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Subject Topic: Where to in 2023 - pastures new
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via mobile 10/10/2022 at 1:40pm
 Location:  Wonderful Rural Yorkshire
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Well P& O prices are insane but we work hard for it, so we splash out.

We tend to go east in France, so Metz and down to Provence...or across towards Annecy.

We did France for 23 years.
I need some inspiration for next year.

Ardeche, Swiss Alps...who knows.
As long as I can walk, run or SUP I'm happy.
Neither of us are sun bunnies so the coast is out.

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CAT

Favourite site:
Camping Nanzel, Limone, Lake
Garda..perfect for MTB, Kayak, SUP and fell running training.
Favourite areas: Provence, French Alps, Savigny (as a stop over for Southern France: Rhein valley as a stop over for Italy.   78



     


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12/10/2022 at 11:40am
 Location: Sussex
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Switzerland definitely, we cant get enough of Brienz / Interlaken area and try to visit at some point in our holidays every 2-3 years.
We are going to the Ardeche this year on a separate trip , again lovely area.
Late summer to the `South of France and Switzerland stopping at Lake Annecy for a week.
All these areas are amazing.


via mobile 12/10/2022 at 12:26pm
 Location: Shropshire
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We may go to Germany via Holland then back into France. Hoping to visit some of our old haunts from our time with the RAF there. We have been back since reunification on a couple of river cruises but not with the van.
As ferry and tunnel prices are so much higher we may go for a couple of months .
We went back to France this year for 5 weeks intending to go south,but as it was so hot just stayed in Loire area and Normandie.

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via mobile 12/10/2022 at 1:27pm
 Location:  Wonderful Rural Yorkshire
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I NEED mountains and lakes, so the flat lands of Holland suit the RAF, not for me.
I used to have dealings with the RAF am familiar with the UK based and some European sites.
Lossiemouth being my fave....and Waddington.

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CAT

Favourite site:
Camping Nanzel, Limone, Lake
Garda..perfect for MTB, Kayak, SUP and fell running training.
Favourite areas: Provence, French Alps, Savigny (as a stop over for Southern France: Rhein valley as a stop over for Italy.   78



     


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via mobile 12/10/2022 at 4:57pm
 Location: Ayrshire
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Norway.
Mountains, water, hop up or down the coast one or two stops on the daily Hurtigruten. (I think I recalled that you can sleep on deck for free, which is what students do on overnight trips.) A friend went trekking (with child on her back, husband carried the rest), they walked between ports over the mountains & used buses to explore inland away from the coast, the buses connect to the ferries that ply the inland lakes, very efficient.
And Norway has got excellent liberal sensible laws regarding where you can put up a tent.
Only snag is the cost of booze - a bottle of beer costs what a bottle of wine does here; wine costs the same as whisky here.

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2024 = 20 sites / 41 nights. 2023 = 9/23. 2022 = 13/35. 2021 = 11/29. 2020 = 4/20. 2019 = 13/35. 2018 = 20/33. 2017 = 10/22. 2016 = 19/33. 2015 = 15 sites / 27 nights. Didn't count 1976 to 2014.


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via mobile 18/5/2023 at 11:21am
 Location:  Wonderful Rural Yorkshire
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Finally settled on an old favourite; Le Tedey, Aquitaine.

No mountains but a beautiful site and great SUP water...calm, warm, scenic.
Not a sight seeing area but we'll fill the days 'paddling', cycling.

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CAT

Favourite site:
Camping Nanzel, Limone, Lake
Garda..perfect for MTB, Kayak, SUP and fell running training.
Favourite areas: Provence, French Alps, Savigny (as a stop over for Southern France: Rhein valley as a stop over for Italy.   78



     


19/5/2023 at 6:57am
 Location: West - North Yorkshire
 Outfit: Swift Speedbird 490 Mondeo Estate
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BobCat10 have you 'done' the Gorge du Verdon. It suits your brief perfectly with the most fantastic scenery and quaint villages, markets, and mountains, but there is also the Lac de St Croix for paddle boarding. There are some great sites, and it's interesting that out of all the suggestions offered you've chosen to go back to one of the flattest areas of France.

