Stopover near Troyes or Langres

Thanks.

Thanks for the tip re camping cars.We always use sites but might be tempted by these sometimes especially if we want to go somewhere to visit and there is no suitable campsite.

We used to stay there regularly. Nice site right in the small town. Only problem was the “chain operated” overhead showers which OH didn’t take to! That was a couple of years back and they may have been updated?

Had a chain pull shower this morning! Dated but clean and functional sanfacs. Now having lunch in Intermarché car park at Beaune en route to Tournus.

Ah, a Royal Flush! Hope it’s stopped raining.

Thanks for all the suggestions which we will use if we stay close to Calais first night although we may end up staying at Guignicourt, Au bord de l’Aisne. Very good site extremely close to the Autoroute and three hours from Calais. This year it is an ACSI site which makes it more affordable. We have used it most years but at nearly 30 Euros I always slightly resented it.

From Guignicourt we usually make it to Chagny (near Beaune), another ACSI site very close to the town. Then on to our regular site, Les Gênets d’or at Bagnols sur Cèze.

As the weather has been poor in Europe the plan is to stay at Bagnols then to take the cross-alpine route to Lake Maggiore which seems to involve the Mont Blanc road tunnel with a stop near Turin. First time for us.

The other one to use near Guignicourt (which is a nice site) is the one at Laon.It was a bit of a work in progress when we stopped a couple of years ago but everything worked and there is a small indoor swimming pool and a good bus service into Laon which is well worth visiting.It was a lot cheaper too.

I think you will find that Bip & Go is the Spain & Portugal Toll Tag and the French one is ViaTag, or ViaT, as supplied by SANEF, but now EMOVIS.

BillC

Depending on how far you want to go on that day, you have lots of choice; we have stayed at the Municipal at Chalons en Champagne lots of times, but now privatised but hasn’t changed much, about 200 miles from Calais, a nice easy run.     Then there is Camping Lac le Lac d’Orient at Mesnil Saint Pere, off A26 at J23, a little out of the way but a lovely drive.   And at Langres, we have stayed at Lac del la Leiz loads of times and this is a great stop over, or for longer if you choose.   We once stayed 2 weeks!     A bit of advice; avoid the rather cramped terraced roads in the centre of the site, there are plenty of larger pitches on the outside areas and at the bottom near the back gate, which is locked all the time.   We usually pitch down there.

BillC 

It says 'bip and go' on the gizmo and on the leaflet, and we've used it all the way from Calais to the Alpes! 28c here at Landry, surrounded by snow-capped mountains.

We saw a few patches of snow whilst driving down the '500' south of Triberg yesterday. Surprised to see it at such low levels this time of year.