France holiday

[darthvader]

Hey folks

Booked a holiday in France for late June in a small village nr Saint Yrieix La Perche, about 25 miles from Limoges - not specifically for stargazing but might see if i can fit the dob in the car with the dog in the back !

Anyone been there or thereabouts ? does it have really good dark skies? looks like the moon phase during the two weeks is favourable too

[crashtestdummy]

Most if France is low light pollution compared to the UK once you get out if the cities.look at limoges on Google maps and there's not much around once you get away from the city

[ollypenrice]

I went to Limoges a while ago to pick up our little caravan. It's a big place with plenty of LP, I would say. However, you don't have to be too far out of the city to be in good skies and very nice places. I don't know your village at all but 25 miles is probably far enough to be decent for the sky. Late June this far south is very different from late June in the UK where it is never really dark. You'll be well north of us but well on the way to a few hours of real darkness in June. You could plug it into Stellarium to see your hours of darkness.

Olly

[estwing]

Val Thorens was ok for stargazing but better for snowboarding!

[Joe_L]

Went to somewhere near Sarlat (slightly further south) a few years ago to escape the grey summer here - needless to say it rained most of the week .  Twas dark though.

[RichM63]

I used to head down there every summer for 4x4 rallies in the Dordogne/Lot/Correze area. Great place and decently dark at night.

If you are not in too much of a rush on the way down turn right and make a detour to Oradour sur Glane, preserved site of a WW11 massacre and a very moving place to visit. Not too far off your route.

(have bottled H2O in the car, it can be mighty hot)

Have a great holiday,

Rich

[darthvader]

Sounds promising then

If we have time might check that out RichM63

Got to persuade the wife there's enough room in the car for the dog, the luggage and the dob now...

[Singlin]

My advice would be to buy the wife a nice Limoges porceline dinner set and then head down to Olly's place.

[darthvader]

I think that would go down nearly as well as a saucepan set for Christmas!

Did try Olly's place but he's fully booked