We tug our own van down to Spain and Catalonian France so the Vendee is a piece of cake

check out the firms like Matthews Redbreast and (wash my mouth out) Eurocamp

and check out http://holidayforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=79203

We have just returned today from 3 weeks in France with Eurocamp. We stay in Scotland and rather than drive to the south of England we use the Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry as the driving on the continent is so much less stressful than battling the M6. From the north east you could do Hull to Zeebrugge (the ferry gets in at 8.30 am so you have the full day ahead of you to drive).
This year we were in Brittany and had a 550 mile drive with a 5 year old and a 2 year old and as our ferry doesn't get to Zeebrugge till noon we split the journey over 2 days. The Vendee isn't that much further and I wouldn't have a problem driving there from Zeebrugge. The AA website gives travelling directions and times which are usually very accurate so play around on there if you're worried about times and distances.
The site we were on at Carnac had Eurocamp, Canvas Holidays, Keycamp, Matthews and French Freedom Holidays on it and all the companies tend to give their sites a classification to help you decide which are appropriate for you. On the way back to Zeebrugge we stayed 3 nights on a site which had no facilities (pool, shop, bar,etc) so was designated as a quiet relaxing site but as we were using it as a base to take the kids to Disney it didn't bother us.
I know Eurocamp, Keycamp and Canvas are all giving big discounts now for 2007 holidays if you book early (we saved 30% off last year's prices by booking this year's holiday last October).

cheers elaine80+madcaravanner for the replies,what is wrong with Eurocamp madcaravanner?

Last few times we have been around we are always there around demontage time

the reps are drunken rowdy idiots they show now respect to campers still there etc.
on one campsite they got evicted for their bad behaviour

that's wrong with Eurocamp in MY eyes

Personally we've never had a problem with antisocial Eurocamp reps despite having been on 10 sites over the last 5 years. In fact, one of the sites we were on this year had reps who were a retired couple over for the summer in their own tourer caravan.

elaine80 said

Personally we've never had a problem with antisocial Eurocamp reps despite having been on 10 sites over the last 5 years. In fact, one of the sites we were on this year had reps who were a retired couple over for the summer in their own tourer caravan.

To me that sounds more family orientated and if we met sucha set I would probably have a much different opinion of them personally used to like Eurosites for their policy of mixed age group of reps not all spotty teenagers like we have experienced in the past

Also sounds like a job we could do in a couple of years when I retire