Featured Campsites – Clarys Plage & Sol-a-Gogo, Vendée

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Boasting high levels of sunshine and pretty much guaranteed weather from May – October the Vendée region is a popular holiday destination – and a great alternative to the South of France. The region is also easily accessible from the …

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France’s Best Beaches!

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It’s no wonder that France is such a popular tourist destination – in addition to the superb countryside and world class mountain ranges it also boasts miles after mile of glorious sandy beaches! It will of course depend on your …

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Squirrels squirrelling in the Vendee

When camping in France some years ago; in fact on looking back it was quite a few years ago – 18 to be precise, when we were on our way to our camping site in St Jean de Monts down …

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Les Conches, Longeville and St Jean de Monts

We had some friends who owned a campsite in les Conches and we used to visit them for holidays on a regular basis until they sold it on and retired. Yes, camping les Conches certainly brings back some memories of …

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Brem, Jard and St Julien des landes

Just slightly to the north of les Sables d’Olonne on the western  coast of France, the Cote de Lumiere  to be precise, lies the little town of Brem-sur-Mer, another of the tiny little “blink and you’ll miss it” towns and …

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We take a look at St Gilles Croix, Bretignolles sur Mer & les Sables d’Olonne

Surprisingly St Gilles Croix-de-Vie was not classified as a holiday resort until the early 1980′s, in fact it was in 1982 when the full classification came through, though the community originated in 1967 from the unification of two communities on …

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Have you seen the Vendee marshes?

As a family it would take a great deal for us to tire of camping in Vendee – not so much because we have been going there so long and so many times over the past 20 years or so, …

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Our first time at St Jean de Monts

It seems such a long time ago now, and in fact it it quite a while since we first went camping in Vendee territory with our daughter and her friend Helen. Dear me, they were 16 at the time and …

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St Jean de Monts in the Vendee

Once upon a time, many, many years ago when the kids were small, we took off in our little car one fine summer morning all the way down to Poole where we drove it onto the boat which was sailing …

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We’re off to St Hilaire de Riez

Obviously the decision to sell my car would have to be a family one, but the day was fast approaching when something in the way of a positive step would need to be made because we had just booked a …

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