Monday, May 21, 2012

France

Yesterday’s UK Budget was a bit of ‘nothing budget’ in my mind, there was money taken off in some places and added in others.  But the thing everyone seems to be talking about today is the decrease in taxation on fuel. Motorists have finally got some breathing space from soaring pump prices after Chancellor George [...]

We are driving down to the Costa Brava at the moment, but we have made a slight detour to Briançon in The French Alps. This is part of the Serre Chevalier ski resort and there are plenty of things to do and see here. It is still 5 weeks to the end of the ski [...]

This morning I woke up in my motorhome, with no electricity. This was odd as I had plugged my ‘orange cable’ into my friends house where I am staying (in their driveway). It turns out that they are doing some work on the mains electricity in this part of Briançon (05100 France) so I went [...]

Sunday is always the busiest day for motorhome hire enquiries, possibly with the exception of Easter Monday and, oddly enough, New Year’s Day. But don’t worry Sunday is not a day of rest at Motorholme: you can all us anytime today on 0800 612 8719 to book your motorhome hire. I’m actually in The French [...]

Last night we went to see some friends of mine who run the Le Chamois Hotel in Alpe d’Huez. Alpe d’Huez is set up really well for campervans and motorhomes.  If you are not looking  for  dedicated site and just want easy access to the ski lifts you can use the ‘Parking des Brandes’ at [...]