2500 mile round trip through France in a 1970 SO69/1 Oslo

[noddy]

Just some holiday snap from our mammoth round trip to France, had a great time will be going back next year.

On route to the Central Massif

Central Massif volcanic crater lake

The Dordogne

The Loire valley

Brittany

Standing stone at Carnac

Point Du Hoc

Bomb crater

A bunker

Pegasus Bridge

Next year canoes and bikes as well .

Ian

 

[Dirty Harry]

Very nice pics!, next year i want to do the whole west coast from the north to the south.

 

[olance]

Good to see more of us getting out and about!

 

[ib-bus]

Beautiful pictures , just what owning a bus is all about.

 

[dandaz]

^^what he said^^^ 8)

 

[froggy]

Next year you'll be in the syncro though
We're planning on something along the same lines next year, through France and onto the italian lakes, probably maggiore

 

[steve92]

great pics matey! just got back from a week in somerset and devon. my holiday photos dont have as much blue sky as yours :?

 

[gninnam]

Great pics 8)

Shame about the sale of the van (doonn'ttt do it!!!! )

 

[analord]

fantastic - did the North to South trip a few years ago and loved it. If only the Euro wasnt so high we would have gone this year too - oh well.

 

[NickJ]

Looks like a great trip Ian 8)

 

[alex4057]

Beautiful photo's :mrgreen:

 

[EspenX]

Great pictures! Please excuse my ignorance, but is there a camper model named Oslo?

EspenX (in Oslo )

 

[noddy]

Yep there certainly was. It was one of the westfalia SO69 range. Oslo, Stockholm, etc

 

[VWAIRCOOLED]

Looks like a lot of fun,did you plan out camp sites or is it easy enough to find places along the way?

 

[noddy]

We had a vague idea of a route, but nothing concrete.

We just took a Michelin France camping guide, but we also stopped on speck if we like the look of a place.

I have nothing but praise for the quality of french camp sites, all were clean and even the most basic (around 13 to 18 euros) had showers toilets, plate washing facilities. The more expensive ones (20 to 26 euros) had swimming pools (although not all), play areas for kids, washing machines and driers.

I think people running some of the camp sites in this country could learn a lot from a trip to France. We are going again next year but not on a big tour. Then off to Austria the year after on another tour.

 

[streetboy]

Looks like a cracking trip

Looking to do France next year.

Just back from a very indifferent Cornwall weatherwise, :roll: but spot on for the surfing and bodyboarding tho

Oh, and we counted 99 VW buses over the week, as hard as we looked we could not find the 100th by the time we got home!