KeithR Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 like everyone else (i suspect), i like aires, i go on campsites, i actually know and relate to caravanners and tenters. my brothers swing from caravan to motorhomes. some people need to relax more, and get a sense of humour. (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithR Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 like everyone else (i suspect), i like aires, i go on campsites, i actually know and relate to caravanners and tenters. my brothers swing from caravan to motorhomes. some people need to relax more, and get a sense of humour. (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithR Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 like everyone else (i suspect), i like aires, i go on campsites, i actually know and relate to caravanners and tenters. my brothers swing from caravan to motorhomes. some people need to relax more, and get a sense of humour. (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithR Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 i think i need a sense of humour after that mistake!! :$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4cls Posted November 19, 2012 Author Share Posted November 19, 2012 Well, Thanks for all the info regarding french parking, one or two were actualy very helpfull, We expect you know who you are? We have only booked one campsite and were only going to bother about one on the way back to Caen.To the couple who asked what our reg number was of the 680fb, (it might have been their's) the last didgets are VSM, and we live in Devon, some one has to I suppose! Of to France for the whole of May, then to Spain for the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 4cls - 2012-11-19 7:50 PM Well, Thanks for all the info regarding french parking, one or two were actualy very helpfull, We expect you know who you are? We have only booked one campsite and were only going to bother about one on the way back to Caen.To the couple who asked what our reg number was of the 680fb, (it might have been their's) the last didgets are VSM, and we live in Devon, some one has to I suppose! Of to France for the whole of May, then to Spain for the winter. If you are on your way to and from Caen, there's a nice little municipal site at Pont Farcy - at junction39 on the A84 Not far from Villedieu-les - Poeles It's about an hour from Ouistreham terminal. It's a handy overnight on the way to west coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barryd999 Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 If you go to the Normandy beaches there are loads of easy places to park as already mentioned. If you want to see a superb and FREE museum head for Omaha Beach near Coldville ser mer and the American Cemitary. There are nearly 10000 graves there and a superb free museum. You can also walk down to the beach from there. Car park outside the main car park (if that makes sense) is free and you can overnight with a sea view. Also 9 miles down the coast towards Arromanches is Longues Ser Mer which is the most intact gun battery of the whole 500 mile stretch of Hitlers Atlantic wall. Go there and right on the cliff edge is a superb free wild camping spot with endless sea views and you can also see the Mulberry harbour there at Aromanches. We spent last night on the Aire at Arromanches which is worth a look. The Aire is crap. Cramped and always full. We parked outside it on the car park which this time of year is empty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly58 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 The American Cemetery and Museum is well worth a look and further along the coast Pointe-du-Hoc is well worth a visit and not far from the nice town of Grandcamp-Maisy with a nice beach and with a free Aire with payment for servicesThe statue is at Grandcamp-Maisy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wills Wagon Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 No getting excited chaps or ladies for that matter but communal showers in this context I suspect mean showers that can be used by either male or female but housed in the same building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deckboy Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Hi New here. So new I haven't even got a motorhome (yet!). Like all the links in this thread, but can you explain the difference in these two symbols: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retread24800 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Bienvenu. Cannot say I've ever noticed the top one but the bottom one is def the sign for an aire de service (Service point where waste can be emptied and usually you can top up with fresh water) and if I was a betting man would say that they both were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 deckboy - 2012-11-28 7:30 PM Hi New here. So new I haven't even got a motorhome (yet!). Like all the links in this thread, but can you explain the difference in these two symbols: The following website provides advice on creating a motorhome aire de services in France: http://www.tourisme-en-champagne.com/Upload/Mediatheque//espace-partenaire/etudes-et-publications/comment-creer-une-aire-de-camping-car.pdf The information on Page 3 indicates that the lower "pictogramme" you've provided (the one with the downwards-pointing arrow in the centre of the motorhome drawing) is the 'Euro norm' officially approved CE24 road-sign symbol for signalling the presence of a motorhome aire de services. Also shown on Page 3 is a string of 4 symbols providing information about the specific services available at an aire de services ("Signaler les services disponibles sur les aires techniques") and