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If we had the weather in the UK, we wouldnt go abroad.

We also do both. We did our main summer camp in Cornwall the year before last because our car was too old to get European break down insurance and had an amazing time as it was a part of the country we'd never been too. However, it wasn't a particularly cheaper holiday and still took forever to get there!

Edited to say the 3rd camp of my signature didn't happen as it rained and rained and rained - if you are booked up on the ferry you are obliged to go, whatever the weather :o)

Even if the weather in the UK was better I would still go abroad - bit more of an adventure and I am a bit of a Francophile. Thought I was going to miss out on a French holiday next year but now going skiing to Les 3 Vallees - can't wait!

Quote: Originally posted by Laurent on 08/11/2009

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I would say the UK is about the most inconvenient place in Europe to go camping. You can't get on sites without booking, you get charged £4 for parking by the beach & you get rain & storms in August.

It only takes a couple of hours to cross the channel & you're in the world of cheap diesel. If you don't mind the locals speakin' funny & driving on't wrong side of road, the worlds ya lobster.

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Can you really just set off in your caravan and find a pitch at the end of your journey. without pre-booking?  We've certainly not been able to - and we live in the North of England.  In France we use sites with full facilities, and I'm sure that if we wanted a site with electric hook-up and toilet block we'd struggle to find one for this weekend - and wouldn't dare just 'turn up' like we do in France.  At the very least you'd have to start looking during the week and ring around, and 'chase' pitches.  You couldn't decide on a Friday evening that you want a weekend away, pack the caravan and be guaranteed to find a pitch in the town you wanted, or even in the area. 

I've been camping for 25 years and have never been abroad to do it. My missus keels over if the temp gets above 75F and, as others have said, it would add two days and quite a few quid just to get to the ferry.

I'm not bored of Britain yet ... although the weather can be a trial.

The U.K is just a tiny(and quite intresting) part of a large and fasciating world,ive travelled throughout the world and good weather is not really a factor in my decision on where to visit.Its often a culture or an area I want to visit or somethink I want to do like canoe a section of the congo or climb a mountain.

It still amazes me how little people travel outside of western countries.

But it's the WORLD cup...it'll be on Tv wherever you pitch up!

not in my caravan on the med coast it wont....unless i buy a sat system