today, however, it’s raining through the fog, and the leaves are beginning to turn – so it’s on to Beg Meil tomorrow. (7 miles). Fortunately, the forecast is good for the next few days.
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Benodet to Beg Meil is a 10 minute drive; however, we went via Carrefour supermarket which added over an hour to our journey time. Just as well we stocked up as Beg Meil is beginning its winter hibernation!
There are two other British couples on our campsite, Camping ‘Le Kervastard’, and a couple of French ‘vans. Several of the ‘cabines’ are occupied, but otherwise things are very quiet. The pitches are large and hedged and the sanfacs are modern and clean. Reception doesn’t open until 5pm at this time of year, but the friendly maintenance man/ patron let us past the barrier. It’s 17€ a night with ACSI, and wifi is 2€ a day.We’ve had sunshine and showers here and have sat outside with our ‘aperos’ until the sun went down the last couple of nights. We’ve also enjoyed walking to the harbour,
and along the coastal path.
Summer is being edged out by Autumn and the acorns and apples are falling.
We plan to move on to Concarneau on Friday or Saturday, to Camping Les Sable Blancs, for a few nights before starting back to Calais. Cath has already spotted sites that will be open on our selected route so that it’s not just a mad dash back!
Thanks N1805 for the encouragement
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Today we travelled to Concarneau via a coffee stop on the front at Mousterlin, just outside camping le Grand Large where we had a family holiday back in the eighties. We're now at camping Les Sables Blancs. It's a terraced site at the top of a steep hill, so we're not sure about mobility problems yet.
We arrived before reception opened at 4pm and so, following instructions, we picked our emplacement and got settled in. At 4pm went back to reception to be told that our pitch was already occupied! Yes, someone had gone out in their motorhome and not left a pitch marker! Turned out to be a nice person on their first trip and Cath made friends, having imparted some advice.
It's grey and damp here and the forecast isn't great but we're still enjoying our expedition. The site is still quite busy.
Down to the Centre Ville tomorrow, so hope to have some more photos.
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It’s still ‘late summer’ here in Brittany as the leaves are mostly still green and there are plenty of campers about. Camping Les Sables Blancs is filling up with motorhomers this Friday afternoon. We’ve had sunshine and a lot of showers which have made some pitches too muddy to access, but the open-air pool is still bubbling away. The restaurant closes after Saturday night.
This morning we set off for the centre of town using the footpath from the back of the site. The trail proved to be muddy and drippy and, in the end, a bit too far and a bit too hilly for Catherine. The latter section, the Allé Jean-Marie le Bris, follows a railway path
to the Port de Pêche,
where went to the Tourist Office. Great news! There’s a number 3 bus which will take you all the way back to camp (Monday to Saturday).
Fortified by this knowledge, we had to visit the Ville Close which is the fortified old-town guarding the harbour entrance.
There we also had Crepes for lunch washed down with bowls of cidre.
The sun came out so we started along the corniche which we knew would be a level, if lengthier, route home. We could catch the bus as it passed, we reasoned. However, we made it all the way back on foot, and the rain stayed off. The thunderstorm promised by ‘Accuweather’ hasn’t materialised!`
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Loving your post and photo's. Lot's of place's we have visited over the year's.
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The sun was just breaking through when we arrived at Quiberon and Camping Municipal du Goviro.
The site is a genuine municipal (33€ for two nights; free wifi, but no toilet paper; one modern toilet block with excellent facilities and two vintage; large hedged-pitches on a gently terraced slope).The entrance to the site is just a few metres from la plage and the ‘sentier côtier - the coastal footpath.
With the sun shining we went for a walk along to the Pointe de Conguel where you can see the crashing waves of Côte Sauvage on one side of the peninsula
and the calm of the Baie de Quiberon on the other.
Catherine managed a last paddle of the season.
Today, Sunday, it’s been pouring down and our walk to town has been postponed. We’re going to stay another night as the weather’s looking better for Monday.
On Tuesday we set off for Rennes for the first night-halt of our journey back to Calais.
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Quiberon site may be one for us in the future as it looks to be a good one thanks for posting it. Breaks in the weather much like the rest of Europe including the UK allowing you to get out & about to get good photos/memories. Safe travelling.
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Chas, great pictures as usual....how do you get them so large?
ive got the imageresize app which actually allows me to get a photo from an ipad onto this hopeless site, but they lose quality and are much reduced in size....
if you are using an ipad and get them as good as you do, id be i terested, but i seem to re,e,ber you use a windows machine?
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Our first overnight stop on the way to Calais was at Rennes on Tuesday night. Camping des Gayeulles has re-opened with its renovation partly completed. It’s one of those sites in the municipal sports area and which is run by the Parks Dept, who know nothing about camping and caravanning.
The approach road is deliberately narrowed by wooden posts. Resurfaced roads, partly renovated sanfacs (chemical disposal point is in the Ladies Disabled toilet block!); one adult and one child wc in the male sanfacs; and every one of the resurfaced hardstandings slopes diagonally to improve drainage – a motorhomer's nightmare!
However, the receptionists are very friendly, the wifi and toilet paper are free, but you can only arrive between 3pm and 7pm! All this for 20€ per night.
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Tonight, we’re at La Ferte Vidame at Camping les Abrias du Perche. A delightful small campsite with gravelled level pitches and free wifi, all for 13€ a night with ACSI discount.
Campsite
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Townhall, complete with 2CV-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------p.s BB, I use win7 on a laptop, Firefox, and store our photos on Flckr.p.p.sThanks for all the encouragement, everyone!0 -
Didn't I read somewhere that Flickr was being scrapped?
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Yahoo, which 'owns' Flickr, was taken over by Verizon recently- other than that it still seems to be working! To prove it, here's a photo that needs some explanation!
For the record, we're back on pitch 13 at Camping Sainte Claire , Neufchatel - along with lots of Brits and Cloggies on their way home!0 -
This is our last post on this thread, I promise! We've had a wonderful time in France and have enjoyed the late summer sunshine as well as some rain. We're learning to cope with our changed circumstances, and we're full of hope for the future. Thanks for all the nice comments, all of you.
To finish, here are some photos from Wimereux, and the last of the summer sun
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before stopping to watch the island ferries coming in;
a quick ‘selfie’,
and then a walk back to camp.
