Hi,
Have you looked at going with haven, have been with them lots of times, staying in there caravans and taking our own also. Have stayed at St John De Monts, La charmettes (Royan) but dont think you can take your own van now, and the site in Brittany. Plenty to do and have a kids clu, entertainment, pools etc. If you stay at there own sites (run by them) everything is open from the start of the season. Have a look on there website http://www.siblu.com.
Hope this is some help.
Theresa

May is not that early to tug around France try the weather underground for historical weather picture
http://www.wunderground.com/global/FR.html

We tend to go out of Season too

Using camping cheques check out their website
http://www.campingcheque.co.uk/en/

they charge £10.30 a cheque this year and that entitles you to
pitch + electricity + awning + family pet for two adults
your daughter wouldn't be charged for as it's too young for most sites fees

and when you consider that some sites charge nearly double this they are very cost effective

Hey,

Thanks all for the info.

I will definately check out the camping cheques, Grey, are the widely accepted in France?

Regards

Gavin

I will definately check out the camping cheques, Grey, are the widely accepted in France?

Answer widely enough go on the web page and click on Our sites the click on France and then a quarter of France you fancy then click on the site name to get a resume and direct webpage info

What we do is using the book they send you (550+ sites in Europe) we look for something that we fancy then en-route we ring to see if they have availability

We particularly like

Interpals in Pals Spain
Mas De Pierredon in Sanary Sur Mer France (SE)
Ma Prairie - Canet Plage Mediterranean France
La Grappe d'Or Central France

Didn't like
Les Vagues
Montpelier Plage

However do try to go for four star and above some of the lesser ones are a little ropey

I'm loading a lot of pictures on to a new photo site but they are available at present on http://community.webshots.com/user/madcaravanner but not for much longer

Can anybody confirm that the Electrical hook up cable connection in France is the same as Ireland and the UK?

Hi
Havn't been with own caravan for a few years but recall that some might have been a two pin plug connecting into the power box. You can buy an adapter from caravan accessory shops that will then link to uk cable. Might be as well to buy reverse polority tester to check connection.( dont cost much)
Theresa

Can anybody confirm that the Electrical hook up cable connection in France is the same as Ireland and the UK?

On SOME sites yes

on some site no -- French connector - Good camping shops sell them over here

on some Campsites the positive and negative terminals are reversed
and it's not just the French connector ones either
meaning that your equipment is still live when you switch it off

easy to make a test rig and a reverse polarity lead if you know what you are doing