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hi All we are off on sat and have to get from lincolnshire o cornwall. According to the route planner it will take us 6 hours and is 313 miles. I was going to leave sort of 8am when kids up and ready. OH wants to leave sort of 4am to mis the traffic!!!

What would you do?

We have to tow a tt and have 2 kids who are generally good if a dvd on

Hi went to bude last weekend from Corby Northants 276 miles took us 6 hours with a rest of about 1 hour but we did leave at 5 in the morning and the roads were great, Now for today left the site at 10.30am did 289 miles with a little detore with a 15 min break and it took us 6 hours but it was so hot and the traffic was really slow until past bristol but going south they had a terrible time on the M5, i would suggest go to bed early just you and get a good nites sleep and leave about 5 / 6 and let the kids sleep for a while in the car you get peace for about 3 hours its great and if you have'nt been that way before WATCH THE HILLS there are loads lol

have a great hols just like we have

garry

 definitely reccomend travelling thro night.

 kids will find it a big adventure,have done it regular when ours were small.

 leave about 11pm and take a leisurely drive,stop off once or twice to stretch your legs etc.

 we left here 10pm in july,going to st austell with van, just the oh and myself,went the old road,m25-m3-a303-a30,stopped at a little picnic area just before exeter on a30,toilets and plenty of room,arr.2am left at 7am,arrived site 9-30am.

 good breakfast and on pitch and set up by 12.

 take a quilt or blanket each for the kids and enjoy your trip.less stress and worry.

atb.

 i thought i was indecisive,but now i am in two minds.

Hi

      We always set off about 4.30am if you leave it while 8am you will be stuck on M5 & A30 for ages in places.

When we went to Devon from Peterborough we left at 3a.m. A1/A14/M6/M42/M5 to Exeter.  Took about 6 hours towing with a van on the back.

It will be slow at Avonmouth / Bristol and we had very heavy traffic the last 25 miles on the M5.

I would leave earlier rather than later.

Last year I went from Nott`m to Padstow,I left Nott`m around 8.00pm Friday evening and stopped off at Weston-super-mare over night stay car park on Francis fox road £3.00 got there about 12.00,got up about 6.00am,quick cupper and then went to Tesco over the road (opens at 6.00am) and did our shopping then headed off about 7.00am,stopped of in a drop back layby about 10.30 had some brecky,then arrived at Harlyn sands about 1.00pm,no probs with traffic at all,and will be doing the same again in a few weeks time.

The car park is called Locking road long stay.and Tesco P/code is BS23 1XG. 

We live in North Herts and went to cornwall this year and stayed over near Bath for a couple of days on the way down and then came home via Weymouth.  That really suited us and the kids.  When the DVD was on the kids were so quiet.  You knew when the DVd was off because they started to get restless lol.  We go up to Scotland every other year and usually travel up overnight.  We take it in turns to drive while the other sleeps.  We usually aim to leave about 4am but always leave about 12pm cos we are too excited to sleep and just want to get going lol.  With stops it took us about 8 hours to get there. 

We left Cornwall on the Saturday and the A30 was quite busy both ways.  When we left Weymouth there were huge tailbacks for ages into that area.  If we went back to Weymouth, even though its only a 4 hour drive towing a caravan, i would definetely  plan to leave home about 4am even if it means arriving in the area early.  We don't have to go straight to the caravan site but can have breakfast and go for a walk.

It is the very busy season now so i'd travel early even if it means wasting time once you arrive. 

HTH

Jeannie