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Hi Vangoman.I know what you mean about the distance,I used to regularly do plymouth to  aberdeen about four times a yearand it used to take about 15 hours including stops and that was in the 80's so the roads should be better now  There is a site just outside plymouth at smithaleighwhich usually advertises itself as a stopover for the ferry .I believe the ferry runs to roscoff overnight so that could be a help for a break,and the ferry port is well signposted from the a38with about 3 different routesthrough the city and the way back out is just a reverse of the route in

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One thing I forgot to mention apart from youngest being just over 2 next year is that the oldest (13yrs) is not a good traveller.My daughter/hubbie and the 3 girls have been to Cornwall/Devon for their last 3 holidays and made an overnight stop both ways because of this.They have tried everything but they still have to stop a few times for her to be physically sick.

If it was just the OH and myself we would drive without stopping apart fom the usual breaks.Also as has been mentioned it would give us more time in France. I have used channel ferries before but I was heading in the other direction my eventual destination being Romania.

Thanks for all the replies,really helps when trying to plan your holiday,all inputs very welcome...regards

Quote: Originally posted by VangoMan02 on 17/6/2008

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One thing I forgot to mention apart from youngest being just over 2 next year is that the oldest (13yrs) is not a good traveller.My daughter/hubbie and the 3 girls have been to Cornwall/Devon for their last 3 holidays and made an overnight stop both ways because of this.They have tried everything but they still have to stop a few times for her to be physically sick.

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Puking kids I do understand. My eldest used to be sick within an hour of leaving home and keepo going till we got there. The only things that helped even a little were (a) letting him have the front seat (in which case I got sick instead, but hey, I'm an adult and expected to cope, lol) and (b) Seabands. And not letting him read or play a gameboy in the car, but to look out the window and listen to story tapes instead.

But bottom line was that he still puked nearly as much whatever we did. If we tried to go slower or break the journey he would still puke the same number of times, so we just made as little fuss as possible about it. We gave him a bucket and taught him to do it neatly, then concentrated on getting there as quickly as possible.

Have you tried 'Travella' - a homoeopathic remedy for travel sickness.  We had heard bad reports about the Seacat we were going to Holland on being notorious for travel sickness, so I bought some.  We tried it on the outward journey, which was not too bad, and had no problems.  On our return within minutes it was apparent that it was going to be a very rough crossing.  We took some Travella and were the only ones not green and still standing up. 

A little girl next to us, was suffering severely from sickness, and was absolutely green.  Her Dutch mother got into discussion about what we had taken, remarking that we were the only ones still smiling.  I offered her some Travella, and the little girl took whatever the recommended dose was - and within 15 minutes was absolutely fine.  Mum couldn't believe it - and said that as soon as she landed at Harwich she was going to the nearest Boots to get some Travella, as for 9 years her little girl had suffered severe travel sickness.   I've recommended it to others since, including my sister in law, who started to suffer travel sickness after chemotherapy treatment, and she too now swears by it.    

Hello,

apologies if this reply is late, but I notice that you mentioned 12 - 13 year olds. Look at Ty Nadan (castels site). We have 2 girls 12 & 15, and we only saw them when they were hungry!! this site has it all for kids, football, riding, kayaking, quads the lot.