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Quote: Originally posted by mickeyfinagin on 06/7/2011

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using Eurostar is great

 I was worried the first time I took my crusader(pathfinder) on the train, thought it would be a tight squeeze, how wrong was I, they load/off load you on the side of the carridge, but there is loads of room.

We were loaded on with the lorries & buses.

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You definitely won't be on Eurostar! That would be tight with a car yet alone trailer ;)

Eurotunnel info useful though as have been on it with car but no trailer yet

Quote: Originally posted by sunshinetours on 07/7/2011

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Don't forget Tesco clubcard rewards can be used on Eurotunnel and you pay the same as if paying cash unlike many of the rewards, so you get true 3x value

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  ha ha, ok then euro tunnel   oops!!!!!!!!!!!

Make sure you book early though, Booked my aug 2011 trip at the end of last year (using Tesco vouchers)  trip booked then was £224 for car with roof bars and bikes,+ the folding camper. Same trip now is £326 and will get more as places run out.

tried to change my booking to an earlier time slot today, they wanted an extra £75..so gave that a miss.

Quote: Originally posted by ct955 on 07/7/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by sunshinetours on 07/7/2011

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Don't forget Tesco clubcard rewards can be used on Eurotunnel and you pay the same as if paying cash unlike many of the rewards, so you get true 3x value

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Thanks for reminding me about that. Have a load of coupons somewhere. Hope they will be useful for next  year :-)

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Do check the expiry date on them aswell as they are valid for two years. Once you convert to Reward tokens they are then norma;lly valid for 6 months (you have to book within 6 months not travel)

Hi Kelper,

Glad you enjoying france at the moment. We store camper in garage and intend to use as much as possible wherever we can!! tied to school hols and 4 weeks max per year. Maybe one day (if they ever let us retire) we will be able to do longer trips in europe. Thanks for the info and enjoy the rest of your trip.

Quote: Originally posted by Kelper on 08/7/2011

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I've recently fitted an ALKO 300 stabiliser unit and it does a fantastic job ... not the semblance of a wobble, even when passing mega artics at eighty.

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we are now back from our first trip to France with our pathfinder.  It was great fun.  Roads (tolls) were so clear and easy to tow on though you do have to factor in the slower speeds you are restricted to when calculating your travelling time.  At almost 20mph under the top speeds (90km an hour on N/A roads) it does take longer than expected to get to your destination! 

Watch boarding and leaving ferries though and go really slow over the ramps.  We grounded a little going on board and found that we were minus a foot for a steady when we got to the campsite though not sure where and when we actually lost it.  Going really slow over the little bit that links the ferry to the ramp works. 

No problems on site with the FC at all and it made us realise that we need to take longer breaks in our camper as it is really made for this lol. 

We were also not the only FC on the site!