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edited January 2023 in Overseas Campsites & Touring #1

Hi my name is Tina and my husbands name  is  David. we  are  73  years of  age are  are  hoping  to make  our  first  overseas trip by motorhome and  Ferry to Carcassone. We think the  ferry   to reduce  road motoring  will be  UK  to Santander, looking for tips and  advice . we hope  to  make  the  journey May 2023

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Hello Tina and David and welcome.  I've moved your post into the Overseas Touring Section as I feel you'll get more responses in here.

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  • Tammygirl
    Tammygirl Club Member Posts: 7,960
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    edited January 2023 #2

    Welcome, if it were me I'd go Portsmouth to St Malo. It's an overnight ferry then a nice easy run down to Carcassonne. The Santander ferry is overnight but around 35 hours depending on which time of day you cross. While Santander crossing would save you 200 mls I would say the St Malo crossing and the drive down would be nicer. 

    Travelling by MH in France is a delight, easy to drive and park almost anywhere. Enjoy

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  • SteveL
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    edited January 2023 #4

    InSeptember 2019 we did more or less the above. We couldn’t get on the St Malo crossing as we booked late due to problems with paperwork for our new MH. So used the Portsmouth Cherbourg crossing. As the weather was good we went down to the Atlantic  coast just north of Biarritz for a few days, then onto Lourdes, before making our way to Carcassonne. I would recommend investigating thecamping carpark Aires, most of which have 6 amp EHU. All of which were a high standard and very easy to access.

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited January 2023 #5

    If you are heading for Carcassonne will there be much advantage in taking the longer sea crossing to Spain and then a drive across Spain and into France? As far as I can see you will only be saving about 155 miles on each leg of the journey, if for example you went via St Malo. Obviously if you wanted to see some of Northern Spain and perhaps the South West coast of France then I can see the logic of going via Santander but if it's straight down to Carcassonne and back I am not so sure.

    David

  • eurortraveller
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    edited January 2023 #6

    Tina, Good morning.


    Tina initials can mean There is no alternative, but in fact you have all sorts of possible alternatives - for example going one way and coming back a different way. There’s no need to drive straight there and back again - get a couple of good guide books and a road atlas and mark the places you want to see on the journey.

    I hope it all goes well.

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  • allanandjean
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    edited January 2023 #9

    Hi T&D, We don’t have a MH but we nearly bought one and the main vision in our heads was being able to tour France in a way that’s different from our usual caravan trips.

    As said, cant see any advantage to a Spanish route, but would thoroughly recommend an overnight from Plymouth on a Tuesday aboard the Pont Aven-we will be on it in May!

    Have a great trip.

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  • ClubMember5457A534A2
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    edited January 2023 #11

    hello everyone overwhelmed by responses , thank you so much, I now  feel a little  more  confident  in organising our  trip 

     

  • cyberyacht
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    edited January 2023 #12

    It might be a good idea to update your profile. You can change your name to something a bit more user friendly than ScreenName69879162A0.

    Putting your UK location will aid future enquiries for directions as we'll have a rough idea where you are starting from.

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited January 2023 #13

    Tina, why not choose your own user name? You can do it by visiting My Profile at the head of the page 👍🏻

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