Home

   Log in or Register



Insurance Quotes
forums Campsite Search Comp Directory tips virtual brochure Profile
Tent and Awning Reviews Competitions Caravans and Motorhomes For Sale Shopping Diary Advent Calendar

Advertisement

Message Forums

Welcome Guest Register Login Search The Forum Posts Since Last Visit
 Reception - All Forums
  Caravanning and Camping Abroad
Share   Post on X / Twitter  Share on Facebook  Email  Printer Friendly Version Print
Subject Topic: Dordogne May/June (2021!) Post Reply Post New Topic
12/4/2020 at 2:34pm
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Chausson S697
View Ironned's Profile View Profile   Reply to Ironned Reply   Quote Ironned Quote  
Joined: 27/7/2016

Gold Member
Gold Member

Forum Posts:   432

Site Reviews Total: 62
Site Reviews 2024: 5  
Site Reviews 2023: 14 
Site Reviews 2022: 9  
Site Reviews 2021: 15 
Site Reviews 2020: 10 
Site Reviews 2019: 1  
Site Reviews 2018: 5  
Site Nights 2024: 15
Site Nights 2023: 18
Site Nights 2022: 22
Site Nights 2021: 30
Site Nights 2020: 19
Site Nights 2019: 7
Site Nights 2018: 16

Not feeling that optimistic that we will get to France in Sept husband is ‘high risk’ so we need to think carefully about when we travel. The thought of not going until Sept 2021 is just too depressing, so any experiences of the Dordogne in May/early June ? I know most sites will be open, but what about facilities such as pools, restaurants on site, general activities in the region? The weather looks about perfect at the moment- 22ish in Sarlat next week when the UK goes a bit colder again, but can May/June be cold and wet?

-------------
Seeking luxury in unexpected places


Don't forget to leave a review of the French and other European campsites you have visited!


12/4/2020 at 4:23pm
 Location: 
 Outfit: 
View Francais's Profile View Profile   Reply to Francais Reply   Quote Francais Quote  
Joined: 29/6/2008

Diamond Member
Diamond Member

Forum Posts:   12115
Tent Reviews:   1

Site Reviews Total: 4
Site Reviews 2024: 0  
Site Reviews 2023: 0  
Site Reviews 2022: 0  
Site Reviews 2021: 0  
Site Reviews 2020: 0  
Site Reviews 2019: 1  
Site Reviews 2018: 0  
Site Nights 2024: 0
Site Nights 2023: 0
Site Nights 2022: 0
Site Nights 2021: 0
Site Nights 2020: 0
Site Nights 2019: 14
Site Nights 2018: 0

I am now looking forward to our next trip to Frejus, June 2021, fingers crossed that is !


via mobile 12/4/2020 at 4:47pm
 Location: Keyingham East Yourk
 Outfit: Geist 633 motorhome
View albomatty's Profile View Profile   Reply to albomatty Reply   Quote albomatty Quote  
Joined: 22/8/2006

Silver Member
Silver Member

Forum Posts:   181

Site Reviews Total: 8
Site Reviews 2024: 0  
Site Reviews 2023: 1  
Site Reviews 2022: 0  
Site Reviews 2021: 0  
Site Reviews 2020: 0  
Site Reviews 2019: 2  
Site Reviews 2018: 0  
Site Nights 2024: 0
Site Nights 2023: 6
Site Nights 2022: 0
Site Nights 2021: 0
Site Nights 2020: 0
Site Nights 2019: 11
Site Nights 2018: 0

We've been to the Dordogne in early June and it was glorious . If you normally go in September I would suggest June would be very similar if not slightly warmer .


12/4/2020 at 5:09pm
 Location: Liverpool
 Outfit: Swift Challenger 560
View Pixie_Hez's Profile View Profile   Reply to Pixie_Hez Reply   Quote Pixie_Hez Quote  
Joined: 05/7/2003

Diamond Member
Diamond Member

Forum Posts:   1941

Site Reviews Total: 121
Site Reviews 2024: 15 
Site Reviews 2023: 15 
Site Reviews 2022: 14 
Site Reviews 2021: 11 
Site Reviews 2020: 8  
Site Reviews 2019: 17 
Site Reviews 2018: 8  
Site Nights 2024: 78
Site Nights 2023: 75
Site Nights 2022: 66
Site Nights 2021: 57
Site Nights 2020: 39
Site Nights 2019: 68
Site Nights 2018: 44

We have been to the Dordogne in June and the weather was lovely for a large part of the time but we did have a few really rainy days. I would say that it would be largely similar to September with a couple of extra rainy days thrown in!

-------------
Pixie


Don't forget to leave a review of the French and other European campsites you have visited!


