Courseulles Sur Mer then home...

As we often do we spent the last night in Courseulles Sur Mer near the Canadian Landing Beach "Juno". Its a very nice little site right on the beach with easy access to the promenade and town. We had a nice walk into the village and then has a great meal in a seaside hotel followed by pancakes on the sea front. THe following morning we packed up and went home..........

Gironde Ferry to Royan

Finally we left the campsite  and headed (via the Gironde ferry to Royan) in the direction of Tours & Le Mans on our journey back towards Calais. We stopped first at a little site south of Le Mans:

Houtin La Plage near the Gironde

With a view to finding a more relaxed "Place in the Sun" we decided to head for the south west coast of Ffance and found a very nice site or "Air Hotel" in Hourtin La Plage a small surfing village north of Bordeaux. Great facilities including amazing swimming area and lots of large pitches with pine tree shade. Again highly recommended.

Roquebrune-sur-Argens, France

Next stop was Roquebrune-sur-Argens, France. We had intended to visit a site at Port Grimoud which has a ferry to St Tropez but unfortunately all the coastal sites were packed full. Sue found a campsite with good facilities a few miles inland at Roquebrune-sur-Argens where we spent a couple of days swimming in the excellent pool and relaxing in the sun.

San Remo - Italian Riviera

Following the downpours in Tenero we had no choice but to head south for the sun. All forecasts were saying that the coast was the only guarantee of good summer weather. Therefore we made the long drive from Locarno on Maggiore to San Remo on the Italian Riviera. We had located the site in our "101 Best Seaside Campsites" by Alan Rogers. With the sat nav set we approached San Remo on the coatal motorway set high up in the mountains, while driving I asked Sue to call the campsite to say we were nearly there and were told they we suddenly fully booked! Not sure what to do we missed the turn and carried on towards Monaco, I asked the Sat Nav to find nearest campsite and we followed the route off the motorway and onto a TINY winding hairpin ally leading from the Motorway to the coast! Our 8m Van only just inched around the tight brick wall enclosed hairpins and then near the bottom we became lodged against a hedge with about 6 cars unable to pass coming up the hill!!!!  Sue got out and suggested they fold their mirrors and with a lout of Italian shouting and swearing they managed to pass and we found our way to the suggested campsite..... the same bloody one that was full....   Anyway the was a handy Aire next door so we parked overnight and got onto a fabulous pitch next to the sea the following morning. Great location loads of sun and fantastic bike trails all along the coast. Highly recommended.

Campo Felice - Tenero CH

With the weather still resisting full sun we decided to move on to Campo Felice in Tenero near Locarno in Switzerland for the Switzerland Day festivities on August 1st. This is one of our favourite campsites located on the shores of Lake Maggiore and within cycling distance (or ferry) of the beautiful lakeside town of Locarno. This area is normally guaranteed hot sunshine albeit with the occasional heavy thunderstorm. Unfortunately we got it the other way around and so where again moving on earlier than expected!

Fugen - Zillertal Valley

Following Lofer we headed for the Zillertal Valley famous for the Mayrhofen Ski Resort. On a previous trip I had found an excellent campsite ironically called "Camping Hell" with large pitches and fab facilities. Our main reson for the quick visit was the amazing swimming complex the "Erlebnistherme Zillertal" in Fügen. The boys loved the complex with its huge slides that you can ride down on a small dingy!