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muddyjames:
Myself and another mate along with 8 others (10 in total) are planning a trip to France next year with our caravans to an area called Anger just south of Le Mans on the edge of the Louire Valley.

Can anyone give us some tips on what to do to prepare ourselves or a good campsite i that area?

Neither of us have towed abroad before either.

We are getting the Portsmouth - Caen ferry. Any ideas how long it will take to get to Anger from Caen?

Any help welcomed

boycarp:
Le Mans is proberbly a good 6 hours (if not longer with a caravan on) from caen, not much motorway driving that way down so you don't really have to worry about the speed limits changing for it raining and when it's dry or tolls, but the police out there at the moment are coming down hard on things like speeding. heard some storys of police taking liences off people and sending them back to swansee leaving you stuck at the side of the road unless you have someone else in the car who can drive. but could just be one of those stories that more dramatic the more they get told.lol They are slowly getting more speed cameras but unlike here they arn't in plain veiw can catch you out easily (like i found out this summer but luckily no speeding fine thought the post)they're painted grey and stuck in the road side.  

It's a nice drive from caen to le mans dead straight roads but watch out for the round a bouts which to me seem square lol (not like here where you can carry some speed over them ) proberbly none of this is any good to ya as your towing and won't be breaking any land speed records.

It's a really nice area to visit we liked it so much five members of the family have bought homes out there (altho a bit further south into the Louire Valley getting down between Chateauroux and Gueret.

hope this helps a little (Think i rambled a bit) :lol:

muddyjames:
Hiya.

Thanks very much for that.

I think I need to a ignore autoroute amd other mapping services as thier estimate travelling times are way out then!

Also I need to re-learn what colour roads and number roads are motorways. What are motorways on a French map?

Good to know this before we went away and arrived in the middle of the nght at the site!

karlo:
Just a thought but........

I think you may need a euro adapter if your planning on using on site electrics!

muddyjames:
A 2 pin plug to my caravan cable and a reverse polarity one too. Also a gadget that plugs into the socket to say if it is the right way round or not.

I remember my dad having those in his caravan when I was younger.

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