Motorhome tours in 2016

Motorhome route 2016

We began 2016 with a tour of Mull, staying at Fiden Farm Campsite and enjoying a week of English Folk Dance at Bunesan.  Later in the same month of May we participated in Chippenham Folk Festival, camping out at the festival site next to the river.

Our infatuation with European travel in our motorhome began in June 2016 when we took a ferry to The Netherlands, then drove south through France in our first Hymer, known affectionately as Hymer One, to meet our son and his family who were taking a holiday near Biscarrosse and the coast of Bordeaux. A good time was had be all at a holiday campsite. We spent time touring and sampling the bird watching at Le Teich, wine tasting at various chateaux and staying on a variety of aires and campsites. One of the most memorable sites we stayed on was at Penne-D’Agenais.

Travelling the rural roads of France was a revelation, especially the huge size of France and the variety of countryside. Our ideas about France had been formed in Paris some years earlier when we thought the waiters and some other staff rather rude. My French is reasonable, but the people in Paris claimed not to understand me and went to find someone who could speak English. That experience put us off going to France from many years. The rural areas are totally different, chalk and cheese; having sampled rural France we knew we would be back, and yes, we have been back several times. France is the most motorhome-friendly place so why would we not go and take advantage of it.

Recalling the first journey through France is not as easy as our more recent tours because in 2016 we did not have iPhones and Google Timeline. Even so we can trace our journey through our journals and GPS location  of photos.

Keywords: motorhome travel and camping in France