Anyone in Biscarosse area / SW France right now?

acer · Jul 18, 2022

Admin and packing is now virtually done, but we’re now worried about our intended destination (including one booked campsite) in Biscarosse, SW France. Recent news reports indicate wildfires. We plan to move on to the Dordoyne and then fiddle our way north back home.

Is anyone out there now and think that we should change our plans?

Corradobrit · Jul 18, 2022

Probably best to avoid. The heat and fire risk is high in a lot of Brittany, Loire, Gironde and the South.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1548918920270163968

Hawthorn37 · Jul 19, 2022

Just shows what a hot day does, now the UK has as high a risk as Southern Europe - extraordinary ! Even Derby is just the “Extreme” zone, and Derby’s well known for being extreme at nothing!

flying banana · Jul 19, 2022

Come home now before you all burn to death. Global warming has ruined your hol apparently

acer · Jul 20, 2022

Hawthorn37 said:
Just shows what a hot day does, now the UK has as high a risk as Southern Europe - extraordinary ! Even Derby is just the “Extreme” zone, and Derby’s well known for being extreme at nothing!

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That latest map makes it look as though I’m safer in SW France than at home!

HONESTVIKING1 · Jul 20, 2022

We got home yesterday after a 13 hour journey, train from Perpignan to Carcassonne, flight to Edinburgh and train to Morpeth...the reason.
Whilst we wait for our new Beach, we travelled out to France in our Q5 which broke down and is being repatriated.
We still enjoyed 2 weeks in changed circumstances
The moral to the brief story, get yourself out there and enjoy, acer. Yes it's hot and unpredictable, but hey, go for it . Stay safe.

peregrinus · Jul 24, 2022

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HONESTVIKING1 said:
We got home yesterday after a 13 hour journey, train from Perpignan to Carcassonne, flight to Edinburgh and train to Morpeth...the reason.
Whilst we wait for our new Beach, we travelled out to France in our Q5 which broke down and is being repatriated.
We still enjoyed 2 weeks in changed circumstances
The moral to the brief story, get yourself out there and enjoy, acer. Yes it's hot and unpredictable, but hey, go for it . Stay safe.

Cannot be very comfy sleeping in a Q5. Which mattress topper did you use?