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If you don’t like the Aire………move on!That first picture is what gives aires a bad name... regardless of cost.
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If you don’t like the Aire………move on!That first picture is what gives aires a bad name... regardless of cost.
Fiamma do them as well.It's a Thule sunshade. I'm sure all awnings can have them fitted. But you'd have to check with the manufacturer of your awning.
Where is that please. Can't find an Aire at Cavalaire Sur Mer.The contrasts continue in the dealer park tour of France. After a week's rest in a villa in Le Bar Sur Loup. We arrived via a week in Grimaud, at the slightly tired, hot and dusty car park come aire at Cavalaire Sur Mer.
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€25 for two nights including electric. I think our French host got the price wrong. However, the contrasting beach 50m away, was lovely.
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Cocktails were not too bad either. Charlie the Labradoodle was happy too, checking out the French totty.
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What's the name of the site on Lake Annecy please, it looks great.One more site to go before we do a bit of wilding and back to dealer yards. We decided to do the other side of Annecy to what we normally do. This one just outside Talloise.
Unusually we tried to book this because we thought the area would be full. But couldn't. So back to just turning up, which hasn't let us down yet.
"Do you have a pitch for the nights?" "Yes we've got one on the lake, do you want to have a look first?"
No need.
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And with the best tasting freshly baked bread in the morning yet.
Got taking to a Yorkshire chap who used to live in Chamonix, who gave us a nice wild stop idea just outside Chamonix. That's where we're heading next.
After a very short stop at the much worse than a dealer yard aire at Chamonix. We decided that for not much more than the €25 car park charge, we could get a pitch at a site just out of Chamonix. We found one with a Google search and headed off. Now Chamonix was rammed with people and we thought we'd have a hard time finding somewhere with space. We ended up following a German van on route to the site. Who was obviously lost without a forward platoon (sorry) and was going terribly slow. We took our chance when he dithered for too long trying to avoid a 2.4m bridge. So we took our chance and overtook him.
We arrived at the site about ten seconds before him to get the last pitch. His wife didn't look too happy as Mrs daveclare emerged from the reception office triumphantly, with a site map in hand. This site was about 1.7km from Chamonix with a nice walk through the trees along an alpine stream into town. Charlie the Labradoodle also liked it for the amount of trees and sniffing opportunities. No need to add anything about Chamonix, that hasn't been said before. Other than to say its a place we'd visit again.
After two nights there, we decided to head Switerland way. On route we found a decent p4n just outside Thonon, on the French side of what we call lake Geneva. It was a huge supermarket which had free water and emptying facilities. Plus a launderette. We decided to stay the night and wash everything we could. As usual there were a few French taking the mick with the free electric. Each one had their own Heath Robinson adaptor to get their electric fix. We parked well away from this fire waiting to happen. Especially when the tropical rainstorm hit. It had been in the mid to late 30's for a few days. So it was a welcome downpour, which lasted seven hours. Mind you even this freebie was much better than the glorified car park at Chamonix.
After a peaceful night's sleep in a supermarket car park. We decided to balance this out with a couple of nights around Montreaux. We decided on the way into Montreux, to play 'Smoke on the Water' very loud. If you know, you know.
Anyway, we couldn't find anywhere with spaces. Even p4n was failing us. As Montreux turned out to be nothing special, we decided we were missing nothing. So headed off. We stopped to allow Charlie the labradoodle to shake his wotsit in Vevey. This was also the place Mrs daveclare wanted to stop to buy the famous Läderach chocolate. It was a nice little Swiss town.
On the way out of Vevey Clare was playing with the Samsung tablet and announced that she'd booked us a two night pitch at a site just outside Neuchâtel for..........€155. Holy sh*t moly, that's the most we've paid since rv'ing in the drug and homeless infected sh*thole that is California.
This had better be a gold standard site then......
Apologies, it's the Plage de Cavaliere. Got my pages mixed up. The place we stopped is called Campering Cavaliere.Where is that please. Can't find an Aire at Cavalaire Sur Mer.
ThanksCamping du Lac. There are three in a row, if that ones full. Have a look on Google maps.
It looks and sounds heavenly Dave€155 is a lot to pay for two nights stay. Here is the pitch.
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Well, what can I say but the place reminded me of a very expensive version of some shitty places we've seen in Spain. The type that reminds us of a caravan shanty town. Here's some obvious long termers.
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The site appeared to be on public property. Which allowed hundreds of people and thousands of kids to pass by on route to the lake. So no security either. If we went out for a walk or ride. We'd come back to find a family camping for the day in front of the van. With a pram blocking access for the scooter.
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Mmmm, Switzerland. A place to be seen leaving. Not impressed by Neuchâtel either. It was a bit boring.
The previous stop in a supermarket car park was more secure and had less kids.
Freeloading time again with a trip to Dinan. The town has provided a large field for motorhomes in between the town and the port. If you haven't been to Dinan, it's well worth a trip. With both areas deserving a visit.
IMHO this area is better than the Chateau Briande camping area in the town. But without services.
not sure I rate your windbreak Dave, did you wash it and it shrunk a bit mate