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08/5/2017 at 8:56pm
Location: Gloucestershie
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Which ports are you using
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08/5/2017 at 9:01pm
Location: Midlands
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Some laybys prohibit overnight sleeping. Some that allow it you need to be careful that a sleepy driver doesnt pull in and hit the back of you.
Its rare but it happens.
I was up in Lincolnshire last year and on a fairly fast sweeping bend in the road it veers off into a layby and someone had pitched up with their caravan for a week.
They did have a small warning triangle, and i just thought thats not going to make a difference to a driver half asleep or one thats had a few drinks or just someone going too fast for the bend.
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08/5/2017 at 9:38pm
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Supermarket/Industrial Estate?
Couple of hours sleep before getting the ferry, quick kip on ferry, four hours quiet roads no big deal really.
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08/5/2017 at 10:00pm
Location: Hampshire
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Ring the port to see if they permit a brief stop over to give you 5 or 6 hours sleep; then you know if that easy option is available.
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08/5/2017 at 10:43pm
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Or have a look on Google maps. If you're using the A477, find Llanteg and you'll see an "oxbow" type layby (ie appears to have been left when main road was realigned?) about a mile NE of the village.
Can't see any signs prohibiting overnight sleeping, but you could check with Pembrokeshire County Council?
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11/5/2017 at 4:20am
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If you can make it to the nearest motorway service station ... many of them permit overnighting.
On the continent several members use supermarket car parks.
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11/5/2017 at 12:13pm
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2 options close to port are Hobbs point and llanreath (chapel road) car park which are council car parks free and no height restrictions
but they only have limited spaces 20 each roughly
Car park at closest supermarket ( Co-op) is height restricted and the Tesco has time limits
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14/5/2017 at 7:10am
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The caravan club site at freshwater east has a massive car park next to it that I've seen motor homes use as a stop
About 15-20 mins from ferry
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