Any interest in a 4x4 European holiday?

[GADGETP38]

again......

[GADGETP38]

If you want to go somewhere a little different and not quite so far down France the Ardeche is wonderful........

[GADGETP38]

And the Alps........

[TechnoTurkey]

Went to Norway last August and the weather was great, I've been a few times and have some family in Bergen.  Unfortunatly I didnt take the landy with me.

Weather in the summer is fine, comparable to the UK.  Its just the spring and Autumn that are more wintery than here and of course the winters are very cold - the sea in the harbour in Bergen froze last week!

Just bear in mind that if you like the odd drink or two then Norway could prove expensive!

[sparkes]

are very cold - the sea in the harbour in Bergen froze last week!

Just bear in mind that if you like the odd drink or two then Norway could prove expensive!

Could?  I went there on business a few years back and the drinks bill was more than the hotel bill!

[gords]

If you go down in to the pyrenees and are making it a family holiday I suggest you make it at least 2 weeks and ideally more.

I do like the idea of going to the Pyrenees :)

We would do 2 weeks for that sort of trip (possibly and extra day or two). Did you drive down through France or catch the ferry (Bilbao)?

What did you do when you got there? Have a few bases and drive out each day? Travel by day, camp, move on the next day?

We did French/Italian Alps last year with a tour company (Atlas Overland)!

[TechnoTurkey]

Sparkes - last year in some bars I paid upto £9 for a pint!

[GADGETP38]

If you go down in to the pyrenees and are making it a family holiday I suggest you make it at least 2 weeks and ideally more.

I do like the idea of going to the Pyrenees :)

We would do 2 weeks for that sort of trip (possibly and extra day or two). Did you drive down through France or catch the ferry (Bilbao)?

What did you do when you got there? Have a few bases and drive out each day? Travel by day, camp, move on the next day?

We did French/Italian Alps last year with a tour company (Atlas Overland)!

We did dover / calais and then down to the Ardeche in one hit; took about 9 hours. You could stop at Macon which is just between Dijon and Lyon and then you could do the rest down to the Pyrenees the next day. It's a tough 2 days but worth it once you ae there.
We had 4 weeks this August and went; Ardeche, Avignon, Perpignan, Pyrenees, Languedoc, Pays Cathar, Carcassonne, Normandie and Calais. It was fantastic. We camped for the 4 weeks but must have had 7 or 8 camps over the period.
Was it Dave and Fiona from Atlas?

[gords]

Was it Dave and Fiona from Atlas?

Fiona didn't come on that tour - it was led by Pete with Dave supporting.

I'd love to do their Pyrenees tour, but the thought of moving nearly every day puts me off. Not so much the moving, but it's difficult with young children! Maybe when the're actually old enough to help, rather than hinder

If we do a touring style holiday this year, the timetable will need to be very "relaxed" :D

[GADGETP38]

Was it Dave and Fiona from Atlas?

If we do a touring style holiday this year, the timetable will need to be very "relaxed" :D

Yes, that's the best way. We had an idea of places we might like to go, but the whole thing was very loose. If we wanted to stay somewhere we did. The thing is about France is that there are so many campsites you never really need book. You can always find one, and they're pretty much all nice once you get south of Dijon.

[murph]

I did the Morocco trip a few years ago, through Spain and across Morocco spent nearly 4 weeks doing this, would love to do some thing similar again :lol:  :lol: