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Dunclair replied on 21/06/2019 18:03

Dunclair

Posted on 21/06/2019 18:03

We have been coming to Europe with our caravan for a few years now. Admittedly, we usually come earlier in the year than this but we delayed our plans because we didn't know what the brexit ****shower was going to bring.

We are members of ACSI and always use their sites, whether Municipal or not. We have never booked and never had a problem getting in. We arrived in the famous Val de Vesle site yesterday about 2:30. The lovely lady who runs the place said that she had only one pitch left. Today she had a "Complete" sign up outside the office when we left late morning for our trip into Reims.

I have read on this forum many times that there is no need to book outside of July and August but maybe times are changing.

On a similar note, we met an English couple here yesterday who asked if we had met many British people on our three and a half weeks of travel. I told them that we had only seen three couples which was one more than they had seen over the same period, including us. The Club's sites must be pretty full or people are staying at home.

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moulesy replied on 23/06/2019 20:16

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Caravanner from Wiltshire

Posted on 23/06/2019 20:16

I think we probably do go to very different places than you David and without any "rose tinted spectacles" (long time since that expression has been used on here). And anyway, aren't a lot of your 18 weeks spent in exactly the same place each year - places you've found and like because of what you've found in those places. Whereas you spend very little time touring in the UK.

Seriously I can't say that I've noticed any significant difference between here and there. We stay in hotels but we tour around, eating out and visiting sights just as we do over here. Mind you, we do tend to avoid Cheshire!

Still, as I say, we're not easily offended and we don't go out looking for things to complain about.

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brue replied on 23/06/2019 20:28

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Motorhomer

Posted on 23/06/2019 20:28

Ooh Moulesy you'll miss this Cheshire CL

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moulesy replied on 23/06/2019 20:32

moulesy

Caravanner from Wiltshire

Posted on 23/06/2019 20:32

Well, I suppose I could consider slumming it, brue!

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brue replied on 23/06/2019 20:35

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Posted on 23/06/2019 20:35

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Posted on 23/06/2019 20:16 by moulesy

I think we go to very different places than you David and without any "rose tinted spectacles" (long time since that expression has been used on here).

Seriously I can't say that I've noticed any significant difference between here and there. We stay in hotels but we tour around, eating out and visiting sights just as we do over here. Mind you, we do tend to avoid Cheshire!

Still, as I say, we're not easily offended and we don't go out looking for things to complain about.

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Wherenext replied on 23/06/2019 21:11

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Posted on 23/06/2019 21:11

Giving a bit of balance to matters.

We were disgusted with the litter that we found in Isla Cristina and the tons of plastic waste deposited in and around Almeria and generally find parts of Spain as litter strewn as parts of the UK. Germany is generally a lot tidier, France a bit in the middle but both of them tend to have more graffiti.

Money grabbing? I've come across it in Spain, but is that just making a living out of the tourist the only way they can? And parts of France is very expensive. If I feel I'm being overcharged I won't buy whatever it is or stay wherever is too expensive.

Rude? Come across it everywhere. Here, Spain, France, bits of Eastern Germany. But not that often.

If you don't like where you live Dunclair then stop being unhappy and move. Don't tar the whole UK with the same brush. We are 5 weeks into a tour of the north of England and yet to meet a rude person or be disgusted with the litter problem. Not been ripped off yet, apart from an overpriced Independent site.

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