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We returned from our hols to the South of France (Agde and Milau) last week and are now starting to think about next year. We don't want to travel quite so far, possibly up to 2 days drive (towing) from Calais, but definitely no more. We like places that have nice scenery, hills, lakes, mountains, with a few interesting towns or historical sites and some outdoor actvities suitable for children. Prefer flatter sites with good pools, and water slides would be great.

We don't know too much about the Jura but it looks a lovely area. Does anyone know what is the weather like here at the end of August start of September?

Any info would e greatly appreciated.

Sally.

You can have a look here at historical records for most large towns/cities in France, (this link is to Lons le Saunier in the Jura) then look back at the date you want to visit, over a number of years.  This is a more reliable source than 'we were there in 2007and it rained for two weeks' or 'we had hot sun every day for a month in 2008'!

As you know, we like the sun, and tend to follow the best weather - which is why for about the last six holidays we've ended up in and around the Languedoc/Gorges du Tarn area!  Somehow that area seems to be a crescent of sunshine even when most of France is covered with cloud! 

For our recent holiday we started in the Dordogne and had stunning weather, but the weather was forecast to become changeable so we moved south to the hills of the Haute Languedoc - temperatures in the high thirties - and then down to the Med - where we had temperatures in the high twenties to low thirties for the remainder of the holiday. 

Will have a look at that. Thanks Val. You're right, if anyone asked us what the weather in the Loire is like I'd say just like England cos we were there in 2007 when it rained everywhere!

We do like the warm weather but preferred the coolness of the mountains at night. Made for a better nights sleep. It got very hot on the Med and the move to Millau area was very welcome. We'd love to go back to that area but with just a fortnight we're going to try to stick to somewhere a little closer and we want to explore other areas.

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