An epic motorhome trip to France. In this section we travel to Lake Annecy & Chamonix in the Alps
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- Опубліковано 24 вер 2024
- An epic motorhome trip to France. In this section we travel to Lake Annecy & Chamonix in the French Alps. We travel from the Dordogne to Annecy with a stop over at Clermont Ferrand before heading to Chamonix where we take the telepherique to Aguille du Midi to view the Massif de Mont Blanc and Lac Bleu. We also travel on the Montenvers train to Mer de Glace where get to go inside a glacier. This really was a spectacular part of our tour around France,
Thanks to @herdytravels for checking out the Mer de Glace campsite for us to see that we would be able to get Nessie into the site with it having tight access roads etc.
Marinated steak - Marinade for steak
Half a cup of Italian Dressing
Half a cup of Tomato Ketchup
Half a cup of coke
Splash of Soy Sauce
Our story
We are Irvine and Karen and we love to travel. We have had the travel bug since we met 43 years ago and have travelled extensively ever since.
We travelled around the world in 2017 taking in Dubai, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, California and Florida. We have many great memories of that trip.
The section in New Zealand was a tour of the South Island by camper van and it was an incredible trip. We started in the North of the South Island by touring the vineyards of the Marlborough region and tasting our favourite wine which is the New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. We then travelled down the East Coast to Kaikoura where we did a Whale Watching tour before stopping off in Christchurch. Our journey then took us to the beautiful Queenstown and further West to the Fjord Land of Milford Sound which has got to be one of the most beautiful places we have ever seen. Once we reached Franz Joseph it was a helicopter ride to the the Franz Joseph Glacier which had us in awe and the spectacular drive through Arthur’s Pass completed what was an unforgettable trip around this beautiful country. The video series of our trip can be found on this UA-cam channel.
We love to travel TOGETHER, as in our opinion it’s better to have SHARED memories than saying to each other “I wish you had seen this or that? or “If only you had been there” etc so our advice is always travel and do things TOGETHER and you will have so many SHARED memories.
After many holidays to the sunshine State we bought a villa in Florida in 2007 and had many more shared holidays with family and friends. We were very lucky to retire at 55 (me) and 52 (Karen) in 2015 and then started to spend 6 months per year living in our Florida home. We did this for 8 years before deciding that, after owning for 15 years, it was time to sell in 2023.
Our love of motorhoming started at a very young age (I was 20 and Karen 17) when we borrowed a small camper van from a friend and toured around the Highlands of Scotland, however it wasn’t until we retired in 2015 that we decided to buy our first motorhome a second hand Chausson Flash 10 which really gave us the bug. 3 years later we bought a brand new Mobilvetta K Yacht 85 and our love for motorhoming just grew deeper. After selling our house in Florida we decided it was time to buy our dream motorhome so went to the NEC and ordered a Carthago Chic C Line XL LE which is now known as Nessie due to being a monster and residing in Scotland. This van gives us everything we need in a motorhome, it’s very spacious, luxurious and has a massive amount of storage space which will be great for the European trips we have planned for the future.
Our first trip in Nessie was a tour around France which was incredible and the videos of that trip can be viewed on this UA-cam channel also. The trip took us by ferry from Poole to Cherbourg where we visited the World War 2 museum and memorial at Utah Beach which was fabulous. We then travelled South through the Vendeé to Challans, La Rochelle and the île de Ré. Our next port of call was the beautiful Dordogne where we visited Monpazier, Chateau Naud, Chateau Beynac and the Lascaux Caves before we headed East to the Alps and the pretty towns of Annecy on Lake Annecy and Chamonix where we took the gondola to Aquille du Midi. After leaving Chamonix we headed North through Dijon to the Champagne region where we visited the Joseph Perrier Champagne house and Caves and sampled some of the beautiful champagne. This was a fantastic first trip in Nessie and we look forward to sharing future trips with you through this channel and hope you enjoy coming along with us.
Our motto: Live today like there could be no tomorrow - You only get one crack at this life so make sure to enjoy it.
Cheers
Irvine & Karen
What camera do you film on? The image quality is absolutely stunning & the music really suited it.
An amazing journey and trip. Thank you for taking us with you.
