I'm currently sitting looking out over the lake at the Gazouland meet at Lac des Varennes...
I arrived yesterday during the legendary French lunch break and couldn't get on to the campsite for the best part of 2 hours so I walked in and found Gazou... to cut a short story even shorter, I was parked up on site within 15mins.
The welcome from Gazou and his forum members, some of whom, thankfully, spoke very good English, was second to none. Merci Gazou et al
As someone new to model boats I found the good spread of boat types, the quality of modelling and superb attention to detail were nothing short of inspirational.
Having sailed on the PAMBC lake (Peterborough) a few times it was great to try out the boat on a much larger expanse of water... and I found the range of my TxRx ... it's much smaller than the lake here!!!
Thanks to the Gazouland rescue team my boat was safely returned... Merci beaucoup to the canoe crew!!
Remarkable value on the campsite: 13,14€ (approx £11.15)per night for one person in a motorhome, electricity and tourist tax, or 14,88€ (approx £12.60) for two people using the ACSI scheme ... compare those to Wicksteed prices!!!!