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Quote: Originally posted by Christine08 on 19/6/2014

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Hi,
Similar to other members on this thread, we travel from North/West Yorks border to Newquay, and have now 2 small children. We have found out the following over the years:
1) Try to avoid leaving/arriving Cornwall on a Saturday - it is generally change-over day and everybody else is also trying to arrive/leave too. A38/A30 and M5 are a complete nightmare.
2) Pack the trailer the day before, go to bed early and depart Yorkshire at 1am, lifting the sleeping children into the back of the car. Take coffee in travel mugs.
3) Aim to stop only for a wee, get another coffee from service station, and swap over driving duties, keep the engine running if you need to, to keep kiddies asleep... ;)
4) Aim to have cleared Bristol and the M5 and be on the A30 by 7am (8am at the latest). Arrive at Newquay in time for a hearty breakfast and a first paddle in the sea :)
For packing up to come home, we generally, pack, spend the remainder of the day somewhere in North Corwall, have tea out, and set off around 7pm to travel home. We generally have a clear run and get home around midnight/1am and lift the children from car back into bed.

Yes, you are tired on the first day of holidays, but we try to have a continental "siesta" that day to get through until bedtime. It works for us!

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4 weeks today we set off for St Ives. I don't know about everyone else but just considering the jouney gets me excited!!! I know it's a pain but it's part of the experience.

I am booking the friday off to get all packed up and really want to leave about 3-4 AM. Ipads/Tablets/Kindles to keep the kids entertained - picnic somewhere (was exeter services last year, but yes it can be a pain getting in)

We are staying on St Ives Bay Holiday Park on the "free for all" field - just want to be there early so we get a good pitch!

We travelled from Hull to perranporth on the same weekend last year and i think we set off at about quarter past 3 in the morning and arrivede approx 11 with a stop off, pulling a trailer we were restricted to speed but just took it steady

we are going to newquay the same weekend this year and will probably be leaving around the same time