12/4/2020 at 5:15pm
 Location: nr Derby
 Outfit: Phoenix 440+
View jaiash's Profile View Profile   Reply to jaiash Reply   Quote jaiash Quote  
Joined: 09/7/2008

Diamond Member
Diamond Member

Forum Posts:   3771

Site Reviews Total: 26
Site Reviews 2024: 3  
Site Reviews 2023: 2  
Site Reviews 2022: 0  
Site Reviews 2021: 0  
Site Reviews 2020: 0  
Site Reviews 2019: 0  
Site Reviews 2018: 6  
Site Nights 2024: 6
Site Nights 2023: 6
Site Nights 2022: 0
Site Nights 2021: 0
Site Nights 2020: 0
Site Nights 2019: 0
Site Nights 2018: 34

We've been several times in April/May/June and had good weather, comfortable warm weather but with the odd shower. Late May sees a lot of the seasonal shops/cafés/restaurants starting up. Pools will vary from site to site so it's best to check if that's important.

-------------
Grahame


Advertisement



12/4/2020 at 5:17pm
 Location: 
 Outfit: 
View Netherton's Profile View Profile   Reply to Netherton Reply   Quote Netherton Quote  
Joined: 12/1/2019

Platinum Member
Platinum Member

Forum Posts:   1234

Site Reviews Total: 3
Site Reviews 2024: 0  
Site Reviews 2023: 0  
Site Reviews 2022: 0  
Site Reviews 2021: 0  
Site Reviews 2020: 0  
Site Reviews 2019: 0  
Site Reviews 2018: 3  
Site Nights 2024: 0
Site Nights 2023: 0
Site Nights 2022: 0
Site Nights 2021: 0
Site Nights 2020: 0
Site Nights 2019: 0
Site Nights 2018: 3

I am sure you will enjoy the Dordogne whenever you go and Spring is usually lovelier than Autumn.

But if swimming is important then choose a site with a covered heated pool - and ask the direct question of what temperature they maintain.

I am sure you also know from your experience that shops, restaurants and bars on French campsites are rarely open outside tne high season , so choose a site close to a town or village if you want facilities of that sort.

Enjoy your search.


12/4/2020 at 8:04pm
 Location: Lancashire
 Outfit: Leisuredrive VW T6 campervan
View franbee's Profile View Profile   Reply to franbee Reply   Quote franbee Quote  
Joined: 21/7/2009

Diamond Member
Diamond Member

Forum Posts:   3220

Site Reviews Total: 235
Site Reviews 2024: 19 
Site Reviews 2023: 19 
Site Reviews 2022: 21 
Site Reviews 2021: 7  
Site Reviews 2020: 0  
Site Reviews 2019: 11 
Site Reviews 2018: 9  
Site Nights 2024: 30
Site Nights 2023: 37
Site Nights 2022: 40
Site Nights 2021: 14
Site Nights 2020: 0
Site Nights 2019: 16
Site Nights 2018: 13

We usually go to this area in the Spring, sometimes as early as April, depending on Easter, but always home by the first week in June as it usually gets too hot for us by then. We have had all sorts of weather, but because we are always travelling, we just move on if we're not happy.
Just buy an ACSI book and set off, no need to book. If having a swim or restaurant is very important, you may need to ring up beforehand if the ACSI book doesn't say.


Don't forget to leave a review of the French and other European campsites you have visited!


13/4/2020 at 9:35am
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Vango Icarus 500
View Beenie's Profile View Profile   Reply to Beenie Reply   Quote Beenie Quote  
Joined: 21/3/2014

Silver Member
Silver Member

Forum Posts:   136

Site Reviews Total: 4
Site Reviews 2024: 0  
Site Reviews 2023: 0  
Site Reviews 2022: 0  
Site Reviews 2021: 0  
Site Reviews 2020: 0  
Site Reviews 2019: 1  
Site Reviews 2018: 1  
Site Nights 2024: 0
Site Nights 2023: 0
Site Nights 2022: 0
Site Nights 2021: 0
Site Nights 2020: 0
Site Nights 2019: 5
Site Nights 2018: 1

We had the wettest, coldest week in the Dordogne. The gite was comfortable luckily, but the outside pool was unusable. Friends went home after 5 days.....we moved on to a part of the country that wasn't cold and wet This was school,holidays, so around May/June but can't remember exactly which month.

