CAMPING ‘DOMAINE O’LANETTE’, is our third campsite STOP on our PYRÉNÉES Van/Motorbike adventure- Aug/Sept ’25.
A lovely, ACSI affiliated campsite, with amazing mountain views right from your doorstep, its own ‘lagoon’… and it’s open all year!
It sits just outside the large town of Bagnères-De-Luchon, a large town with everything we needed for a weeks’ stay touring the local area, either on foot or bicycle, if you’re a wee bit fitter than we are…or on a motorbike, if you’re old and creaky like us!!
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[Music] And this is campsite number three that we have stayed at on our Pyrenees adventure. Um, we’ve been here over a week and it’s packing up day and we’re moving on to our next campsite. This campsite, Demain Olanet, is in the Hope Pyrenees and it’s near the town of Bangier Deluchon. We stayed here in June, so I will pop the campsite review on from June for you to have a look at and check out the campsite. We’ve had a fantastic time here over the last week and had some wonderful runs up the mountains on the motorbike. I’ll pop a link for you to pop to the uh YouTube channel that we’ve made for uh our bike adventures if you want to look at the full rides. Awesome. Right, Bernal, come on. Let’s get strapped up. Let’s go. So, it’s another glorious sunny morning and we are off and about again and we are heading um to our next campsite which is again further east along the Pyrenees. We are actually having to go over a coal to get to our next campsite the call the pair resort. So, um we could go around it but it’s like an extra hour. So, um we are going up the co and I will be filming it cuz it’s pretty awesome. So, here we go. 1569 m it says it’s going to be okay. So, it’s only a baby one. It’s only a baby one. It doesn’t look like a baby one to me. No problem going up. It’ll be coming down the other side. Oh, look. Lunch time. Look at that. Oh, he pinched a bum. Did he pinched a bum on camera? I I think they might be up to something with a mountain view now. Oh, look at that. Look at that. Oh, horses. Look at that. Oh my god. Oh my gosh. Wow. That’s just beautiful, isn’t it? Trying to get in as much as possible. Oh, there we go. Third gear. The turbo’s just come on. We’re off. We were in a bit of a lag for a moment. cyclists. Oh. Oh, it’s all right cuz I get to kind of have a look around. Can’t see anything around this corner. What can you say? We’re going to have to wait. Nothing at all. Uh, yeah. There’s nothing there, but it’s on another corner. Yeah. Yeah. Let’s wait. Well, you got a nice view of the mountain. I do. We can take a nice picture of the mountains. Nice. You’re all right, mate. Uh, there’s no coming at the minute. Yeah, you’re good. Come on. Down the hill. Down the hill. Down the hill. No. Bonkers. We love the cyclists. They’re all bonkers. I don’t know what these motorbikers are doing up here. They are. I don’t know, Bernard. I wonder what all these motorbikes are doing up here. They do look very similar to our new member of the family, don’t they? Hang on. Hint hint. New I wonder what our new family member will think of these coals in August. Bernard, it might be snowing. I hope not because we’ve had fabulous weather on this wrecky and if we get rubbish weather in August, I’ll cry. I will absolutely cry. Oh, there is still snow up there. Yes, that snow. That is That is definitely snow. That’s awesome. Yeah, it’s a good stop to place to stop. I’d have pulled over and let the all the cars pass by. We got a few cars behind us, haven’t we? That’s not bad view, is it? It’s beautiful. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. On a bend. So, we shall wait. We’ve just realized we have actually done this call before, but we did it in Ruby, the Volkswagen T6 that we had before, Remella, and it’s a beautiful coal, so we’re quite happy doing it again. It’s nice spot for lunch. We’re going to have lunch at the top of the coal. Fabulous. Woo! Bicycles, bicycles, motorbikes, motorbikes. Meow. Meow. Meow. It’s looking good. It’s looking good. New shop. 14 kilometers. That’s where we’re headed for. All the cyclist stopped for lunch. Whoa. You have to your destination. Where’s the car park? Yes, we have stopped here before. I have my photo took here before. It’s the one that I took a a picture out the window police with. Yeah. Morning. Beautiful. Well, this looks like a perfect spot for lunch to me. Right, let’s get lunch. We’re having Where’s the sun coming? We’re having sausage sandwiches, I think. Are we having sausage sandwiches, Bernard? I don’t know. Cool. View van. Bernie in the van cooking. What are we having for lunch, Bernard? I was reading me emails. Sausage sandwiches. Oh, the bread’s done. Sausage sandwiches are in the in the oven. Well, I can’t think of a better place to have a sausage sandwich than right there. Perfect. So, after our amazing lunch stop at the top, we are heading down. Look at that. It’s