Where are the UK vans?

No Brits seen anywhere yet. We are touring the western edge of Spain. Not even on the P & O ferry were there any. School kids on a bus and that’s the lot.
 
WillH said:
We were there, and yes, there were a lot of Brits. Far more than anywhere else we visited.
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Must be Eric and Isobelle promoting the site to UK or maybe just long term popularity. We've been staying there for at least 10 years after Antioche was sold to a campsite chain company.:LOL:
 
Soycd said:
German school holidays are staggered over a few months so could be part of reason for lots of Germans on road. Like you say may pick up next week. It's also more expensive to travel from UK to Europe, Germans don't have to shell out for that rather expensive channel crossing. If you decided to go 'last minute' this weekend through the tunnel you'd be adding another £500-£600. Even booking in advance like we did it was still over £300.
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Agree, but a lot of these German vans are getting a ferry from Germany or Holland ( can't remember which, directly to Norway. So they are shelling out on an overnight ferry journey.
 
In northern France at the moment On an aire in honflure two days ago around ten uk vans in, on a site in le Touquet today three uk vans in.
Diesel on way up on the A16 €229.00. Off the A16 D940. €215.00
Moules & Frites €15.00. medium Sauvignon/ blank €4. Guinness €7.50
Not complaining we love this country ( and also others. ) 😎😎😎
 
Quiet here still, where we are in this part of Spain it is shorter to drive here from the UK than where we live in Murcia...Where are we? Galicia of course....1065km where Santander is only 346km...

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Usually I am on the bike with my Heart's Desire on the back. I used to be amazed how many Britons (not Brits Oh Please!!) come up and speak to you! At home they ignore you in case they have to lock up their daughters... In Gibraltar a guy came up and said "You're a long way from Stoke".... Why? My regno end HEH!

We saw a few other British registered vans and Moho's around the Somme 80 department on the way out and on the way back earlier this month. Not many elsewhere. France is massive so I guess we all could fade into the scenery.

Although on a municipal site in the Auvergne with around 100 pitches (in total) and around 6 in use by visitors, we had a British couple with a large tent arrive and set up right next to us! ;(
 
Kups said:
We stayed on a campsite at La Flotte on the Ile de Re in late June. Booked for 10 nights, moved on after 9, too many Brits on the campsite! Mind you that site has always been popular with the Brits. Stayed on two other sites on the island and only saw one Brit. No Brit mhs seen on the sites we stayed at in Brittany.
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La Grainetière? Loads of Brits there at end of June, almost as many Irish with their semi-feral kids.

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We won't be there as we have run out of Schengen Days. Sill paying 100% Spanish Non Resident Taxes, Local taxes and Rental Income tax at Gross.

So,

Yorkshire this Weekend - Farmhouse B&B
Lancashire Next weekend - Caravan
South Coast August - Motorhome
 
Been in France for last couple of months, still here for another 3 weeks hardly seen any UK cars or MH, on the other hand we are now back in the Dordogne and the amount of Dutch and Belgiums is incredible
 
Come to the Loire valley, and go to sites. There are loads of UK vehicles, including motorhomes. Too many in my opinion. I’ve had to have a couple of discussions, and am having to avoid people.

There are also UK in the aires but not so many.
 
Rapides said:
La Grainetière? Loads of Brits there at end of June, almost as many Irish with their semi-feral kids.
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Correct and they all had bikes, tearing around the site. Sadly we've decided not to return, the road noise is one of the other factors.
 
carolyn said:
I think that may well be a factor. We did similar for about 8 years maybe longer when the children were young and as you say there were loads of Brits. I know the season did last from Easter until the beginning of September but the bulk of their trade was June/July/August. The children of friends did a bit of holiday rep work during Uni holidays for Eurocamp, glad I heard the stories after we stopped going!
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Loads of British at Chateau de Drancourt last week. The Eurocamp equation....

We did Eurocamp and Canvas Holidays in the 80's with the kids either in the Panda or on the bikes ... XJ900F's for the bike enthusiasts..

All the fun of camping without the hassle of taking a tent!!
 
On the few occasions I've been on the AP7 between Girona and Barcelona since Easter and not counting commercial vehicles, I've seen maybe 3-4 UK regs, no Irish, 100+++ French (unsurprising), 30+ Netherlands, 20+ Germans, 10+ Italians and not much more.

There is a notable and complete absence of Russian vehicles too - normally, pre-pandemic - you would have seen them daily.

I don't know, but maybe international tourism is taking a bit longer to crank up again?

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jumar said:
Quiet here still, where we are in this part of Spain it is shorter to drive here from the UK than where we live in Murcia...Where are we? Galicia of course....1065km where Santander is only 346km...
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In the 90's my ex-wife taught English and Business English at the University in Murcia. She had a flat along the road from the Rincon de Pepe.

Spent all my holidays flying out from Luton to Alicante to visit! Luckily she had her bike there so we could get out and about....
 
Martist said:
That was far too quick!
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Just a lucky Guess '\

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Northernraider said:
Its my idea of bliss if im in a country and never see another brit 😁
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Not planning a return to Iberia anytime soon then....we still live here along with a few other residents...although we did experience a number reduction a couple of years ago...these will in time be replaced by others eager to be able to "Live their dream" when their retirement comes around.

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jumar said:
Not planning a return to Iberia anytime soon then....we still live here along with a few other residents...although we did experience a number reduction a couple of years ago...these will in time be replaced by others eager to be able to "Live their dream" when their retirement comes around.
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Im coming back to Spain this winter.

But i successfully managed to avoid most brit vans the last few times i was there with only the odd one here and there.
 
Dutch 68 said:
Been in France for last couple of months, still here for another 3 weeks hardly seen any UK cars or MH, on the other hand we are now back in the Dordogne and the amount of Dutch and Belgiums is incredible
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Turning this on its head a tad (if I may), been out and about here in the UK for a while and the absence of foreign vans here this year is quite noticeable in turn. The odd one or two but hardly any??
 
Can you blame them given the state of affairs at dover most weeks these days. Always seems to be delays of one reason or another.
 
Been in Holland for 10 days apart from at the race track not seen another british mh local taxi driver asked where the Brits was only saw 2 boarding the ferry
 
jannyman said:
Turning this on its head a tad (if I may), been out and about here in the UK for a while and the absence of foreign vans here this year is quite noticeable in turn. The odd one or two but hardly any??
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Really? Ive seen loads so maybe they are up here in scotland. Lots of French and a few germans. Also all the park4night spots around here its all french, Belgian and dutch reviews being left

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