the 4th symbol matches your upper symbol. Left-to-right, the first 3 of the 4 symbols relate respectively to the presence of a mains 230V power-supply, a fresh-water supply and a toilet-cassette emptying point ("vidange wc chimiques"). On that basis, it would be logical for the 4th symbol to indicate the presence of a point where a fixed-tank toilet could be emptied ("vidange wc fixes"). This theory seems to be supported by the 'service symbols' shown here http://campingcar.ardevivre.fr/ where your lower symbol (the CE-norm roadsign one) appears to have been used specifically to indicate the ability to empty waste water ("vidange eaux usées") This 'aires' website appears to use your two symbols in a similar manner, as shown here: http://en.airecampingcar.com/aire_camping_car_gps.php/1539-CHATEAU%20GONTIER?z=9 (I've deliberately chosen this example as a caveat. The aire de services at Chateau Gontier never had an emptying point for fixed-tank toilets and, in any case, the service point was removed from Quai d'Alsace some while ago.) Outside standard CE-norm roadsigns, it's anybody's guess what signs/symbols an aire de services will have (if it has any) associated with it. The following website is another that advises on creating an 'aire' and a variety of signs is shown at the bottom of the webpage. http://a.ccl.free.fr/actions/etapesliberte/05aire_essentiel.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinklystarfish Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 gwyn - 2012-11-18 5:31 PMEasy peasy in France, not paranoid about gypsies like UK, apart from cities we have never had a problem parking the van anywhere Agreed it's generally easier to park in France than the UK. Disagree UK restrictions are all about gypsy paranoia though. In the UK the very motorhomers who contribute to this forum are considered to be part of a 'problem' user group. In some cases justifiably so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deckboy Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Derek Uzzell - 2012-11-29 9:08 AM Left-to-right, the first 3 of the 4 symbols relate respectively to the presence of a mains 230V power-supply, a fresh-water supply and a toilet-cassette emptying point ("vidange wc chimiques"). On that basis, it would be logical for the 4th symbol to indicate the presence of a point where a fixed-tank toilet could be emptied ("vidange wc fixes"). This theory seems to be supported by the 'service symbols' shown here Many thanks Derek. So this set of symbols would mean all normal services are available except emptying waste from a fixed-tank toilet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 No, what it would appear to indicate is that all 'normal' services are provided (including fixed-tank toilet emptying) except for the emptying of waste-water tanks. Bit unusual that - have you created that combination as an example, or have you actually come across an 'aire' with that set of signs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deckboy Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Derek Uzzell - 2012-11-29 6:55 PM Bit unusual that - have you created that combination as an example, or have you actually come across an 'aire' with that set of signs? Hi Derek No, I got it from the camping-cars section of this site: http://ffcc.fr/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 deckboy - 2012-11-30 10:48 AM Derek Uzzell - 2012-11-29 6:55 PM Bit unusual that - have you created that combination as an example, or have you actually come across an 'aire' with that set of signs? Hi Derek No, I got it from the camping-cars section of this site: http://ffcc.fr/ Which part of the camping-car section, please? Or, better still, can you provide a link to the actual FFCC webpage that carries those symbols. For example: http://ffcc.fr/177/html/camping-cars/l-aire-de-service.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deckboy Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Derek Uzzell - 2012-11-30 1:33 PM Which part of the camping-car section, please? Or, better still, can you provide a link to the actual FFCC webpage that carries those symbols. For example: http://ffcc.fr/177/html/camping-cars/l-aire-de-service.aspx http://ffcc.fr/167/html/camping-cars/les-aires-en-france-et-en-europe.aspx Then click on the Aires link (Cliquez ici) You can no longer follow address line as it is in php, but click on the map > France > Basse Normandie > Calvados > then try the extreme left aire (Isigny Sur Mer) > popup ) Services although a bit of trial and error with a few and you'll see a variety, but all using the same six symbols. Clear as mud! (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 The group of 6 'services' symbols is used by the eurocampingcar website and it certainly seems that the one you showed with the red line across is applied to the availability (or not) of a fixed toilet-tank emptying facility. This means that the symbol above must logically apply to the draining of waste-water. I can't find any 'key' to the eurocampingcar symbols and I don't know if the decision to employ the two symbols in this way was a unilateral decision or is generally accepted. (Me, I think it's perverse.) Other 'aires' websites use their own symbols and usually don't bother to advertise the availability of a fixed toilet-tank emptying facility by a separate pictogram. If you look at the entries for Villers Bocage (Calvados) on the i-campingcar website http://www.i-campingcar.fr/accueil.htm and on the eurocampincar site you'll see that the former uses eurocampingcar's 'fixed WC' symbol to indicate waste-water emptying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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