awesome. Whoa. That is what you call a hair pin bend. There’s a bicycle. Should we let him overtake? Yeah. Go, go, go, go, go. This is what he climbed the hill for. Yeah. To come down. Don’t maybe stop behind a truck coming downhill. That wouldn’t be fair, would it? Done all that work to get up and then you get way laid on the way down. Oh, got in. Next air pin. Oh, that’s quite steep. Doesn’t look it, but it is. Wee! went a bit slow. Cuz poor old Belly, she’s getting a bit old now. Have to be a bit more careful on the old girl, don’t we? Burn out. She’s six this year. Can’t believe we’ve had her for 6 years. That’s amazing. I’ll give it an oil change when we get home. Oil change when she gets home. Bless her. She’ll have earned it. Oh, look at that. like mountains. He’s not hanging about. I’m still going out. Well, I’ve not pressed the accelerator since we left. Oh my gosh. Only brakes. Whoa. The bicycles up on the walls. We’re still going down. just so lush and green. Wow, that’s bonkers. So, we are now in the town of Bangier Non, which is the town that is nearest to our next campsite. We should be coming up to the campsite shortly. Oh, Monttobang Duchan. Yeah, that’s where the campsite is. Little We’re out of Bang Don and we’re in Montan Duchan. So, there you go. Bear left, then turn left. Maybe that’s it. That’s it. That’s definitely it. I think there’s a bit of parking here. Olanet Camping. Here we go. Oh, yeah. Pull in there. Perfect. Right, we’ll go see if there’s anybody at reception. And this is the campsite we are staying at next on our Pyan adventure, our Pyreneian adventure. And it is Domain Olanet. And this is a lovely campsite. And it’s in an absolutely fantastic setting. I’m going to try and show you, but it’s just started to rain because I think a mountain thunderstorm is on its way, but we’ll see how we go. So, it’s a barriered car park, but there is parking here. So, you just park up and present yourself at reception. This is reception. The lady in reception is very busy all around the campsite, so sometimes you have to give her a ring on a mobile phone, but she always answers a message, no problem. Put yourself in at reception. She gives you the code to the barrier and in you come. I think the big plus about this campsite is basically its position. It’s absolutely fabulous. You’re kind of in a valley and you’re just surrounded by mountains. It’s glorious. It’s a very well-kept site, clean, tidy, lots of greenery, pretty flowers, pretty trees. There’s quite a few residential um cabins, but the camping cabins have all been kept to one area. They’re just getting a bit spruced up before the start of the season here. So, um there are things going on. And this is the little man-made lagoon, which is pretty awesome. And it’s warm. You’ve got a sandy beach. Perfect. Coming for a dip. And this is the sanity block. Standard fair. Perfectly acceptable. Share facilities between male and female. Toilets. Toilet seats. But no toilet roll. So bring your own. And big. And big shower sinks. Push button. Variable temperature. Oh, free haird dryer. Yes. Washing up sinks. Laundry sinks. Oh, and then just around here, paid washers and dryers. Outside sinks. And they even give you a freezer to put your ice packs in. It’s very handy in this heat. And a lovely little barbecue area for you to do your own barbecues. Gorgeous. Look at that for a backdrop. It’s not bad, is it? Now, the pictures are all of a really, really good size as you can see here. But please be aware this campsite is on a slope. As you can see, it goes this way. So, a lot of the pictures are sloping. So, you do need to be on chalks to be level. We’ve only just got ourselves semi um level, but to be fair, to get a view like that, um I can sleep wonky. It’s not a problem. And this is us on our pitch. Here we are. Pitch number five. big huge pitch kind of under the trees as much as possible. Shade is variable on these pictures, so pick wisely. Um, if you can get shade, all the better. And this pitch with uh electricity on Axi is costing us €17 a night plus local taxes, so about €18 a night. And to get a view like that, that pitch door, well, that’ll do me. Lovely campsite with all the facilities you need. The town is pretty much within walking distance, but cycling is probably a little bit easier with all the shops, bars, restaurants that you need in a main town. Absolutely a great little um spot for wandering around the Pyrenees and doing a little bit of discovery. Fabulous. Woo! Look at that. Beautiful. Woo! Heat. Heat. Crazy. Crazy. Getting that on the way down. Wow. Hey, wait. [Music] Heat. Heat. Oh, Oh, no. [Applause] Woo! You can do that. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Wow. Wow. Woo. Wow. That’s some run up there. Let’s get off for a minute. Woo! You’re surrounded. [Music]
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7:23 See that sign of the road up ahead? They are not kidding. -ha. 🙂