- Sep 1, 2017
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Hi all
With our motorhome arriving next week we have a 'shakedown' trip for 4 or so days followed by thoughts of a longer trip shortly afterwards.
The longer trip would, hopefully be to see some sun. (There hasn't been much here in the midlands for the last 8 weeks or so!).
We were thinking of heading to Eastern Spain (possible Peniscola way, as we have been around previously).
We only have a window of approx 6th -23rd Oct for this trip.
So first question:
If we take the Dover Calais option, arriving in Calais early afternoon - how many days would you feel is comfortable to get to Spain? We dont need to 'potter' on this outing, as the aim is to get some moderate warmth. So longer driving days would be OK.
Looking at taking a more westerly ferry, ie Portsmouth Caen, doesn't seem to save you much in time.
One final option might be to utilise Brittany Ferries via Santander / Bilabao for one of the legs and save a bit of slog through France.
What do you think? The long ferry route is going to cost an additional £350+ but would save approx 750 miles of driving / fuel / tolls etc.
If you think the BF option is best, does anyone have a discount code they could kindly share with us?
Many thanks - looking forward to your advice.
With our motorhome arriving next week we have a 'shakedown' trip for 4 or so days followed by thoughts of a longer trip shortly afterwards.
The longer trip would, hopefully be to see some sun. (There hasn't been much here in the midlands for the last 8 weeks or so!).
We were thinking of heading to Eastern Spain (possible Peniscola way, as we have been around previously).
We only have a window of approx 6th -23rd Oct for this trip.
So first question:
If we take the Dover Calais option, arriving in Calais early afternoon - how many days would you feel is comfortable to get to Spain? We dont need to 'potter' on this outing, as the aim is to get some moderate warmth. So longer driving days would be OK.
Looking at taking a more westerly ferry, ie Portsmouth Caen, doesn't seem to save you much in time.
One final option might be to utilise Brittany Ferries via Santander / Bilabao for one of the legs and save a bit of slog through France.
What do you think? The long ferry route is going to cost an additional £350+ but would save approx 750 miles of driving / fuel / tolls etc.
If you think the BF option is best, does anyone have a discount code they could kindly share with us?
Many thanks - looking forward to your advice.