-------------
Beenie xxx


13/4/2020 at 12:27pm
 Location: East Sussex
 Outfit: Burstner Belcanto 525 TL + Santa Fe
View iwalani's Profile View Profile   Reply to iwalani Reply   Quote iwalani Quote  
Joined: 15/10/2009

Platinum Member
Platinum Member

Forum Posts:   889

Site Reviews Total: 163
Site Reviews 2024: 0  
Site Reviews 2023: 0  
Site Reviews 2022: 0  
Site Reviews 2021: 0  
Site Reviews 2020: 0  
Site Reviews 2019: 5  
Site Reviews 2018: 6  
Site Nights 2024: 0
Site Nights 2023: 0
Site Nights 2022: 0
Site Nights 2021: 0
Site Nights 2020: 0
Site Nights 2019: 21
Site Nights 2018: 25

We were in the Dordogne from the end of May to mid-June last year. The first few days were lovely and warm, and we enjoyed the pool, but then it turned cool and started raining and continued off and on for the rest of the holiday. There were some breaks in the rain when we managed to do some sight-seeing, but on the whole it was a huge disappointment. The campsite restaurant wasn't open, and the bar had very little indoor space but a large patio area with sun umbrellas - not much use! We kept checking the weather elsewhere in France but it was pretty bad everywhere. After a couple of weeks we moved on to Puy de Dome - still wet.

This may well have been a particularly bad year for weather, and you will probably fare much better, but all I can say is that there were a lot of fed-up, wet tourists around! It struck us that most of the campsites and attractions weren't built for poor weather. Lascaux was heaving and the indoor part of the restaurant was full to burdting - there were far outdoor than indoor tables. The cafes at the Belvedere in Domme had almost no indoor seating, many of the chateaux we visited were the same.

I guess the Dordogne isn't as reliably warm and dry as places further south, but I think we, and thousands of other holidaymakers last year, were unlucky!

-------------
Il vaut mieux vivre ses reves que rever sa vie


13/4/2020 at 1:19pm
 Location: Lancashire
 Outfit: Leisuredrive VW T6 campervan
View franbee's Profile View Profile   Reply to franbee Reply   Quote franbee Quote  
Joined: 21/7/2009

Diamond Member
Diamond Member

Forum Posts:   3220

Site Reviews Total: 235
Site Reviews 2024: 19 
Site Reviews 2023: 19 
Site Reviews 2022: 21 
Site Reviews 2021: 7  
Site Reviews 2020: 0  
Site Reviews 2019: 11 
Site Reviews 2018: 9  
Site Nights 2024: 30
Site Nights 2023: 37
Site Nights 2022: 40
Site Nights 2021: 14
Site Nights 2020: 0
Site Nights 2019: 16
Site Nights 2018: 13

I think we were lucky that time last year, we went across to the ile de Re as the weather looked better that side, and we had 3 weeks of good Spring weather including some hot spells.


Advertisement



13/4/2020 at 2:17pm
 Location: Norwich
 Outfit: Bailey Olympus 504 - Honda CR-V
View NRT1's Profile View Profile   Reply to NRT1 Reply   Quote NRT1 Quote  
Joined: 29/7/2007

Standard Member
Standard Member

Forum Posts:   95

Site Reviews Total: 0
Site Reviews 2024: 0  
Site Reviews 2023: 0  
Site Reviews 2022: 0  
Site Reviews 2021: 0  
Site Reviews 2020: 0  
Site Reviews 2019: 0  
Site Reviews 2018: 0  
Site Nights 2024: 0
Site Nights 2023: 0
Site Nights 2022: 0
Site Nights 2021: 0
Site Nights 2020: 0
Site Nights 2019: 0
Site Nights 2018: 0

I mentioned to the campsite owner at Soleil Plage that we were thinking of going off peak in either Sept or June, and she quite sensibly said don't forget the evenings are a lot longer / lighter in June than in September.

-------------
Neil


Don't forget to leave a review of the French and other European campsites you have visited!


14/4/2020 at 11:14am
 Location: Bristol
 Outfit: Sungari 600 Icarus 600 with canopies!
View warbis66's Profile View Profile   Reply to warbis66 Reply   Quote warbis66 Quote  
Joined: 10/9/2005

Diamond Member
Diamond Member

Forum Posts:   3057
Tent Reviews:   8

Site Reviews Total: 28
Site Reviews 2024: 0  
Site Reviews 2023: 0  
Site Reviews 2022: 0  
Site Reviews 2021: 0  
Site Reviews 2020: 0  
Site Reviews 2019: 0  
Site Reviews 2018: 1  
Site Nights 2024: 0
Site Nights 2023: 0
Site Nights 2022: 0
Site Nights 2021: 0
Site Nights 2020: 0
Site Nights 2019: 0
Site Nights 2018: 5

The Dordogne is perfect in early summer, but like anywhere there can be good days and bad days.

