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glad to see you've reached a decision regarding the campsite!! I would go the same route as Tentz above or checkout the LD Lines prices from Portsmouth-Le Havre, a bit cheaper than BF. We did LD lines both ways this May and we went to Sommieres near Montpellier and Millau on the way back via Chartres, Orleans, Clermont Ferrand erc. We got from Millau to Le Havre with one overnight stop (in a motorhome so less set up time) as the Le Havre crossing leaves at about 5pm so plenty of travelling time that day.

LD Lines have an excellent fastcraft crossing (did this on the way home, overnight slow ferry on the way out) but they havent released the prices for the fastcraft yet. Theres an outbound fastcraft at 8am but again no prices yet.

If you are happy to do two overnight stops and have the time then Dover/Calais has to be your best bet financially. Are you taking your own tent or do I recall you are booked with Eurocamp?

We live in Frome and we always go to Folkstone for tunnel or Dover for ferry. Much prefer tunnel for timing & convenience. We go down via Tenz Reims Dijon Lyon route on autoroutes for convenience & speed. 730 french miles.

The Brittany ferries are expensive & slow in our opinion.

I would go Portsmouth-Caen/St Malo overnight and then only need 1 night en route each way and save myself a couple of hours each way.When I'm on hoilday, the time is more important than the money(within reason)

Quote: Originally posted by warbis66 on 03/11/2010

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Thanks guys in mobile when get there but will take my vango icarus for stop overs. Recommendations for stop over sites please

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This site is very useful.

http://users.telenet.be/leo.huybrechts/00frame.htm

This is one of our favourite stopovers at Beaune in Burgundy

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/reviews.asp?revid=6951