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Hi all we are going to totnes in devon on the 9th of aug can not get onto the site till 12pm traveling from manchester.What time would you leave.

thanks in advance

Antony

I would guess the journey time to be about eight hours, allowing for a couple of stops.

Mr UM

we were looking at leaving at 4 am and arriving down there at 12 ish if all goes to plan

antony

tonka690 heres previos post on times,

http://www.ukcampsite.co.uk/chatter/display_topic_threads.asp?ForumID=10&TopicID=157385&PagePosition=1&showActive=8&ReturnPage=Active

sorry first one was wrong

 if possible try travelling overnight,

 roads will be quieter and you can make a relaxed journey.

 leave about 11pm and make a couple of stops to stretch your legs etc.

 stop for a good breakfast nearer totnes and arrive on about 11am

 gives you time to get things together before pitching,you never know you might be able to get on early

 we did this when we went to st austell and arrived 9.30am on site,were able to go straight on

 very surprised ,but 12noon we had all sent up and enjoying lunch sat in the sun!!!

 atb and enjoy

Quote: Originally posted by Tigermouse on 31/7/2008

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Presumably you will be making at least a couple of stops on the way, but Routeplanner gives the journey time as 4 hours 40 minutes, by motorway in medium traffic and without stopping.

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hahahhahaa good joke that is, try telling route planner about getting past birmingham and bristol then!! aviod birmingham from 6.30 am and avoid bristol period is the best i can say but you cant realy do that so you have to stick with it, but its a nightmare whatevere timeof the day you hit there.  if you left at 4 am then yes you will miss birmingham snarling up but then you are right in the breakfast traffic at bristol!!! you cant win perhaps overnight might be better and then plan to stop at the last services before your campsite and have a sleep then

good luck whatever you decide

Living just south of Bristol I would suggest you leave as planned and get south of Bristol by 0800.

Sedgemoor services between Junctions 21/22 would be good, or if you can press on to Taunton services even better.

Just remember from Junction 14 to junction 21 is very slow from approx 0800 to 1300. This is because the M4/M5 merge just north of Bristol so two motorway southbound lots of traffic merge into one.

Dave