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Don't forget to leave a review of the French and other European campsites you have visited!
23/8/2015 at 4:09pm
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Unless your body-clock can effectively switch from night to day sleeping, or you are sharing the driving, I'd stick to a normal routine.
Sure, night time driving will be cooler, and the roads less busy ... especially if you hit Madrid round about 2 to 3 in the morning.
Mid Sept temperatures in Madrid can hit the low thirties, whereas late September rarely gets into the 30's.
So neither will, exactly, roast you!
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30/8/2015 at 7:25pm
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It won't be that hot and I'm sure your car has aircon. You are on hol, find a campsite when you get off the ferry and drive daytimes, I would.
Folk tend to think UK heatwave conditions which are invariably close and oppressive. High 20s, early 30s in southern Europe is generally pleasant and fairly fresh. It has to climb towards the 40s to get a bit much. Average for Sept is more like mid to high 20s. Very nice.
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30/8/2015 at 7:59pm
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Love Barcelona .... whereabouts in Ireland are you, Lydia?
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30/8/2015 at 10:10pm
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Stick to your body clock and when you feel safe to drive. It won't be that horribly hot. Many places around Santander and Bilbao to enjoy if you feel the mood.
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31/8/2015 at 5:20am
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The nights are cooler and much better for sleeping.
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12/9/2015 at 10:46pm
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I do the Santander to Calella slog. I'm fortunate that I work shifts, so regularly have to go a full day then work a full night. My preference is to sleep for the last couple of hours on the ferry. Drive until about 4-5am depending on fatigue and pull into a services to get my head down for 4-5 hrs then continue driving to the site. I do stops every couple of hours for fuel and coffee, walk and stretch. I find I can cover many more miles through the night. I use the Toll roads, yes may cost about 60 euros but no trucks, silly junctions or traffic lights. Services or picnic areas every 15 - 25 miles.
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