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Quote: Originally posted by gkkad on 12/5/2012

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So what will it be like traffic wise at the start of Scottish school holidays?. We are journeying down on 30th June ( with a couple of stops, end destination St Ives) and staying for just over two weeks.

Comments in this thread are making me wish we'd picked somewhere else - This is by far the furthest we have ventured with the caravan.

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Don't think you will have much problem for the end of June our main holidys which cause most of the problems don't start until mid July.

Agree with Mr Muffin - Cornwall in June and getting to Cornwall in June will be nothing like in the Summer hols (Mid July onwards).

Cornwall once you get there is no busier than any other holiday resort in the UK but because there's only one road in and one road out the main trouble is getting there.

As mentioned many times in this thread -  plan your travel very carefully, if you can pick days that are not peak times to drive and you'll be fine.  Usually have excellent weather in June!

It seems EVERYONE drives through the night, may be best to drive in the daytime....

If you drive through the night I presume you arrive early morning but most sites don't allow arrivals until after midday so what do people do for the few hours?

We live in Devon, about 15 minute drive from Torbay.  i cant honestly say that our area is hideously busy int he summer.  Of course avoid driving on Saturdays as the M5/A38/a30 are horribly busy.  How about not going down to cornwall and stopping in Devon.   This is such a beautiful county with so much to offer and it is a shame that so many bypass it completely and rush further west.  I am as big a cornwall fan as anyone but it is very busy in August.   One area that we have visited in high season is The Lizard peninsular, this seems less hectic than some of the larger resorts.  Wherever you end up, enjoy.

Quote: Originally posted by Esther1 on 13/5/2012

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It seems EVERYONE drives through the night, may be best to drive in the daytime....

If you drive through the night I presume you arrive early morning but most sites don't allow arrivals until after midday so what do people do for the few hours?

 

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Ahh, I said to Ian maybe people paid for the previous night but he thought a lot of sites would only allow sat-sat bookings in high season or not allow early arrivals because of units passing on narrow lanes.

We will be returning back to Heligan Gardens this summer as we love Mevagissey and its about the closest I can get without staying on a commercialised site. It is a sister site to Pentewan Sands which is a much larger site with swimming pool bar etc.. Heligan Gardens on the other hand is smaller, very pretty with distant sea view from some parts and has excellent facilities.

We drive there from Cambridgeshire and last time we left at 2am, drove through the night and stopped just outside St Austell for a snooze ready to pull onto site at the right time.

Yes Cornwall is busy which I think is great as it shows british tourism is still alive and well and there are so many places to visit