Month in France/Spain

[Vladimir]

Just booked all of June to head to Santander (from Plymouth) and back in our VW California.

We have two young kids (2 and 4) and wanted to go before the eldest is at "proper" school.

Can't wait!!

[GAjon]

Jammy sod, got a route planned or freewheeling?

[Vladimir]

GAjon said:

Jammy sod, got a route planned or freewheeling?

No route planned but will be surfing a lot if possible so nearish the usual surf breaks. Our last chance before our boy goes to "proper" school.

I'll be planning a rough route in the next couple of months.

[nutsytvr]

Brave man. Hope your crossing is better than ours was last year. The only one that wasn't sick was the dog. Mrs Nutsy decided to go that way rather than driving through France for 2 or 3 days.

She soon changed her mind - never again (or something similar between retching across the Bay of Biscay). Not pleasant.

This year we drive through France from Caen down to Spain.

NutsyTVR

[Vladimir]

We all have good sea legs so should be okay.

[BigBob]

Did the crossing to Santanda a couple of years back. Bay of Biscay was great on the way out .......... but on the way back

We don't suffer with 'mal de mer' either but it was that bad it was almost impossible to stand - beers might not have helped though

When we did it there was a filling station right by the exit to the port that had reasonable diesel prices - can't remember about petrol but assume they must have been competitive as well.

Food on the ferry was excellent and from memory sensibly priced.

Have a good trip

BB

[Upatdawn]

can you still drive to belguim and get on Motorail to Spain? (or most of the way)

[Vladimir]

BigBob said:

Did the crossing to Santanda a couple of years back. Bay of Biscay was great on the way out .......... but on the way back

We don't suffer with 'mal de mer' either but it was that bad it was almost impossible to stand - beers might not have helped though

When we did it there was a filling station right by the exit to the port that had reasonable diesel prices - can't remember about petrol but assume they must have been competitive as well.

Food on the ferry was excellent and from memory sensibly priced.

Have a good trip

BB

Cheers - will just have to cross our fingers about the sea conditions. Don't want it too flat as we plan to surf a lot once we get there!

Upat: It's all booked now; we're Cornwall based to Calais is a looooong drive! We did Oban then Mull last August and that was a big drive with a 1 and a 3 year old. Trying to avoid too much driving this time even though the camper is great for big mile munching.