Blog; Dashaway microcaravan to French Alps with VW Golf PHEV. Note, this model is no longer in production but we do have a super new model called Dashaway ECT which is a two berth and a Dashaway ECTS which is a single berth towable campers.

Dashaway to: French Alps! - No ordinary holiday

It’s June 2019 and we’ve Dashed away to France: Annecy in the French Alps, south to Millau and Rocomodour with our VW Golf Hybrid (PHEV) towing the Dashaway e caravan. Nearly 2,500 miles at an overall average of 38.8mpg, charging the Golf’s hybrid battery overnight from campsites

A One or Two Berth camper

DFDS ferry Dover to Calais: That’s us, the only caravan in with the cars. Unlike typical caravan fridges, the Dashaway’s 12 volt compressor fridge can be left on the whole time you’re away. Easy.

Calais to Annecy is about 550 miles, so we had an over-night stop in a aire. Evening meal and breakfast courtesy of the Dashaway’s all-electric cooking system.

We also camped at Doussard’s ‘Camping International Du Lac Bleu’, which is at the southern end of Lake Annecy. We asked for a sunny spot to test Dashaway’s solar panels, so they put us in a most-of the-day shaded one…

The campsite is literally on the lake shore and is excellent for pretty much all water sports, inc. swimming. A great day out and just a little over an hour’s drive finds you on the passes over the Alps. We took the Dashaway out for a day, up two Alpine passes: Cormet de Roselend and Col de Petite St. Bernard. Look out for falling rocks! We dined out in this wonderful glacial valley we came across on Cormet De Roselend.

Dashaway in the French Alps

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