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Woke up today, noticed our milk was from Jersey and decided I would like to go camping there this summer. Dont know anything about ferries or campsites. All I know is that we will need to drive from Glasgow and will have to have an overnight stop each way to the ferry terminal.

WE have two young kids, so would like somewhere where they are likely to make friends/go off and play etc; Plan to drive and take bikes so car fully loaded. Dont want to fly.

any advice on which route to take, which ferry to take, best place to book ferries, and any good campsites would be a good starting point for me

I know it is not strictly camping abroad, but as it invloves ferries etc thought this forum would be the best place. 

yes condor is the only ferry operator to do the jersey run.

as stated the fast ferry (about 4 hours) goes from waymouth or poole. or the conventional ferry ( about 9 hours) goes from portsmouth.

but the ferries go at different times on each day. so if you're planning to sail at a cirtain time you , will have to sail on the day it goes at that time.

like us , we've booked for 8 days to sail out on a mon and back on a tues. as they are the only days that have around midday sailings

stu

i got a £25 dicount with the c&cc.

thanks for the advice. I read that the fast ferries are very bumpy and lots of passengers suffer sickness on the crossing. I dont want my two kids to start thier holidays puke-ing up and dreading the crossing back.

Does anyone have any experience of these crossings by superfast ferries and how it compares with the slow boat?

We have travelled on the fast crossing with Condor, with two young children and had no problems.  Possibly if you get a very rough day or are prone to seasickness it might be different!

We werent camping, but planning for the future we looked round a couple of sights.  My favourite had to be Rozel Camping, nice quiet site but with a small pool.  We like the north coast best anyway.

I believe the best price on the ferry will be through the campsite, as they can get special fares.  They also have ready erected tents.

Jerseys great - feels like you are in France - with no Euro!