About us
We ran our first season in 2018 with excitement, and we've only gotten happier!
The start of a new adventure
After living and working in Guinea for several years, we chose to move back to the Netherlands.
We bought a house in Almere where we lived for 20 years with a lot of pleasure.
After moving house, the love for camping started. Our neighbors in Almere, Karin and Eric, took us on our first camping trip.
Ons gezin bestaande uit: Rosalie, Ruud, Walter, Rutger en Guido, gingen allemaal samen in een Suzuki Alto naar Frankrijk. We vonden het allemaal fantastisch. Het jaar erop gingen we weer, nu met aanhanger achter de Suzuki.
De aanhanger werd groter en toen de jongens op de achterbank geen ruimte meer hadden werd ook de auto groter. Het waren heerlijke, ontspannen vakanties.
We took camping vacations for years, often with the same neighbors. They got the idea to buy a campsite and started looking.
For them, it remained a simple idea, but for us, a small seed was planted: it's nice to do when you're retired, it's fun and it makes a good living, that's what we thought.
Our two oldest sons were also inspired. They didn't want to wait that long, and especially not for only a few tents. It had to be a real campsite, on a real river! And they wanted to come along!
After ten years of searching together, we found Le Clos Bouyssac and we knew immediately that it was our campsite!
How our adventure is unfolding
Dit jaar, 2025, gaan wij ons achtste seizoen draaien. We hebben er weer zin in! Wij vinden het hier geweldig en we hopen jullie ook!
Inmiddels is onze gezinssamenstelling veranderd. Eind 2021 hebben wij helaas afscheid moeten nemen van Ruud, maar toch is de familie gegroeid. Tessa, de vriendin van Rutger en Emilie, de vriendin van Walter, wonen en werken op de camping. Sinds 2023 woont en werkt ook onze goede vriend, Hidde, bij ons.
We keep working on our dream not only together during the season, but also outside of it. We do everything ourselves on the campsite! Remodeling, maintenance, just name it.
Believe us, we are never bored. It's always so much fun to show you all what we've been up to over the winter. Secretly, we are quite a bit proud of it.
Vind je het leuk om ons gedurende het jaar daarin te volgen? Dat kan! Volg ons via Facebook en Instagram.
Sunny greetings on behalf of all of us, the Mijnheer family
"We maken een paradijs voor ons zelf en laten er heel veel mensen van meegenieten" - Rutger
Meet the family
Rosalie
"For years I had a photography studio in Almere
. I thought it would be great to run a campsite after we retire and thus, give other people a nice holiday. The landscape and surroundings here never bore me. I really think this is a little paradise."
Walter
"I love being outside. Like building new facilities or accommodations with my brother. Coming up with creative solutions to lift this place up to it's true potential is what makes me a happy man."
Emilie
"I am French, a former English teacher coming from Aveyron, a french département quite similar to the Lot. It was hard not to fall in love with this place. Being surrounded by beautiful nature is an every day pleasure. I am also able to do a lot of activities, like cooking, baking, being a barrista, managing a team and many other things!"
Rutger
"I never knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wanted to learn all kinds of things and do parts of them. That job is actually available here. I can do it all, be a timber, a barista, bartender, teamleader, plumber and sometimes a photographer. I love it here."
Tessa
"I am often described as someone with 101 hobbies and ideas. Choosing something for my whole life was something I didn't like. Here I can express all my creativity and ideas in one place. I have embraced the outdoors and nature with love."
Jobs
‘Actually, with our team we are just a really big family’ - Rosalie
Of course, we cannot do it alone. So far, every season we are reinforced by our staff, friends and acquaintances who want to work with us. It is very special to work with a group of people who did not know each other before the season and say goodbye to each other after the season as a real family. Tears and all!
Are you looking for a working holiday or seasonal work and are you available between 1 May and 1 October? Send us an email with your CV and motivation. It would be nice to meet you too!
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