We shall be in the Ardeche with our family and I know that's on your radar for another year. Again it meets your brief perfectly with lovely little villages like Labeaume, Vogue, Balazuc, Banne and many others.

Stand up Paddle Boarding. I know people on the campsite where we store our caravan often paddle board on the Chassezac at the bottom of the site. We shall be there in late July into early August with our family. Great markets in Vallon (Thursday), Ruoms (Friday) Les Vans and Aubenas on Saturday. Cycle routes Voie Verte from Grospierres to Vogue and another more in the northern part of the Ardeche.




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via mobile 19/5/2023 at 3:11pm
 Location:  Wonderful Rural Yorkshire
 Outfit: VANGO-CAPRI 500 Airbeam (2018)
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Hi Val...we're sorted now.
Verdun sounds amazing but we need a lake not a fast flowing river....plus it's a long drive down there.
We're booked at Le Tedey...an old favourite , in fact not been for 12yrs.
Robert won't paddle board unless it's like glass. I'll go out in any conditions.
We both really need a chill out , so plenty of cycling and kayaking etc will be perfect.
I've recently had a 'blip' and was rushed into the LGI in hypertensive crisis. I'm back out running but on a cocktail of beta blockers and calcium channel blockers. So I'm need some R&R.

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CAT

Favourite site:
Camping Nanzel, Limone, Lake
Garda..perfect for MTB, Kayak, SUP and fell running training.
Favourite areas: Provence, French Alps, Savigny (as a stop over for Southern France: Rhein valley as a stop over for Italy.   78



     


via mobile 31/7/2023 at 3:07pm
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Not long now, let's hope the weather is kind. We sail Hull to Rotterdam, so it's a bit further to reach familiar territory.
Its 12yrs since we were in Dissay sous Courcillon for a stop over.
We head for Lacanau on the Saturday. I reckon we'll 'eat' the miles on this leg of the journey as we visited a number of times in the early 2000's.
We've down sized the tent and will be taking more sports gear, although we're going to hire bikes...the theory being we'll be out on the water instead. We've covered every cycle route in the district over time.
Counting the weeks now.
I see that our usual Italian spot has experienced early storms, so France is a good choice.

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CAT

Favourite site:
Camping Nanzel, Limone, Lake
Garda..perfect for MTB, Kayak, SUP and fell running training.
Favourite areas: Provence, French Alps, Savigny (as a stop over for Southern France: Rhein valley as a stop over for Italy.   78



     


04/8/2023 at 4:14pm
 Location: Northern Ireland
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Hope you have a good one BobCat!

Verdun, as per Val's suggestion, may be very good for you ... the river and Gorge is only part of the deal ... it feeds into a chain of lakes with many sites around ... so the combination may appeal ... worth researching a bit? There's also the are above the Gorge ...

Enjoy Le Tedey!


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via mobile 04/8/2023 at 6:36pm
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Hi Kelper, the Gorge Du Verdon is beautiful but neither of us like vertiginous roads and I understand it's rather hair raising.
It will be interesting to see if Le Tedey has retained its charm. So often when the 'big boys' move in they become rather commercial which is a turn off for us.
We also returning to Les Ormeaix nr Dissay. This is a charming 13th century former farm turned Chambre D'hote. It's a bit special even though it's a long 'trek's from Rotterdam (Hull- Zeebrugge no longer runs).
I am so used to the hospitality displayed by the Italians that the French have a lot to live up to. We've holidayed in Italy for the last 8years.
A lot of water has flowed under the bridge in the last 12months, so this is a much needed break.

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CAT

Favourite site:
Camping Nanzel, Limone, Lake
Garda..perfect for MTB, Kayak, SUP and fell running training.
Favourite areas: Provence, French Alps, Savigny (as a stop over for Southern France: Rhein valley as a stop over for Italy.   78



     


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