overnight stop
We are touring early may with caravan.
The Problem we have is having to book an early hours dover calais crossing as not sure what time I Finnish work . With a 6 hour drive to dover we are looking to lay up somewhere the other side not too far from calais .
Heading towards belgium for Germany .
Any suggestions would be very welcome
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As you are travelling to Germany Le Bien Assise would not be out of the way 15 minutes from the Tunnel. Very Secure well kept ACSI Caming Card Siite, Otherwise if you want to travel down the A16 into Belgium just before Brugges on the Right hand side
of the road is Kleinsands ACSI CC Site, have never stayed there but know others have and they say it is good.Hope this helps.
DianneT
www,joysofeuropeancaravanning.co.uk . .
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JPOSH, what time of day or night are you likely to arrive at Calais?
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At that time of night it's sounding like a supermarket car park.
We used to stay in Calais in days gone by - the beach front car park, the petrol station car park at the exit from the tunnel grounds, Cite d'Europe car park, Auchan supermarket car park - we have used them all in the small hours of the morning.
But with the migrant situation as it is these days you may want to get clear of Calais and Dunkirk, and off the motorway too, and find a supermarket car park a bit further out. Maybe Carrefour at Bray-Dunes before you cross into Belgium?
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We have a Motorhome, so, not quite the same situation as a Caravanner, but, in your situation we would either use Black Horse CC site, or, cross channel and drive to the Aire at Gravelines (if we are heading North or East), or, (if we are heading South) drive to the the Aire de Somme services, near Abbeville, ignore the prevailing advice and stay at the services. There are always several other Motorhomes and Caravan Units there, so, we never felt unsafe.
I know Aires are meant for Motorhomes only, but, you would be arriving dead of night, if you left sharp in morning, I would have thought you would have no problem.
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We have a Motorhome, so, not quite the same situation as a Caravanner, but, in your situation we would either use Black Horse CC site, or, cross channel and drive to the Aire at Gravelines (if we are heading North or East), or, (if we are heading South)
drive to the the Aire de Somme services, near Abbeville, ignore the prevailing advice and stay at the services. There are always several other Motorhomes and Caravan Units there, so, we never felt unsafe.I know Aires are meant for Motorhomes only, but, you would be arriving dead of night, if you left sharp in morning, I would have thought you would have no problem.
Write your comments here...we have stayed overnight just by one of the peage plazas just outside calais a good few years ago now. Someone mentioned to me about the waiting area at the ferry port as it is patrolled by security. Not sure if this is still an
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We have a Motorhome, so, not quite the same situation as a Caravanner, but, in your situation we would either use Black Horse CC site, or, cross channel and drive to the Aire at Gravelines (if we are heading North or East), or, (if we are heading South)
drive to the the Aire de Somme services, near Abbeville, ignore the prevailing advice and stay at the services. There are always several other Motorhomes and Caravan Units there, so, we never felt unsafe.I know Aires are meant for Motorhomes only, but, you would be arriving dead of night, if you left sharp in morning, I would have thought you would have no problem.
Anyone can stop at an Aire on the motorway.
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if you are not tired i would drive for an hour or two and rest in at busy motorway aire then drive on after a few hours sleep. for me having done the late night frerry crossing and driven though the night,the best advice i would give would be to stay at
a site near dover as you say you have a 6 hour drive to dover plus your days work you will be knackerd. have a another day off work and get a ferry pitch . so you can rest this side of the channel before your ferry crossing.0 -
The first two service area along the A16 autoroute to Belgium (presuming you are taking the autoroute in that direction) are both 'rest areas' rather than fuel stations. However, it may be that your planned route into Belgium is the A25 towards Lille.
Perhaps if we knew the route you were planning to use it would be easier to suggest somewhere safe along that route. However, with an arrival time of 2 or 3 am you're not going to get a great break after such a long drive, and then a late crossing. I would
be inclined to stay on the British side, and get a really early start. That way you get a good rest and will probably not lose much 'journey time' on your first day.0 -
From Camartheshire you are looking at app 300 miles so it will be 6 hours without any stops, most people towing will average about 50 MPH.
If you leave at 6pm,and add in stops en route, its likely 7.5-8 hours, then add an hour to 'check in' and board at Dover, 90 minutes to cross,30 minutes to get off and going........it all means that you will likely be very tired and not hitting the road
in France till app 5AM!I very much sympathise as we are in Cornwall and have tried a number of options,drive up to Dover area and stay on a site,Black Horse twice,drive up in the evening/night and get ferry, as you are thinking of, and drive up in the day and get a ferry that
arrives at app 1900,or later if we know we can still get into the site. All come problems and we have in the past picknicked on the M25 wiating for it to clear!We travel from Plymouth wherever possible and if going to Dover would take longer and add in a night en-route so that I was able to get to Dover in the afternoon as that way I can, hopefully, avoid the worst traffic on the route especially the M25.
As mentioned Chateau du Gandspette is a very good site and very handy if travelling from Dover, especially to Dunquerqe.
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