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 via mobile 08/2/2024 at 4:54pm
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I've been going to France since 2012, camping in a tent until 2019 then in a caravan since.
The first year we went, we decided to drive from Calais to Camping le Cormoran, (almost 300 miles), we were new to camping and also new to France otherwise we would have known that Cherbourg was only about 30 miles away! We stayed for two nights and then drove another 350 miles to Camping de la Cote d'argent for ten nights, obviously with it being our first year, we weren't really bothered with the long distances as it was an adventure, especially for our three young kids.
Over time, especially since we have had the caravan, we tend to drive less or stay at more sites before we get to our main site, probably not helped because the Mrs won't tow the caravan, but was happy to tow our trailer with the camping equipment in it.
I find that around 200 miles driving is about my limit before it starts to impact my enjoyment on the overall holiday, it also makes it more bearable for my 6 year old as I cant imagine its much fun sitting in a car for 7 or 8 hours in what is usually hot sun.
I was watching a few videos on YouTube and noticed that one of them was happy to get off the ferry in France and drive almost 700 miles to Spain, with just a one night stopover in between.
As much as I realise that everyone is different, it cant be enjoyable to travel such massive distances, so I wondered what everyone else considers a 'comfortable distance' to drive before it actually impacts their enjoyment of the holiday and whether they their holiday starting the minute they leave their house?
We always used to see the holiday starting the minute we got to our main site and that getting there was just a necessary evil but over time I have learnt that it should be enjoyable from the minute you get to the ferry port (I will never class driving in England as enjoyable!!), which played a big part in me driving less between campsites, forgive my ramblings, just wondered what everyone else thoughts were, or it could just be that I'm getting older!!
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08/2/2024 at 5:03pm
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I guess each to their own at the end of the day.
Being on my own with no one to share the driving, I schedule regular breaks during the day, with the aim to start driving from about 10:00 (I am not a morning person), to arrive at a campsite no later than 17:00 or later if it is a motel/hotel.
In 2012, I drove from Dundee, Scotland back to home in Wiltshire in one day in my car towing a leisure trailer, arriving quite late in the evening.
Those days are long gone.
Nowadays, I prefer to take it at a leisurely pace, driving mainly in daylight hours, which is about 6h at the most.
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08/2/2024 at 9:05pm
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To answer Paul and Nikki, Random places in France would catch my attention - an Art Nouveau exhibition in Nancy, a particular wine producer in Ammerschwir, the railway museum at Mulhouse, the palais Ideal at Hautrives, a recommended Alpine chalet restaurant serving tartiflette, Eifel’s viaduct at Garabit, the hospice at Beaune, a garden at Apremont sur Allier, all sorts things in Paris, and so on. So I toured France in the same way as I toured New Zealand and India. -never having what people call a main site, just place to place which I wanted to visit. And distances varied from day to day as I said earlier.
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