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The drive to Spain
Just so no one is under any illusions, I recently completed a trip to Oliva, Valencia with two drivers in a van. Before I went there were varying accounts on forums of how long it could take, and we decided to try and do it in one hit.
Leaving Calais at about 3.15 in the morning we drove around Paris, down through Lyon, Perpignon, Barcelona etc, all on toll motorways, and it took us a total of 21 hours. We stopped every 200 miles or so for a 15 min break, and stopped a couple of times for meal breaks of about half an hour. On the way back we stopped in Montpellier overnight. The driving time was about the same although after Lyon we headed directly North through Lille and up to Calais, again on motorways. Its not for the faint hearted. During the day we were driving for 4 hours each, during the dark 200 miles. I'm off again with the car on Monday, Portsmouth / St Malo. According to Michelin its only 840 miles taking that route, but even so I'm doing it over 2/3 days as I'll be on my own this time. |
Re: The drive to Spain
Hi Mitzyboy,
What did the Tolls cost? Regards, John.
Originally Posted by Mitzyboy
Just so no one is under any illusions, I recently completed a trip to Oliva, Valencia with two drivers in a van. Before I went there were varying accounts on forums of how long it could take, and we decided to try and do it in one hit.
Leaving Calais at about 3.15 in the morning we drove around Paris, down through Lyon, Perpignon, Barcelona etc, all on toll motorways, and it took us a total of 21 hours. We stopped every 200 miles or so for a 15 min break, and stopped a couple of times for meal breaks of about half an hour. |
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Haven't dared add it up yet, and some of my receipts are in Spain
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Re: The drive to Spain
But it was EXCITING wasn't it? :)
Shame you're not going via Calais as I think I'm taking a car over to Alicante early next week! BTW: 21 hrs from Calais? |
Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by zel
But it was EXCITING wasn't it? :)
Shame you're not going via Calais as I think I'm taking a car over to Alicante early next week! BTW: 21 hrs from Calais? If you are going past Oliva on the way back up give me a call (although I guess you'll go back via Alicante) |
Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by Mitzyboy
Yes 21, couldn't hacve done it any faster .... why do you think that was slow? :) Don't forget I was in an LDV Luton :scared:
If you are going past Oliva on the way back up give me a call (although I guess you'll go back via Alicante) |
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me & my M8 did manchester, dover calais along coast to spanish boarder then done all the way to la luz in an old battered merc van took us a day & a half & was wrecked when we got there, wont be doing that drive again, tolls in france very dear they seemed to average around th 45E mark, stopped in a rest area in france was freezing cold & got hassled by the french plod so just carried on never again
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Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by steve in pago
me & my M8 did manchester, dover calais along coast to spanish boarder then done all the way to la luz in an old battered merc van took us a day & a half & was wrecked when we got there, wont be doing that drive again, tolls in france very dear they seemed to average around th 45E mark, stopped in a rest area in france was freezing cold & got hassled by the french plod so just carried on never again
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We did Santander down to Chiclana and found that the roads and tolls were very good. Going back next year by car and was going to make a trip of it via France but now possibly may go back through Spain and across the top of Spain France to get a shorter ferry route back.
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Originally Posted by glynis
We did Santander down to Chiclana and found that the roads and tolls were very good. Going back next year by car and was going to make a trip of it via France but now possibly may go back through Spain and across the top of Spain France to get a shorter ferry route back.
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No first grandchild and a wedding. Just would like to take the car as there is unusually two of us and bring back some things which I can´t get over here, i.e. a breadmaker!!
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Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by glynis
No first grandchild and a wedding. Just would like to take the car as there is unusually two of us and bring back some things which I can´t get over here, i.e. a breadmaker!!
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Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by paddy07
Whats wrong with spanish bread
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Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by BIG JIM
glynis wants a breadmaker because it goes hard to quick (ohh ere that sounds a bit wrong)
Women cant be pleased at all can they?! |
Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by rugbymatt
Women cant be pleased at all can they?!
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Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by paddy07
only if they have batteries ;)
Mains power my friend, mains power! |
Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by paddy07
only if they have batteries ;)
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Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by BIG JIM
do you mean for the remote control for the telly :confused:
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Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by rugbymatt
Mains power my friend, mains power!
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Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by BIG JIM
you can only have mains power if you don't live in chiclana !!!!
Good point! Get the solar panels out! |
Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by rugbymatt
Good point! Get the solar panels out!
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Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by rugbymatt
Good point! Get the solar panels out!
on re-entry |
Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by BIG JIM
with the heat the sun gives out that toy will burn up !!!!!!!!!
on re-entry Then how ya gonna turn over the channels? |
Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by rugbymatt
Then how ya gonna turn over the channels?
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Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by rugbymatt
Then how ya gonna turn over the channels?
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Re: The drive to Spain
God now im confused! What you gonna do with the big stick?
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Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by rugbymatt
God now im confused! What you gonna do with the big stick?
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Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by paddy07
Beat it and see what happens :)
Now what are we beating? |
Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by rugbymatt
Now what are we beating?
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Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by paddy07
What ever you want get beating :p
Well beating bloody Aston Villa today would have been a start! |
Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by rugbymatt
Well beating bloody Aston Villa today would have been a start!
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Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by jonsol
Whats all this got to do with driving to spain ? ? ?
Yeah ok! We got a little side tracked but in a way thats on a similar vein to the thread! |
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You are all quite mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by glynis
You are all quite mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Easy on the exclamation marks, the punctuation police will be along to reprimand you! |
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Its funny what can happen to your thread if you go away for a day!! :) :)
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Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by Mitzyboy
Its funny what can happen to your thread if you go away for a day!! :) :)
Especially when im around! |
Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by rugbymatt
Especially when im around!
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Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by BIG JIM
Rugbymatt your a wrong en' as my old nan use to say
I cant help it! Some people write things that i just have to reply to! |
Re: The drive to Spain
Originally Posted by rugbymatt
I cant help it! Some people write things that i just have to reply to!
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Hi all!
Got back last night....drove from West Brom down to Portsmouth in a LWB Sprinter loaded to the hilt......Bilbao:( (sea sick) then down to Murcia. 7 hours including a half hour break for a coffee. Doing it one more time in 4 weeks.....one way :) ......Great drive......no fall outs and no wrong turns. My oh my were there some strange fish on the ferry....p*** heads galore! we had a great time people watching.:D Mary :beer: |
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