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Hi All,

Well after a number of years and following Brexit and also some changes within France regarding acceptance of  twin axles and vans over 8m. 

We've caravanned for over 45 years off and on with various vans (some twin axles) and have travelled to and through France many times.  We used to basically follow our noses and just stop wherever we found, which back in those days was almost anywhere even if we needed a Municipal camp site now and again there were no issues.

I think its different now, Municipal sites don't accept twin axles and bigger vans arent  able to get onto some smaller pitches of which there are a fair number in France.

We're off for a month from the 26th of April and have taken the decision to pre-book pretty much all our stops on sites we probably wouldn't chose (although they look very nice, or we wouldn't have booked them). However I would love to hear from anyone who has been to France with a bigger TA Van and if they have found France as easy as it used to be.

We even used to stop in Autoroute "Aires", as there are now I think, in those days there were always stories about people getting gassed or robbed (mostly on the Autoroute Du Soleil it seemed).  Never witnessed any bother nor actually met anyone who had that misfortune though, in all our years and there were always many other Vans or Motorhomes around of all Nationalities.

We love the less commercial sites "CL's" and farm sites, electricity always being a bonus.  Our Car and Van are  both these days of a much higher value than those we used to have so I would imagine being a jucier Target for Criminals.  Has France changed so much? Any news or advice would be welcome.

Thanks in anticipation.

Bob

Moderator Comment - Moved from Story Section. Bob, when asking questions you need to post in the discussion area so I have moved your post into Overseas Touring