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Personaella851
04/4/2016 at 7:07pm
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Where good to go that's too not far too drive in France?

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28/4/11 - 02/05/11 kingsbury water park

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Personglampingmummy
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Quote: Originally posted by aella851 on 04/4/2016
I live in Staffordshire so it be a long day trip. I have driven in central London. So driving doesn't scare me in the uk


We are from Wales, and would rather drive in France any day than London. We both love driving and I will regularly drive 4-8 hours round trip to get to a zoo on my own with the kids whilst husband is working as there's very little in wales.

The French are much better drivers, we've never seen someone doing 50mph on the autobahn (liken our motorways) or middle lane hogging like in this country.

Your kids are great ages also, better than mine I'd say 9,8,6,2. Pack plenty of dvds for your little one as she's the one you need to work to. Personally I would rather drive when the little one is asleep but depends on you doing all the driving or stop off in a cheap hotel to break the trip up.


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A bit late into the thread, but another vote for south of France. Its a long drive, but worth every second and penny for a great time with the kids.


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We go to France or Germany to get the weather. Roads are great. Usually book a cheap hotel for the first night and travel to our destination then next day.


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Quote: Originally posted by Gambolia on 04/4/2016
We go to France or Germany to get the weather. Roads are great. Usually book a cheap hotel for the first night and travel to our destination then next day.


Where do you go in Germany to get good weather? Would love to do Germany but assumed weather as unpredictable as uk!

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Only been to Cornwall once, it rained for two weeks, won't be going back. Best weather we've had has been in West Wales, Herefordshire and Kent, all in July/August.

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We have camped white a few times in East Anglia and the weather has been great.
Can I ask ... When you stay in budget hotel what do you do with the trailer and camping stuff? Sorry if that's a daft question!

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PersonMrDasherD
09/4/2016 at 1:01pm
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Quote: Originally posted by scotzlynnie on 09/4/2016
We have camped white a few times in East Anglia and the weather has been great.
Can I ask ... When you stay in budget hotel what do you do with the trailer and camping stuff? Sorry if that's a daft question!


Many (most?) budget hotels in France / Germany have secure gated parking. As a driver of a soft-top car packed with camping gear, I've never been concerned.


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17/4/2016 at 7:39pm
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Been camping in Cornwall and Devon for the last 3 years and all times wetather has not been great, rain, wind even hail stones last year ( late August) but need to take school holidays. We are ever the optimist and have our fingers crossed for this year, we love taking our dogs with us and to go France with them just bumps the cost of the holiday to double the price & more.
So 🙏 For nice, warm, sunny days this May & August 🌞🌤🌞🌤

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Vix & Ty my better half plus our 2 huskies who love camping:)


Personmitzionline
17/4/2016 at 9:44pm
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Myself/family were starting to feel that way about camping, although in fairness we had been fairly lucky with weather, but had broken camp early a couple of times through fear of bad weather.

Our main problem was we had built up way too much kit. Packing to go away and breaking camp at the end of the holiday was a chore and so stressful I began to dread it.   Not worth it for under 3 nights. No room in house to dry a wet tent either.

Things turned around when we were asked away for a weekend so we invested in a much smaller airbeam tent and took less with us - it all fits in the boot of a medium hatchback and a bit on the front seat... even better, we could pack the car in minutes and set up or break camp in about half hour.

Travelling lighter has turned our thinking around since we know we can do last minute shorter trips when the weather is more certain and a wet tent is not so much an issue to dry out. DD is indifferent to the smaller tent and it has just the right amount of space we can stand up in it and room to sit around and play a board game .. we all feel it's more like "real camping" having less around us. We're hoping this formula will work for longer trips and will find out this summer!

Other posters have mentioned about France - why not try something new?   We're going to France for first time this year so we're trying Brittany and Normandy and taking our compact set up for 12 days so we can have shorter stays at different sites. We may try further south for better weather another year, if our first trip works out.

I hope you find something to ignite your enthusiasm for camping again!


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Aug 2017 St Martins Campsite, Scilly
Jul 2017 Trewan Hall, Cornwall
Jun 2017 Higher Kestle Farm, Cornwall
Mar 2017 Pitch Perfect camping Bath
Aug 2016 Brittany/Normandy:-
La Ferme Croas Men (near Morlaix)
Le Ranolien (Ploumanac'h)
Le Bois Courdrais (Cugen)
Chateau de Montfreville (Montfreville)


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PersonGambolia
17/4/2016 at 9:55pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Mandsjh on 05/4/2016
Quote: Originally posted by Gambolia on 04/4/2016

Where do you go in Germany to get good weather? Would love to do Germany but assumed weather as unpredictable as uk!


PersonGambolia
17/4/2016 at 9:58pm
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We go to the Black Forest and the weather is fantastic. Have also camped in the Palantinate near Kaisersalutern and again the weather has been great. Food is cheaper in the supermarkets and plenty of good reasonably priced restaurants. We loved Kirschzarten near Freiberg. Got the odd lightening storm at nights but dry by morning. Last year on one evening it was 35c at 7 o'clock


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We are just coming back to camping after a four year break. We packed it in after a bad experience on a club site where the kids were sent away from the loos unless they were accompanied by an adult, then the following year we all had a stomach bug while camping. That was enough for us to throw in the towel and go self catering in Europe. However we always knew we would eventually come back. I bought a cheap weekend tent last week and we were just going to test a weekend camp and see how it went, so we booked somewhere close to home, then my OH and I got carried away and booked 3 others too before we've even pitched first canvas. So it's understandable that you feel this way, but that you are courting opinion suggests the camping bug is still there.

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