One night camping in France cost me €63 with no services……..

[Snapster]

Mind you, that did include 12 bottles of wine and about an hour tasting various others…….

 

[kensowerby]

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Did they wear a mask?

 

[TeamRienza]

You got off lightly, we did a france passion many years back at a vineyard/winery in St Emillion. Tasting and tour as you might expect. We bought 6 bottles of 3 vintages and walked out €90 lighter. We put them away. About time they were tasted to make sure they haven’t gone off!!

We usually buy Fitou in the supermarches at about €4 which is more my style and budget. Grieves me if our stocks run out between trips. £8 for a choice of one (if lucky) in Sainsburys.

Davy

 

[trevskoda]

To much money springs to mind.

 

[Pauljenny]

Money well spent..
A) You had to stop somewhere the night. Say 15€ .. Ignore aires and wild camping.. That's for poor people.
You had a good bevvy and learnt a thing or 2.
And you've come away with the satisfaction that you've supported a poor French Farmer.
And..
A case of good wine that you'd have to have bought somewhere, anyway.
Where were you?

 

[Snapster]

To much money springs to mind.

We’ve just bought a house in the Vienne. The owner has a wine cellar, with probably between 400-500 bottles of wine in it. She isn’t leaving it! So, we have to do our best to fill it when we move in.
We’ve got 38 bottles so far…….make that 37..

 

[Snapster]

Money well spent..
A) You had to stop somewhere the night. Say 15€ .. Ignore aires and wild camping.. That's for poor people.
You had a good bevvy and learnt a thing or 2.
And you've come away with the satisfaction that you've supported a poor French Farmer.
And..
A case of good wine that you'd have to have bought somewhere, anyway.
Where were you?

They didn’t look poor, but we supported them. If was in Neuville de Poitou.
The night before was another winery at Juigné sur Loire and today we are at another France passion site that sells honey and beeswax, near Soudan
This is the first time we have stayed at more than one FP site in one trip away.

 

[Makzine]

Love using FP sites as it takes you into their world and you find some amazing out of the way places that you wouldn't normally find.

 

[Pauljenny]

And, in these troubled times, they aren't to choosy about insisting on asking you for your FP membership details..
Heads up from a Yorkshireman.

 

[witzend]

This is the first time we have stayed at more than one FP site in one trip away.

They are mostly great stops but can work out expensive

 

[tidewatcher]

Had some wonderful FP stops. We always photograph where we are with the bottle and note it down. Then whenever we opens drink the wine you can relive that part of the trip. Just done a Bodego stop in Portugal, stunning views and great tastings. Yes I did buy some wine. The one in the Bordeaux area the other year was a tasting given by a delightful French lady just for me. If my wife hadn’t come along I would have bought the vineyard never mind a bottle or two....

 

[trevskoda]

No one in our home drinks the devels brew.

 

[The laird]

Hope youdid not drive after that

 

[Tezza33]

No one in our home drinks the devels brew.

That's ok Trev, I drink enough for both of us

 

[mark61]

No one in our home drinks the devels brew.

Theres still time to start mate.

 

[Snapster]

No one in our home drinks the devels brew.

All I can say to that, is that the devil makes a nice drop of wine.