-------------
France Lover


14/4/2020 at 6:00pm
 Location: 
 Outfit: 
View allanguest's Profile View Profile   Reply to allanguest Reply   Quote allanguest Quote  
Joined: 10/9/2015

Gold Member
Gold Member

Forum Posts:   356

Site Reviews Total: 0
Site Reviews 2024: 0  
Site Reviews 2023: 0  
Site Reviews 2022: 0  
Site Reviews 2021: 0  
Site Reviews 2020: 0  
Site Reviews 2019: 0  
Site Reviews 2018: 0  
Site Nights 2024: 0
Site Nights 2023: 0
Site Nights 2022: 0
Site Nights 2021: 0
Site Nights 2020: 0
Site Nights 2019: 0
Site Nights 2018: 0

Hi, we have visited once and that was in June. The weather was lovely but they had a lot of rain just before we arrived. The site we used, Soleil Plage, has a lovely pool complex, including covered pool, and a very good restaurant.
It’s a site we would return to.

-------------
Allan


14/4/2020 at 8:12pm
 Location: 
 Outfit: 
View Keyboard warrior's Profile View Profile   Reply to Keyboard warrior Reply   Quote Keyboard warrior Quote  
Joined: 14/1/2016

Gold Member
Gold Member

Forum Posts:   375

Site Reviews Total: 0
Site Reviews 2024: 0  
Site Reviews 2023: 0  
Site Reviews 2022: 0  
Site Reviews 2021: 0  
Site Reviews 2020: 0  
Site Reviews 2019: 0  
Site Reviews 2018: 0  
Site Nights 2024: 0
Site Nights 2023: 0
Site Nights 2022: 0
Site Nights 2021: 0
Site Nights 2020: 0
Site Nights 2019: 0
Site Nights 2018: 0

The 2 most unpredictable months,June is storm month.


17/4/2020 at 4:18pm
 Location: Midlands
 Outfit: 2019 VW Arteon + 2002 Avondale Dart
View SamandRose's Profile View Profile   Reply to SamandRose Reply   Quote SamandRose Quote  
Joined: 10/5/2016

Platinum Member
Platinum Member

Forum Posts:   557

Site Reviews Total: 27
Site Reviews 2024: 0  
Site Reviews 2023: 0  
Site Reviews 2022: 0  
Site Reviews 2021: 3  
Site Reviews 2020: 3  
Site Reviews 2019: 4  
Site Reviews 2018: 3  
Site Nights 2024: 0
Site Nights 2023: 0
Site Nights 2022: 0
Site Nights 2021: 16
Site Nights 2020: 16
Site Nights 2019: 13
Site Nights 2018: 3

We went in last week of May / first week of June last year. The weather was pleasant for the first few days, becoming glorious over the first weekend and the early part of the second week. Storms were forecast to move up from the south on the Wednesday, so on the Tuesday we hitched up and drove north to Somme Bay, where we had a couple more days of dry and cool weather before the storms caught up with us on the Friday.

The trouble was that our return ferry crossing was booked for Saturday afternoon, and the schedules had gone completely to pot when we arrived at the port ... !

The site we stayed on (Camping Le Paradis) had indoor and outdoor heated pools, and a bar and restaurant which were open. Most other shops, cafes and restaurants were also open although as a previous post has mentioned, many had more outdoor than indoor seating.

More blurb about our trip on our blog if anyone could care less ...

Also our full site review - https://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/sites/details.asp?revid=7606

-------------
"Don't wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect."



In order to post a reply you will need to register, or if already registered please log in here

Prev       Next
Quick Links - All Forums - Caravanning and Camping Abroad - Top of Page

Printer Friendly Version Printable version      Share   Post on X / Twitter  Share on Facebook  Email


Latest News, Discounts and Competitions  see all...














2549 Visitors online !

Free UKCampsite.co.uk Window Sticker  -  Recommend to Friend  -  Add a Missing Campsite

[Message Forums]  [Caravan Sites & Camping]  [Company Listings]  [Features / Advice]  [Virtual Brochure]  [Shop!]
[Reception]  [Competitions]  [Caravans & Motorhomes For Sale]  [Event Diary]  [Contact Us]  [Tent Reviews



Please note we are not responsible for the content of external sites & any reviews represent the author's personal view only. Please report any error here. You may view our privacy and cookie policy and terms and conditions here. All copyrights & other intellectual property rights in the design and content of this web site are reserved to the UKCampsite.co.uk © 1999 - 2024


Advertisement


Advertisement


UKCampsite.co.uk
2024 Advent Calendar


Advent Calendar

24 Daily Prizes PLUS a Christmas Day Star Prize worth £999

Open Today's Window