Satnav around France

Hi, we use Tom Tom as per Red Kite does, but also we use Waze which we use getting close to our destination, we put the campsite name in and it takes us straight to the site but it will also bring to our attention if there are roadworks, traffic jams, road accidents and notify us of a diversion and it’s a free App on your iPhone. Just try it, we think it’s brilliant, it’s reassuring if your totally lost, it will get you back on track. It’s always updated to the minute. 

It is all done now????

Copilot ready.

Campsites ready.

Final one night stop in Dieppe only sends me booking info in French and I'm not able to find a booking form, so might have to turn up and hope.

Fingers are crossed.

Search for sites shows two reasonably sized Aires, one either side of the harbour. They might provide an alternative if you have difficulty getting into the site.

SteveL

Excellent info, I think that will be the thing to do, forget the  campsite and use the Aire.  I did think of parking at ferry port, but this will be better, no travel to the ferry in the morning.

Really appreciate this info.

Firstly, I'm new to 'motor-homing', but can't wait to get started.

At some point I would like to travel to Spain,(Malaga region), via France.

Ideally I'll be travelling there/back sometime between April/Sept.2025 and would like advice on which routes to take and advice on any campsites/stop offs/places of interest etc.

I'm reasonably confident of taking a ferry to Santander, as I've done this twice without too much drama , and then driven across to northwest Spain,(Barcelona region), but that was in a car, and the drive was non-stop.

I did once look to drive through France, but I was put off by the amount of rules/regs etc. that are required,(at certain times of the year)....Winter tyres/snow chains, even in good weather had to used/carried just to mention a couple.

Anyways, I look forward to any advice offered, and thank you in advance.

Kind Regards

Walney 13 

I have a little old lady in the left hand seat with a road map. This has worked ok for 50 years.  It can get a bit entertaining if the hearing aid batteries need replacing 

Archie's files are no longer available.  'Archie' (not his real name) has now given up with what was his labour of love for many years.  It took an awful lot of work keeping things up to date (I helped out sometimes) with so many thousand campsites to check. He had other responsibilities and decided keeping Archie's up to date took up just too much of his time.

Google Maps is yoiur friend and getting the co-ordinates for the site is so easy BUT have a close look at the route the app is sending you on. I thought that I was so clever finding the co-ordinates for a site near Avignon on to find myself towing down a gravel road between millions of grape vines. If I'd taken the time, I would have seen that the dual carriageway which was not far away would hve got me there with a lot less stress and would have been a lot quicker.

AS BIG lesson learned.

I would just like to thank one and all for the advice given prior to our trip to France.  I took note of it all.  From coordinates to Aire in Dieppe.  Only blot during the trip was the domestic water pump gave up the ghost, had to use buckets of water the whole trip, bit like going back to the old days camping.

France puts us to shame from the roads to the way they maintain the verges/roundabouts, hardly saw one that was neglected.

Just enjoyed the whole trip!