Annecy and onwards to South of France

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Parked up on Aires in Annecy, been really warm last few days.
Just a T shirt on , nearly picked up by the gendarmaries for indecent exposure.
Will try and up date when I can .
 
rockape said:
Parked up on Aires in Annecy, been really warm last few days.
Just a T shirt on , nearly picked up by the gendarmaries for indecent exposure.
Will try and up date when I can .
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That`s nice :rolleyes2:
 
Love Annecy and the area around it.

Lake Bourget over the hill is worth exploring as well. A lot quieter.

I filmed a ride round both lakes (well bits of it) early August last summer. It was blisteringly hot that day and coming down the mountain to Lake Bourget the heat off the rocks was like a blast furnace.

Lake Bourget and Annecy August 2017
 
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witzend said:
You where lucky to get a space in there will look for the updates. Enjoy
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We`ve tried a couple of times there as well :dance: not a cat in hells chance :scared: absolutely ram packed solid with 1 even parked in the entrance way :mad2:
 
Wooie1958 said:
We`ve tried a couple of times there as well :dance: not a cat in hells chance :scared: absolutely ram packed solid with 1 even parked in the entrance way :mad2:
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It's the same now at 3 o'clock, got here a nine this morning , just got a space as an Italian was leaving.
It says 24 hr max but looks like some are here semi permanent.
 
rockape said:
It's the same now at 3 o'clock, got here a nine this morning , just got a space as an Italian was leaving.
It says 24 hr max but looks like some are here semi permanent.
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The one at Florac is the same 24 hr max but some are quite obviously resident there particularly on the lower level in the far corner :scared:

We`ve been there 6 months apart and the same vehicles have been parked in exactly the same place and clearly haven`t moved when you see the dirt around the tyres.
 
I think the 24 or 48hr thing you see in France is just a get out of jail free card for moving on undesirables. Ive never seen it apparently enforced.

There is a cracking Private Aire at the bottom end of the lake at Lathuile. The one at Annecy itself is a bit grim. There is another good one about 8 miles north west of Annecy at an Ostrich farm as well.
 
I'm just dining with the rich and famous, having a Big Mac in MC Donald's in St Tropez,bugger the expense.
Lashing it down now and has been since coming over the mountains.
 
Now approx 30 miles north of La Spezia onwards to Parma, Parked up high in the hills ,have seen three cars in four hours
Coordinates are N44 Deg 27.021. E 009 Deg 55.177.
Absolutely nothing around. Not even any houses.
Temp during the day was 22 degree.
Probably get to Slovenia in about 4/5 days at this rate.
 
You didn’t evenwave when when you passed us! Currently parked up in Porta Maurizio.
 
Stopped by chance appropriate 35 miles south west of Venice at Montagnana.
Aires at coordinates N 45 Deg 14.210 E011 27.863.
Free leccy and water ,Lidls I can see from my window.
The town is wonderful, the church is not to be missed.
Plan tomorrow????? Who knows , who cares.
I will by pass Venice ,seen it , done it.
 
Now on a site at Choaggia about 15 miles south of Venice, very similar, going to stay here for 4 nights. Forgot to add , it's an ACSI site at 17 euros a night , stay for 3 and get fourth night free.
Very hot , in the high 20,s.
 
Off in the morning planning to stop at Trieste, any spots to park up as my Park for night app isn't loading?

Indications are that tolls on the Croatian motorway are cheap, any views as I'm planning to do the scenic route on the way back up from Split?
 
Crossed thru Slovenia and into Croatia and found lovely spot on a small headland right on the beach near Karlobag
Had a quiet night and no neighbors. Loads of places to park up.
Over the next week we will get to Dubrovnik, no rush to get anywhere.
 
Should arrive in Dubrovnik late tomorrow, I've looked for places to park up ,but not much showing on Park for night app.
Any ideas, would like to be close to the town as possible.
 
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You're making a cracking pace rockape! Where are you heading to, Greece?

How have you found Croatia overall - is it motorhome friendly, lots of (fairly safe) places to park? Thinking of going there myself later this year. Must be getting pretty warm now?
 
Rollin said:
You're making a cracking pace rockape! Where are you heading to, Greece?

How have you found Croatia overall - is it motorhome friendly, lots of (fairly safe) places to park? Thinking of going there myself later this year. Must be getting pretty warm now?
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Each day it changes, now the plan is to go to Mostar in Bosnia in two days time , it's a bank holiday on Tuesday so I'm going to stay put on a campsite for now on possiblity get to Mostar by Thu/Fri. I have found that coastal north Croatia is better for wilding as the southern roads tend to zig zag more and are higher from the beaches, having said that I've not had any issues finding water. One in particular is at Omis between Split and Dubrovnik is next to the marina in a monster carpark. I just pulled up next to the PowerPoint for the boats and stuck my hose on and helped myself, carwashes are also good as they have a separate tap.
Diesel is approximately £1.10 per ltr , LPG is about 50 per ltr.
Toll roads are cheaper and can be worth the spend just to avoid the twisty coast roads.
All in all its a lovely place, but as you travel further south the narrower it gets and then becomes much the same.
May even track down to Montenegro.
I still have to do the Istria peninsula but I will do that on my way back up
Temp is 28 degrees

Watch this space.
 
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Whilst on a site near Trpanj in Croatia came across a cassette cleaner called Camper clean, just press a button, slide cassette in and press again and it it all emptied for you.
It even rinses and adds chemicals for you.
All for free and no messing about.
Has anyone come across one before?
I was that impressed with it I took a picture which I will upload when I get back to the UK.

Heading to Pula for a few days tomorrow.
 
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