Château de Fonrives was our second destination, in the Dordogne region of France. This was going to be an 8 hour journey, so an early start was required. Staying with the Autoroutes, the journey was straight forward, with a few stops at the Aires for refreshments and toilet breaks! We duly arrived at the campsite and were shown to our pitch. The pitches were hedge delimited with a few trees providing part shade. The pitching was a little tight, but the motor mover again made short work of this. With the caravan ready, we soon got into relaxation mode – armed with a Lafumer, the sun beckoned us to soak it up!
We were planning on using the awning, but due to the fantastic weather we decided it would save for another day. So chairs and a table it was, which to be honest is all we needed. The campsite had all the usual facilities: two swimming pools, restaurant, bar, take-away, tennis, boules, table tennis, mini-golf, football and a shop. Just a short car journey away is the small provincial town of Villereal. This provided access to a supermarket just on the outskirts, along with other shops and a market within the town itself. All absolutely beautiful and a million miles away from North East England!
Other excursions in the car took us to the town of Monpazier, another stunning picturesque town. And also Castillonnes, which wasn’t quite up to the expectations as set by Monpazier, but interesting non-the-less. The sat-nav once again routed us perfectly on all of excursions. This coupled with the brilliant French roads makes these little excursions a real pleasure rather than a bind – so different to England. Following nine days of relaxation, the time had come again to depart to our third destination, on the return leg of the journey back home. The campsite in question? Bien Assise in Calais, a mere 10 hours away!
- Date: 26th July 2011
- Nights: 9
- Pitch #: 93
- GPS: 44.657442, 0.727754
