Chasing the better weather- help Please (6 Viewers)

[JohnnyRoyal]

Good morning
Currently on our road trip in Normandy, near Honfluer. We are here until 06th October.
However the weather for this part of France is wet for the whole period!
The area around Avignon looks a lot better.
I thought about taking the non toll roads down there to catch the sun.
Can anybody suggest good places to stop on route and whilst we are in the Avignon region?
Also what will the best round be to take? I made slight error and forgot to order my Critie Air sticker so will have problems going to big cities.
Thanks for any advice
John

 

[Toady]

A few years ago we went to Normandy for a two week break and stopped at Hornfleur.
The boss wasn’t happy with the weather so we drove to the south France. Great weather!
The boss then wanted to travel to Spain and then Portugal. Ended up returning home three months later

 

[rod_vw]

Good morning
Currently on our road trip in Normandy, near Honfluer. We are here until 06th October.
However the weather for this part of France is wet for the whole period!
The area around Avignon looks a lot better.
I thought about taking the non toll roads down there to catch the sun.
Can anybody suggest good places to stop on route and whilst we are in the Avignon region?
Also what will the best round be to take? I made slight error and forgot to order my Critie Air sticker so will have problems going to big cities.
Thanks for any advice
John

We crossed on September 4th and headed to Brittany but like you encountered rain. Since then we have wandered south then now east being just west of Roanne and until today escaped the wind and rain.
I know that hasn't answered your question but all we did was to watch the weather forecast and wander to various night stops using S4S and past aires knowledge.
Our favourite weather forecast is https://www.ventusky.com/ but I use it via a Web browser not their app as the app restricts features without payment.

Enjoy your holiday,

Rod

 

[Lenny HB]

Peeing down here in the Lot stuck in the van. Has been beautiful days since we crossed on Wednesday until today.

 

[Lenny HB]

I made slight error and forgot to order my Critie Air sticker

Order one the email they send you is acceptable proof it you get stopped.

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[Next Stop]

Order one the email they send you is acceptable proof it you get stopped.

Came her to post the same, I just ordered ours and the email with the invoice on it does (loosely translate) this

 

[Happydays!]

If you go to Avignon stay on the Pont D’Avignon site, not next door, cheap with ACSI. Good aire at Chusclan outside a winery.

 

[JohnnyRoyal]

Thanks for all the advice
However I still cannot down my photo of my V5 as it says it’s too big even though it is less than 2mb!

 

[Happydays!]

If you go to Avignon stay on the Pont D’Avignon site, not next door, cheap with ACSI. Good aire at Chusclan outside a winery.

 

[Happydays!]

I wouldn’t worry too much about the crit air, have a look at how rare they are on French vehicles!

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[Happydays!]

I’m on the Ouistreham aire right now, 10-20 per cent locals have a crit air sticker.

 

[Howard B]

Had lots of rain in Southern Brittany today. Heading for Rochefort tomorrow then will probably keep heading south after that.

 

[Lenny HB]

Thanks for all the advice
However I still cannot down my photo of my V5 as it says it’s too big even though it is less than 2mb!

Use a photo resizing app to reduce it.

 

[bellabee]

We've been in Provence for the past 10 days and weather has been good, but not as good as in previous years.
We've had no rain so far, but both Méteo and Ventusky are warning us that a storm is coming tonight.

 

[suavecarve]

We have just made it back from provence, currently in champagne region.

Have a read in downtime for things to do and places to stay (generally free)

Blog 'A month in Provence Throughnal' https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/journals/blog/a-month-in-provence-throughnal.347/

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[suavecarve]

We've been in Provence for the past 10 days and weather has been good, but not as good as in previous years.
We've had no rain so far, but both Méteo and Ventusky are warning us that a storm is coming tonight.

It's been all over France today. We made it into a travelling day.

 

[Billylyne5]

We went down to Avignon did not need crit air sticker avoided all big cities easily so I wouldn’t worry just plan your route avoiding them. We loved Avignon and the surrounding area, enjoy

 

[Jo662]

We made it to Uzes tonight, and got the last spot on the vineyard aire. Then the storm started,and it’s been thundering and lightning all evening,oh the joys of being in a metal box !

 

[Nirvanauk]

Thanks for all the advice
However I still cannot down my photo of my V5 as it says it’s too big even though it is less than 2mb!

I sent mine which was much larger and they accepted it.

 

[ManTheVan]

We made it to Uzes tonight, and got the last spot on the vineyard aire. Then the storm started,and it’s been thundering and lightning all evening,oh the joys of being in a metal box !

Fab spot and looooovely wine too.

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[rod_vw]

Thanks for all the advice
However I still cannot down my photo of my V5 as it says it’s too big even though it is less than 2mb!

I think they accept pdf files if you can convert it to that format it'll most likely be a smaller file.

 

[Coolcats]

Good morning
Currently on our road trip in Normandy, near Honfluer. We are here until 06th October.
However the weather for this part of France is wet for the whole period!
The area around Avignon looks a lot better.
I thought about taking the non toll roads down there to catch the sun.
Can anybody suggest good places to stop on route and whilst we are in the Avignon region?
Also what will the best round be to take? I made slight error and forgot to order my Critie Air sticker so will have problems going to big cities.
Thanks for any advice
John

Download an app called Windy, select the ran/Storm icon and it will show you where the worst of the weather is, it’s available as an app or on the web. https://www.windy.com

 

[Wonders]

Thanks for all the advice
However I still cannot down my photo of my V5 as it says it’s too big even though it is less than 2mb!

If you haven't mananaged to sort this yet with the previous suggestions. Try a screen shot of the photo of the v5. That makes a smaller file too.
Chris