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Lots of choice for camping in France holidays

Posted on May 8, 2012 by artj

What about packing up the car with luggage, partner and kids if you have them and tearing off to the nearest ferry port to catch a cheap ferry to France for a couple of weeks or so? Take a stress … Continue reading →

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Will we be camping in France this summer? You bet!

Posted on May 7, 2012 by artj

If anyone were to ask me where I would like to go on holiday this summer I would reply that it would be camping in France for me and mine. Sadly, nobody who knows me would be daft enough to … Continue reading →

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Camping France in Pas de Calais and Picardy

Posted on May 3, 2012 by artj

Probably most people have heard of Picardy for one reason or another, and if you have driven from Calais to the south then you have almost certainly motored through it on the way down, but have you actually been camping … Continue reading →

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Camping in France for newbies

Posted on May 2, 2012 by artj

As a confirmed Francophile I’ve always thought that holidays in France are some of the best times a family can have. Of course that applies to couples as well, but with families if you can keep the kids happy then … Continue reading →

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Camping in France with a cheap ferry deal

Posted on April 4, 2012 by artj

Well sometime this summer, God knows when though, we will be taking off for France once more. Thankfully we have just got rid of the dreadful Citroen C3 which I bought new last September. It has been a horrible little … Continue reading →

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Camping holidays are in the Vendee this year

Posted on April 2, 2012 by artj

It seems like only yesterday but in fact the last time we were camping in France was the summer of 2010 when we made the dreadful mistake of going to Quiberon in Brittany. Now Brittany is OK, it has masses … Continue reading →

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Luxury camping holidays are all the rage

Posted on March 27, 2012 by artj

Long gone are the days when one lugged around a large and extremely heavy sheet of canvas which was what camping holidays were all about many years ago. If it rained and you touched the inside of the tent then … Continue reading →

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Will fuel prices affect camping holidays in France?

Posted on March 26, 2012 by artj

Life can be difficult at times, and more times than not it is the motorist who suffers like now when the cost of diesel has risen to £1.46 a litre which is already having an impact on day to day … Continue reading →

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Mobile home holiday in France

Posted on March 22, 2012 by artj

Holidays in France are really wonderful and we have never had a bad one in several decades of going there. OK, we had some bad weather now and then but each time it was bad there it was bad all … Continue reading →

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Self drive holidays are just the ticket

Posted on March 22, 2012 by artj

As a family we have pottered around the coastlines of France for several decades now, and though we older ones are getting a tad long in the tooth for tent camping we make a point of taking self drive holidays … Continue reading →

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