France in September

Count me in!!!  I hope the knee is getting better!

I'm tempted! Have been aiming to get over the water and as I'm retiring this summer it will be the first time I have ever been able to holiday in September! 

I am also very tempted. I haven't driven anythng on the Continent for perhaps 15 - 20 years and never a motorhome. However, one of my reasons to buy a motorhome (1 year ago) is to take 6-8 week breaks on the continent, either in spring or during Sept / Oct. Do you have a leaving date and ferry port in mind? I've just returned from 2 weeks in Fort William / Findhorn / Edinburgh and someone told me about ACSI sites - apparently a good idea out of the main season.

Right about ACSI - I found them a few years ago and they are usually excellent value - depends what you want of course but the choice is pretty huge. I go for the fairly low budget ones as frills don't interest me but there are pletny with swimming pools etc etc.   The number of ACSI sites is growing quite fast here too.  If I dared make any plans at the moment I would be on for the trip - but I will watch your posts carefully to see if I can escape! 

PJ....at present my dates are 1st  to 20th September. I have had a look at crossings and as I live in Berkshire Portsmouth is an obvious choice. (This would also suit CamperCarolyn as she is in Hampshire)  However the costs are high so I am having a look at Dover and running across the north coast of France, maybe taking a couple of days. However nothing decided yet!

I have bought an ACSI card for 2016 so hope to use this but not exclusively if I find non ACSI sites that I like the look of.

You would be very welcome to join in for as much of the time as you wish.

Does anyone know if it is possible to swap email addresses (via CC) without posting on the thread?

Hope you enjoyed Scotland as much as I did in early May!

I live in Bristol so Portsmouth is close for me too. Is Poole cheaper? Scotland was excellent for me. I ticked a number of things off my bucket list such as Edinburgh botanics (3 visits) and Ben Nevis. Paid for it though with rigor mortice of the thighs for 3 days afterwards.

You could email me on pippah_uk@yahoo.com and I could organise that - its a more or less defunct email address but still works! 

Thanks for the offer Pippah but you  have reminded me that I have  an old address as well that I could use.

Anyone interested in more details as they emerge just use the following:-  mkb1@myself.com

Look forward to hearing from you.

PJ...Poole is slightly cheaper so I will definitely give that some thought. The downside is that there is only 1 ferry on that route and only one daily sailing but I guess if there are any problems Brit F would probably reroute without too much trouble..

Bonjour mes amis!!

Glad to see that this trip to France is gaining momentum!  

Welcome aboard Phil!  I look forward to meeting you.  I used to live in Wiltshire/Somerset/Bristol/Bath so I know your area quite well and I am up in Bristol quite often, visiting friends and relatives.

I also have an email address that I set up for this forum as it is not possible to message individuals.  It is campercarolyn3@yahoo.com.  

I'm not keen on travelling Dover to Calais even though it's cheaper but I'm quite happy to meet up in France if everybody else wants to go that way.  

My ACSI book arrived yesterday and I have just bought a couple of guide books so I have plenty of reading to do while I'm away in Black Knowl next week!  

Looking forward to our trip!!!!

Au revoir

CC

I now have an itinerary available if anyone is interested.

I have sent it to CC MM and PJ so look forward to hearing from you in due course.!!

Any more takers??