Ohhh my sis used to live in Claremont Ferrand (sorry my spelling isn’t great)
Rachel & David
Hi Rachel & David, we use a few different types of camera equipment. We use a 4k Victure Action Camera which returns incredible quality for its size and price. We also use a Samsung Galaxy phone for some of our footage as well as a Nextbase Dash Cam and a DJI Mimi 3 Pro for our drone footage. We feel this gives us a good array of footage for our videos. Glad you enjoyed the music also. Your sister stayed in a lovely part of the world. Keep safe. Irvine & Karen.
@@motorroamingaround the images in the mountains were spectacular! Stunning! Thank you for your prompt reply x
@@LeisureBit You’re very welcome. Happy travels.
Looks stunning, great video 😊
@@lorna8815 Thanks very much for your kind comment Lorna. We’re glad you enjoyed the video. Keep safe. Irvine & Karen.
The French Alps were absolutely amazing. We loved Lake Annecy & Chamonix for sure.
Brilliant guys, loved the soundtracks.
Hi Janet, we’re glad you enjoyed the video. Lake Annecy and Chamonix were both absolutely stunning. The views from Aguille du Midi in particular were breathtaking.
Hi, please could you advise me where you obtained your screen cover? Was it straight from Carthago? We are struggling g to source one for our Chic C line same year as yours.Thanks in advance. Your vlog on Annecy is great
Love the look of Annecy reminds me of Colmar.
Hi Janine, we haven’t been to Colmar so couldn’t say. We did love both Annecy and Chamonix and just being amongst the French Alps was fascinating. Thanks for taking the time to watch our videos, it’s very much appreciated. Enjoy your trip. Irvine & Karen.
Hi Guys
Only just discovered your channel and we are throughly enjoying how you do it and where you’ve been keep up the good work looking forward to more.
Thank you for your kind comment, it’s very much appreciated. Safe travels. Irvine & Karen.
Loved the opening scenes guys , stunning photography. Lake Annecy is a wow , as for using coke in the marinade we never would have thought about that but we’re confident if you recommend it , it will be awesome . This video had everything for me , and then the hot air balloon came into view , one of our favourite subjects to photograph. Really enjoyed this video well done guys , looking forward to the next one Helen and Martin
Ah thank you guys your comment means a lot to us. It was fab to see the hot air balloon at such close quarters. Glad you enjoyed the video. Irvine & Karen.
Hi, great videos! Do you mind me asking how long 'Nessie' is please? We're heading from Lake Annecy to Lake Garda in September and are thinking of visiting this Chamonix site. Our Le Voyageur motorhome is 7.91m, so just trying to establish how tight things might be. Thank you.
@@apritch476 Hi, Nessie is 8.53mtrs in length and it was no problem getting to the Mer de Glace campsite. It was a fantastic site and you can walk into Chamonix in about 45 minutes. It’s an easy walk along the river bank and through a small wood. The main entrance to the site (if you follow satnav) takes you to a low bridge so you won’t get your van under that but there is a diversion from there that will take you to the other entrance which has no height restriction. At 7.91m I would say you’ll have no problem at all. Some of the pitches are small but they gave us about 3 or 4 to go and look at before we chose which one we wanted so that was good. Not sure if you’ve been to Chamonix before or not but we’re sure you’ll love it. We’re glad you enjoyed our videos. Happy travels. Keep safe. Irvine & Karen.
@@motorroamingaround fab, thanks. I suspected you’d be over 8m long, so will be booking that site now 😁. I’d spotted on the campsites website mention of a diversion to avoid the 2.4m height restriction, so all good. Thank you.
@@apritch476 You’re welcome. Enjoy your trip to Lake Annecy, Chamonix and Lake Garda in your lovely Le Voyageur motorhome. Happy travels.
Hi sorry, I sent a message regarding where you purchased your screen cover from, please can you reply to this account rather than the one related to my first message. Thank you.
@@philipsmith-xj5in Hi Phil & Sue we got our screen from Polar Screens Minster Products in Sheffield. They have all the templates ready to use and we were very happy with them. The screen was delivered to us in Scotland. Glad you enjoyed our Chamonix video. Keep safe. Irvine & Karen.