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Hi all

Finally decided WHAT to do & WHERE to go - we have decided to head to -

La Rochelle=Rochefort=Bordeaux area (its a start) havent decided on final campsite as yet but hey we are getting there slowly !

Doing the Calais Dover crossing as all others seem just to damn costly - crossing on Sunday morning early hours 1.15am (ouch) and wishing to travel for say 2 or 3 hours and stopping up - probably to wacked to camp?(maybe not as were in folding camper - 15mins and tucked up for the rest of the night) what do you guys think im trying to keep the cost down this year as i told the wife the cost of purchasing the folding camper should be included in this years holiday buget - still a cheap option belive me

Jezg

ps 2 x 15yr boys 1 x 9yr women ( i mean girl i think) and the good wife

Thanks Billy & Ecclesman

ecclesman - where are you heading & how safe is harbour area for a folding camper?? for a few hours

cheers

Quote: Originally posted by jezg on 16/06/2005

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Thanks Billy & Ecclesman

ecclesman - where are you heading & how safe is harbour area for a folding camper?? for a few hours

cheers

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We've stopped at the Aire Baie du Somme, near Abbeville, everytime we've crossed late in the day. Its about hour and half from Calais. My kids love it - there are some unbelievably huge fish in the little canals near the stopover areas that we always go to feed. The stopover areas are very quiet, but its popular.

We've never stopped at the harbour itself - where is the designated parking?  We've never seen any signs for it, how do you find it?  We are crossing mid-day this time, but might go for the cheaper night time crossing again next year, so I'd like to know that.  Is it noisy, or can you get some rest?