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Hi All

Thinking of booking for June 2008 anyone been and whats good to see around.

Thanks

Hi Platty

We are ALWAYS  VERY HAPPY to extol the virtues of Camping Du Letty. 

Follow this link to see lots of positive reviews on this site.

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?page=2&revid=5461

Ours is the last one in the list but contains lots of suggestions for days out, etc which we have discovered on our many return visits to this SUPERB site.

Regards

Tim

Thanks All

I completely forgot about the reviews and read them after the msg. Sounds like this is going to be the one for us next June. Just emailed and waiting for prices and availability.

Cheers

Hi Platty

Du Letty used to boast that they could always find a space.  We have only booked a couple of times in about 6 visits.  Booking direct is, also, cheaper than through the CCClub or CC.  We just booked the ferries through them. Roscoff is nearest for ferry only about an hour's drive but expensive.  We have, also, travelled via Calais, Cherbourg and St Malo.  Calais is cheapest but longest drive.

If you are booking ask for a pitch next to the beach.  These are always VERY popular.  One year we moved to one that was overlooking the beach - what a "verandah"..

If you have a boat of any sort take. The Du Letty campers keep everything from cabin cruisers to one man cheap inlatables moored in the river for free.  We bought an old Zodiac 3 metre inflatable and outboard cheap from a French camper there about 10 years ago.  It's still going strong.  Boats aren't compulsory though!

Another point is the site closes at the end of September so if you want to contact them you may need to do it before then.

ENJOY

Tim

We stayed at Plozevet further North and visited Benodet a couple of times .Beautiful beach ,never visited site though we tried to book and was full.Quimper was fantastic apart from me taking trailer up a road which turned into one way half way up and had to unhitch much to amusement of locals (my fault ).The roads were incredibly quiet where ever we drove and much more enjoyable to drive on.Get it booked you will not regret it hope to go France again also next year but will head further South and try a different area.

...........Alan................

I was also thinking about this site (Du Letty) for next July.

Can anybody let me know what the pitches and access roads are like for the larger outfits like mine.

I've been to a couple of french sites where if was nearly impossible to get the van on the pitch - anybody who's been to Camping Des Menhirs in Carnac in peak season will know what I mean....... 

Thanks again, booked Brittany Ferries to Roschoff for June. 3 Adults plus child, car and caravan. Overnight crossing with cabin out and we have a day sailing back but booked a cabin as it was cheap just incase coming back. Price £549 which I didnt think was too bad.

Just booked Du Letty and asked them for a pitch by Sea/Beach which they said they will try and allocate to us, so looking forward to it now.

Thanks again for all your help

Hi Platty

I see from the Brittany prices thread that you're from Wallasey.  Not too far from us, we live in St Helens.

When our 5 kids used to come with us we used to travel Plymouth-Roscoff with Brittany Ferries but since PandO pulled out of the Western Channel Crossing Brittany seem to have really exploited their near monopoly.  We usually travelled overnight.

If I may offer one other suggestion.  From Roscoff to Benodet we used to travel across country.  A good road and some very pleasant scenery punctuated by some pleasant little towns.  We travelled south skirting Morlaix (D58) and then M12/E60  \utoroute for a few Kilometres and then south again (D785) and then on through Playben-Christ, Brasparts (our kids loved that name!!).  West just after Playben (NB different to Playben-Christ) on the N164 and then joined the autoroute  N165/E60 for the last few kilometres coming off near Fousenant.onto to D44 to Benodet.

The above is an easy route and only about 80 odd miles.  We used to find that the roads were very quiet coming off the night boat at c6.00am.  I see that you have a small child.  We never had any problems with our kids on this route, youngest was 6 the first year we went, and did without any stops. The expectation and excitement of arriving at Du Letty probably helped relieve the boredom!!  I got this route from AA route planner on their website.  It used to give this route to the gates of Du Letty - it was one of their recommended camp sites.

I'm sure you'll have a super time at Du Letty.  Our "children" (now 27, 25, 23, 21 and 19 years old would still come with us if we went to Du Letty.  Every year we are tempted but there so many other interesting places still to see

To Mad Frank

The access roads in Du Letty are reasonably wide and tarred.  We never had any access problems with our previoius 2 vans both of which were 7.5+ metres.  The last van we took there was a twin-axle Avondale Landranger.  The pitches are arranged in hedged open-plan "paddocks" of 6-8 pitches - ie, 3 or 4 pitches on each side so plenty of room to maneouvre on and off your pitch..  There are always lots of willing hands to help push the van into place if needed.One year we moved so that we were right next to the beach, very popular pitches.  Our French and German neighbours would not hear of us hitching the van and insisted on helping us push it down to the new pitch.

Best wishes

Tim

Thanks Tim for your reply. Will save those details very helpful indeed. Its our first time overseas in van we bought it July 2006 and have been around UK since then. Although we have driven overseas alot of times without babe just thought we would give it a go for next year.

Once again thanks alot

Thanks from me as well - it's always a worry with pitch sizes.