terryW Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 I am having to re-think my route South for this winter, having recently moved house I now haver extra travel time in France on my first day. That means all my favourite on route winter aires are in the wrong place and I need to find some others near the N10. At the moment I plan to stop at Couche' but that's likely to be too early. I have All the Aires but would appreciate recommendations to either use of avoid. I'm not bothered about water etc as I know where to stop on route for all the services I need. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldi Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 morning folks, Going south we have been in the same situation as yourself and so we now travel further down to Cavignac This is just north of Bordeaux but comfortably far enough for safety (I am wary about big courbations) About half an hour to bordeaux. Our next stop would be Castets about 3 hours away. norm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartO Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 The Aire at Chateaudun, about 20 miles S of Chatre on the N10 is on tarmac and in a pleasant location. If that's full there is a bigger one on gravel at the nearby St Dennis le ????, close to a Le Clerk. Both are in All the Aires. Chateaudun is a good day's drive from Calais. Any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickt Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Have a look at Chaunay , aire in middle of town just of A10. Free with electric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryW Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 StuartO - 2014-10-30 9:52 AM The Aire at Chateaudun, about 20 miles S of Chatre on the N10 is on tarmac and in a pleasant location. If that's full there is a bigger one on gravel at the nearby St Dennis le ????, close to a Le Clerk. Both are in All the Aires. Chateaudun is a good day's drive from Calais. Any good? Thanks StuartO, Yes a very nice aire we often stop at that one for coffee and use the facilities. I didn't mention it but by the time we reach Calais we will have half a days driving under our belt and hope to reach Saint Andre de l' eure for our first night. I think Chateaudun/Marboue will be a 'tad too far'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryW Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 goldi - 2014-10-30 9:33 AM morning folks, Going south we have been in the same situation as yourself and so we now travel further down to Cavignac This is just north of Bordeaux but comfortably far enough for safety (I am wary about big courbations) About half an hour to bordeaux. Our next stop would be Castets about 3 hours away. norm Thanks norm, I had my eye on that one, weather permitting at the time that would work well for us. Our next stop after that is likely to be Zaragoza, as I say, weather permitting). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryW Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 Mickt - 2014-10-30 10:06 AM Have a look at Chaunay , aire in middle of town just of A10. Free with electric Thanks Mickt. May be an alternative to Couch' but only another 10 mins down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peejay Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Hi Terry, A little further down from Chaunay is Verteuil sur Charente, lovely little aire in parkland next to the river, only 5 places though but you should be ok out of season. http://tinyurl.com/lr5fa93 Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickt Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 And a little further on Nersac , next police station ,free, with electric, hard standing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryW Posted October 30, 2014 Author Share Posted October 30, 2014 peejay - 2014-10-30 5:26 PM Hi Terry, A little further down from Chaunay is Verteuil sur Charente, lovely little aire in parkland next to the river, only 5 places though but you should be ok out of season. http://tinyurl.com/lr5fa93 Pete The comment in all the aires about narrow access through the town put me off that one. Is it that bad? Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peejay Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 terryW - 2014-10-30 7:38 PM The comment in all the aires about narrow access through the town put me off that one. Is it that bad? Terry We've used Verteuil several times and can't recall any problems getting to the aire. If it had been difficult I would have remembered. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryW Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 peejay - 2014-10-31 9:01 AM terryW - 2014-10-30 7:38 PM The comment in all the aires about narrow access through the town put me off that one. Is it that bad? Terry We've used Verteuil several times and can't recall any problems getting to the aire. If it had been difficult I would have remembered. Pete Thanks Pete, I will add that one to my list. That gives me a few options down that route. Handy as I can' t be sure how far I will get. Thanks to all for their thoughts nothing worse than arriving after a long drive only to find your not comfortable staying overnight.?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertandjean Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 If heading for Bordeaux tend not to use N10 but take route past Le Mans, mainly as we like visiting towns en route and where possible look for Aires with hook-ups. On this basis we use, in order, Honfleur, yes we know many on here think it a motorhome slum, then Le Suze sur Sarth, easy train into Le Mans, followed by Niort. This is an urban aire with road in narrow in places and some pitches a little tight, but a nice town to explore.From here we usually stay a few nights on the marina side aire at Mortange sur Gironde. All these Aires have electricity, and cost in range 5€/10€ in night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryW Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Thanks robertandjean. I've put that away for the future, this trip is a fast winter run down to Southern Spain. This time I am trying to complete in four days with a single driver if the weather is kind to me. Normally I take five days but I am trying to take advantage of a house move that has shortened my journey time to Dover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldi Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Hello again, What we have done recently is first day leaving yorkshire abou t 7 am to pont d,larche which is south of rouen for about 5 ,o,clock. the following day set off about 8.30 and get to cavignac for about 5-6 o.clock again. the the following day I would expect to be able to get to Zaragoza for teatime again. We average about 350 400 miles a day although on one journey we did 720 miles in the day. norm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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