Had a bit of trouble finding the campsite as it’s not on the Satnav. Drove through the town twice but the lookout (me) didn’t see the sign, which was very obvious once we’d spotted it.
Camping l’Arquebuse
Route d’Athee
21130 Auxonne
email:camping.arquebuse@wandaoo.fr
www.campingarquebuse.com
13 euros per night
First impressions good. Big flat field with trees, on the banks of the River Saone. Auxonne was a frontier town for a while, being on the border of Burgundy and Franche-Compte. There is a fortress and barracks, where Napoleon attended military school.
Thursday 15th September 2011
The showers and toilets leave a lot to be desired. Some of the toilets are of the hole in the floor variety (how are you supposed to poo in one of those? I’d topple into the hole!) and they were, quite literally, shitty. Thank goodness we have our own facilities.
There’s hardly anybody on the site so it’s mercifully quiet. I wouldn’t like to be here in high season as I really don’t think there are enough sanitary facilities for lots of tent campers. The brochure says there are 100 pitches. (They’re not marked, we were invited to park anywhere.)
We cycled across the river into Auxonne, which is nothing to write home about! Aside from the fortress, it has nothing else to recommend it. It’s a dismal little town with no charm at all. I can’t understand why it’s so grotty as there’s a splendid marina full of barges so you’d think they’d want to cater to the boaties. Perhaps it livens up a bit in mid-season.
Saturday 17th September 2011
They cleaned the toilets! But the chemique is overflowing. Oh well, can’t expect everything I suppose.
Sunday 18th September 2011
There was a car boot sale inside the fort so we wandered around there but it wasn’t inspiring. We had another look at the lovely boats in the marina and cycled a little way alongside the river. In the town, there was nothing open at all, not even a bar or a caff! What a place. Hope the next one is more cheerful. With hindsight, we shouldn’t have paid for 5 nights upfront. We won’t do that again. We’ll be glad to move on.
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