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04/3/2016 at 10:20pm
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You want to come from Tuscany to Britain, in a camper, this time of the year? Are you crazy? But if you like high prices, cold damp weather and bland stodgy food you couldn't wish for a better destination.
What kind of thing are you looking for?
Mid wales has fantastic scenery as does the Lake District although it's quite an additional drive to get up to the lakes. I think mid wales is much like Switzerland in it's landscape and the people are great.
Cornwall has it's own laid back culture, cider and fantastic beaches.
The midlands and Shropshire have some good museums of industrial heritage.......
However, I could think of nicer places on mainland Europe to spend my hard earned and few holidays in.
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05/3/2016 at 8:13am
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If you are coming up the main roads, this link will help you find nearby sites http://users.telenet.be/leo.huybrechts/a00frame.htm
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05/3/2016 at 8:40am
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Are you travelling for 13 days or in 13 days?
With a 5 year old,how much travelling do you want to do in a day?
Is the journey part of the holiday or a nuisance necessary to get to the UK?
When in UK there is always Yorkshire (il culo del mondo) or the soaring mountains of Essex.
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05/3/2016 at 9:50am
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Sounds to me as though the OP is setting off in 13 days to bring a campervan back to the UK and wants advice on places to stop en route.
If you travel the Lake Garda, Brenner pass route, the scenery will be spectacular but you will need advice from others about the best route, and whether the roads will be clear snow wise.
Otherwise, depending on where you are setting off from, you could head round the coast into France, enjoy whatever warmth in the south, and make a dash north up the autoroutes. This will cost quite a lot in tolls, but so would the tunnels and so on through Switzerland et al.
The dash through France can be done in a couple of days, or less, but we tend to allow at least 3, or more. Campsites further north may not be open yet so more incentive to linger south. There will be camperstops open, I expect, but we don't use those.
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05/3/2016 at 1:48pm
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I can give you a route with Campsites but too much info to put on here. If you would like me to email it email me here
dvphillips14 at hotmail.com
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05/3/2016 at 1:55pm
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Able88, I imagine that if you are collecting a new van from the factory you won't have half the things on board that make touring comfortable - and the weather is pretty bleak right now - so look at the map and come straight home. And take care.
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05/3/2016 at 1:59pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Able88 on 04/3/2016
I'm from this great country. I'm driving a campervan back from the factory to the uk. So I'm looking for Italy/France tips, stops or anything really. Although maybe if this goes ok then I will do a trip to see some of our beautiful country.
Is this a way of cutting out the middle man?
Should we all know about this Able?
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05/3/2016 at 10:11pm
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I'm sure you'll love it!
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05/3/2016 at 11:36pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Able88 on 05/3/2016
DPhil thank you for your offer. I tried to email you but it has bounced back. I would love your route.
Did you replace the "at" with the symbol?
(This site automatically changes the symbol to the word to reduce posibility of spam)
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