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We once set off from Royan at 7am for the 4pm ferry at Caen, off the ferry at 11pm then up to yorkshire - another 5 hours drive. The ferry was full to bursting so we laid under the stairs using our bags as pillows and had a bit of a cat nap, was absolutely shattered tho. Got as far as Sheffield before i had to give in and let hubby do the last hour - was getting dangerously tired.
That was because we just wanted to have as long as poss on hols.

Other times we have used aires for overnight breaks, and once we just pulled over at a service station somewhere on the A1 for the night.

Boulogne is a lovely town for an overnight stop, there is a formule 1 there you could use - only 20 euros-ish a night.

Hi Greenhill, Doing just that this year.  Hull - Zeebrugge - thank you Mr Tesco.  We plan to be in Normandy for mid dayish and set up at the municipal site there - lovely restaurants in the town and a nice steady 3 hour drive on the following day, down to the Vendee.  The only fly in the ointment is that we will have part of the drive on a Monday - when the lorries will be about.