Hello from Gloucester

lisamerlot
lisamerlot Forum Participant Posts: 1
edited April 16 in Overseas Campsites & Touring #1

Hiya everyone,

As I'm about to start the camping season again I thought to join this forum for the 2024 season.  I love the outdoors and do a lot of outdoor walking, swimming (only in summer) and love camping with friends and family and also caravan trips with our neighbours.

We are looking to go over on the ferry to France in June and drive around north France and camp.  Any tips and advice would be great and I'll pass the advice onto my neighbour too.

Happy caravanning and camping everyone smile

Lisa

Moderator Comment - As this thread is really about site suggestions for France I have moved it to the Overseas Sites and Touring section

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  • DavidKlyne
    DavidKlyne Club Member Posts: 13,856 ✭✭✭
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    edited April 4 #2

    Lisa

    Welcome to the forum. For advice on France may I suggest you have a look in the Overseas Sites and Touring section. Any specific questions can be posed there.

    David

  • Kasspa
    Kasspa Forum Participant Posts: 359
    edited April 10 #3

    Hi Lisa & welcome...

    In 2023 we stayed at the following en rte to Spain & Portugal via Portsmouth - Newhaven

    L’Aiguille Creuse,

    Residence L’Aiguille Creuse, Les Loges, Normandy, France 76790

    Aire de Camping Car Beauvoir – Mont St Michael, overnight stop for St Mont-Michael,

    Sequoia Parc, great water park & going again this August with our grandson....

    La Josephtri, Saint-Just-Luzac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France 17320

    Larrouleta, great for visiting San Sebastian via public transport

    210 Rte de Socoa, Urrugne

    No idea of your plans/timeline but have a look.....

  • MoHoSinger
    MoHoSinger Forum Participant Posts: 59
    edited April 16 #4

    Hi Lisa,

    You don't say which ferry route you might take. I have booked two ferry crossings Newhaven-Dieppe for this summer. The first is a "toe in the water" 5 days staying local to Dieppe last week in July. The seconds is a fortnight heading for Switzerland and Lake Como.

    I have not booked sites for the latter but I have booked two sites for my 5 day stay which may interest you:

    This site 3 km from Dieppe Centre gets excellent reviews:
    https://www.camping-la-source.fr/galerie/

    I then move to Le Crotoy for a couple of days. Le Crotoy has the only south facing beach on the Somme. It is about 50 miles from Dieppe.  First a glossy advertising link for Le Crotoy:

    https://www.visit-somme.com/somme-bay/le-crotoy-facing-directly-south

    Le Crotoy is equally accessible from Dieppe or Calais.

    I struggled slightly to find a site with vacancies for end of July at Le Crotoy but booked the site below as the third attempt to find one:

    You will need to scroll down to get a decent view of this one:
    https://camping-les-trois-sablieres.com

    Some of the sites at Le Crotoy are large and will be heaving with young families though that may not impact you in June. I may have fallen on my feet with this smaller site for my July stay.

    I use Newhaven-Dieppe (a) because headlines about delays at Dover scare me and (b) because it seems the cheapest crossing by far. If you are 60 or over you get a full 20% discount off the online price on the total booking but to do that you have to ring to book - +44330 587 8787  weekdays.

    Hope those suggestion might help? I have no previous experience of either site but I do know Dieppe fairly well. So if you want further info on Dieppe just ask!!

    Chris

  • eurortraveller
    eurortraveller Club Member Posts: 6,828 ✭✭✭
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    edited April 16 #5

    Lisa, If you are serious ….your easiest plan is to drive from Gloucester to Poole, take a ferry from Poole to Cherbourg, and all the things on your wish list are along the coast within just a few miles,  or even a few minutes, of your arrival there. But  are you serious or is it just a pipe dream?

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