It was one of those summers

It was one of those summers where nothing seemed to go as planned. The carrots were destined to be a disaster for a start, and that was after reading in an organic gardening book that carrots are one of the …

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Go where the sun shines brightly

Who knows when your next holiday in France will be; it may be later this summer, next year or even the year after. Next year is 2012 and it is the year England hosts the Olympics so that is an …

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Late bookings still coming in

You may have thought that anyone taking a camping holiday France this year would have booked already, but the signs are that bookings, though slowed, are still coming in at a healthy rate. It’s possible that this could be due …

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A little luxury in Chiantishire

Camping holidays these days of course include holidays in mobile homes, Pods, Chalets as well as all the growning number of sorts and styles of tents. I mean, there are chalet tents, lodge tents, lodge suites, Tipis or Teepees if …

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The mass exodus into Europe has started

July 2011 is drawing to a close as I write, and parents with children are crossing the Channel in their thousands to start their once a year self drive holiday into France, Italy, Holland, Germany or Spain. The southbound and …

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Selectcamp is our new affiliate

If you fancy a luxury camping holiday in France next time you go abroad you could do worse than give Selectcamp a try because they are a company who specialise in organising luxury camping and mobile home holidays, and have …

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Introducing our new camping holiday site

We have branched out recently with another website for camping holidays, but this time it will be purely for adverts rather than being like the French site which is mainly text based and more of a guide. The new site …

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It’s just a car at the end of the day

Strangely enough, and this has little to nothing to do with camping holidays in France, but strangely enough we have been approached by the friend of a friend who is a wine merchant in London to help promote his wine …

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Francophiles in Languedoc

Francophiles like me often wish that there was a quicker way of reaching the south of France with a car than having to drive all that distance from Calais or Caen. “Caen?” you may ask, “but Caen is miles off …

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Friends in need go camping

Our friends were feeling rather down one day and said that they needed a break, but as they weren’t very flush it needed to be somewhere cheap. Of course we suggested camping in France but the reply to that was …

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