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      • - - Viking Squares Campout
      • - - Swedish Square Dance Convention overview
      • - - France and Northern Spain
    • - 2023 trips
      • - - Northern France including the British Military Cemetery at Pozières
      • - - The Alsace, Lake Annecy and The Lateral Canal of the Loire
      • - - Viking Squares Square Dance Campout, Colsterworth
    • - 2022 trips
      • - - Chippenham Folk Festival
      • - - The Alsace Wine Tasting Tour
      • - - Spain and Portugal Motorhome Tour
    • - 2021
      • - - The Cotswolds
      • - - Gloucestershire & Worcestershire 2021-09
    • - 2020
      • - - Spain and Portugal
    • - 2019
      • - - Normandie & The Lot Valley
      • - - Frankenberg and France Overview
      • - - Yorkshire Folk Dance Weekend
    • - 2018
      • - - France and Northern Spain Overview
      • - - Alsace Wine Tour
      • - - Northern Italy and Southern France
    • - 2017
      • - - Spain – Roman and Moorish sites
      • - - Finland via Scandinavia return via the Baltic States
    • - 2016
      • - - Overview
  • Overnight Locations
    • - How to Find Motorhome Overnight Stops in Europe
    • - Motorhome aires in France – all you need to know
    • - aires in France
      • - - Aire de Camping Cars Calais
      • - - Neufchatel en Bray or Sainte Claire
      • - - Solre-le-Chateau
    • - Overview UK Campsites For Motorhomes
      • - - Crossfells Campsite, near Penrith
      • - - Applecross Fields, Warwickshire
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    • - Recent Motorhome Treks
    • - Thetford Motorhome Fridge Not working on 12 volts Problem Solved part 1
    • - Fridge Not working on 12 volts Problem Solved part 2
    • - Truma motorhome Combi 6 Boiler Error E81H Problem Solved
    • - Our First Hymer Motorhome
    • - Hymer 2
    • - Trip Planning
    • - Comparing journey costs
    • - Snow Chains on Hymer B544 motorhome
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Home > Archive Category: Motorhome chatter

Category Archives: Motorhome chatter

Planning Our Spanish Motorhome Adventure

September 1, 2022AlanMotorhome chatter

Thursday, four days until we board the ferry at Portsmouth bound for Santander, as usual we have not made definite plans about where we are going — one part of me says to finish the road trip through Portugal that we had to abandon because of the Covid lockdown, whilst another part wants to visit

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Photos of dogs are not helpful on reviews of motorhome sites

August 28, 2022AlanMotorhome chatter, Musings

Doing my homework before setting off on another trek around Europe, so I am looking for a convenient overnight stop to break the journey to Portsmouth. While looking at motorhome sites I am struck by how many reviewers post photos of their dogs. The dog in the photo of the site, the pitch, the facilities

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Rodemack, France

July 15, 2022AlanAire de camping cars, Aires and equivalents, Motorhome chatter

Aire de camping cars, Rodemack, France. Late yesterday afternoon we arrived at the aire adjacent to the railway station at Dudelange Usines, Luxembourg, too late. All the places were taken so we had no choice but to turn around and park nearby to reassess our plans. There was another motorhome close by with a French

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How to Find Good Motorhome Camping Sites At Sensible Prices

May 24, 2022AlanMotorhome chatter

Have you too noticed a huge increase in the cost of pitches for motorhomes? We certainly have seen big increases in prices, at the time of writing [May 2022] it’s hard to find an overnight stop on a grass pitch for less than £20 and many are asking £30 upwards. I know the price of

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Autumn 2021 – winter approaches

October 30, 2021AlanMotorhome chatter

End of October now, so the weather is worse and nighttime temperatures a lower. We find that during the first night in our motorhome we feel colder than we expect. How we keep warm is to put the heating on, not surprising really. Our Hymer has a very efficient heating system, the temperature can be

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