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Hi have your thought of the train ........ you pick that up at Cheriton just outside Folkestone and quicker than ferry

Never done it .... so can't help any more ....... hope you have a good trip

We've just come back from our first trip to France, 4 vents was the first stop on out journey. So all together we drove for 18 hours with only toilet stops. We got lost trying to find 4 vents, the French road signs in the Paris area take time getting used to, we got there in the end.

If we do it again, I'd stop in England for the night before doing the ferry Paris trip. 4 Vents is a really lovely site, the pitches are really big, the only bad points are the showers - you press the buttom and you get about 5 seconds of water, so keep your hand on the knob and the pool has no shallow end and is freezing, no matter how hot it is outside. Ther is also a huge hypermarket about 10 mins drive from 4 vents, we found that the best place for shopping.

Jackie

Hi spidey77 .. if you come down past the Dartford tunnel ....... just off the M20 is Thriftwood  it's a lovely site ... we went there last Sept on a mini meet ......... and only an hour and half from Dover

Both M20 & M2 go from Dartford Tunnel to Dover ...... but for some reason a lot of route planners start on M2 then direct you over to M20 (which can be a pain at times) ...... as motorway go the M20 is a nice one - which is a relief after doing the M25

As Tentmad says if you make it all the way down ...... there are two sites in Wearbay Road Folkestone ... they are set in the cliffs and have a great view of the channel - great for chilling after long drive

Little Switzerland     and    The Warren  which is only yds below Little Swiss both sites cater for ferry campers

Sorry, bit late posting a comment on this.  Just got back from France. We went from Cheshire to 4-vents via Dover-Calais.  Stopped over at M-way services near Ashford.

Regarding route planner - try www.autoroute.fr, this gives you a route, little pictures of the M-way signs to follow and works out the toll for you.  We used it with great success.

4-vents is fairly easy to find (we found) using the directions from Caravan Club; except that they say to turn left at the monument on the D231 then go 2miles.  Actually it's go straight on at the monument an turning is 2.6miles on right hand side.

hope that's of help.  Cheers

We did Reading to Gien (100 miles south of Paris) in 8 hours door to door (or door to zip!) and we used the tunnel. I would recommend M20, Tunnel and the following website for travel in France.

http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/gbr/tpl/hme/MaHomePage.htm

Steve.

Paris is about 3 hour drive from Calais. Motor ways are good and not crammed like at home.

Thanks for all your replies - I will let you know how we get on

Cheers

Hi there, we have juts come back from the Dordogne and we managed to get down there by 7pm stating on the 7am ferry from Dover, so I would say, no get it done get there, really not to bad a drive at all.  Motorways are fine, really clear and very easy, not like here at all.

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