Travelling to hosted site Spain in February

Good advice from JimE If you want more detail and step by step directions on the route I used last time I went to Alannia click >here< My route does minimises the use of toll roads and on the first day does not go so far a JimE but does go over the Pyrenees rather than round them. You may want to use parts of it? The aire at Neufchatel is excellent and is provided by Camping Sainte Claire. Bon voyage.

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  If you want more detail and step by step directions on the route I used last time I went to Alannia click >here<

I accidently Deleted User the route so the link will now not work so here is a new link, click >here<

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It doesn't work as well as I thought, you don't get step by step directions. You have to work out these yourself by zooming in. I have also tried exporting a kml file but yet again it does not show detailed directions when you load it back into Google Maps. I am hoping the knl file can be loaded into my sat nav even if I have to convert it to another format.

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Hi, great reading. We are planning as our 1st winter get away, arriving 05.00hrs 2nd March on the overnight Dieppe ferry. Thinking western route to Poitiers, which I will book in advance. Don't fancy a long tow and being told no availability, as it getting dark. Then on to Larrouleta, Urrugne. An assessment of the weather and decide, most likely directly south towards the Med Coast. Following it to Morella, Ronda, Savile.

A romantic post, ET, and change the date to May or June and even I'd be tempted...😉

however, in mid February it can be mightily cold for sightseeing, even down as far as Narbonne. 

Last year, on our way back home, we were coming through Nantes early April and it was unbelievably cold.🥶

Chasnick, just to pick up on one of Jim's points...what gas system do you have?

Spanish sites often have metered electric and long termers favour gas as it's still the cheapest solution if your running a large fridge 24/7.

depending on the size of the bottles and length of stay you may find what you can carry isn't enough.

if you have refillables then that's great but many use Spanish Repsol/Cepsa bottles...I carry an empty one back to Spain each visit and swap it at the site, just need a Spanish 'Jumbo' adaptor.

Jumbo adaptor

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I wish you good fortune with that plan, but it’s not far short of 400 miles from your home address to the Poitiers site - and I fear you won’t get much sleep on the four hour ferry crossing from Newhaven.in the middle of the night.

It’s one thing to set off from Dieppe with the hope that you might get to Poitiers - but something else to say that you have made a booking there and you can’t stop somewhere sooner. 

Go gently., stay flexible.

 

Agree with ET, I was going to post that Via Michelin suggested about 7.5 hours for the trip and I had some stopping places in mind..

then I realised Doris was a caravanner and my MH suggestions wouldn't have been suitable as we don't tend to use sites when on the gallop, especially as the schedule changes often...or there isn't one..

Dieppe to Poitiers is 293miles all on autoroute, even towing a caravan I would have thought it was doable in 5 to 6 hours in good weather. However, I do agree with ET about trying to retain the freedom to stop when you see fit. Travelling in winter weatheer is not so predictable as in summer time and it should not be necessary to book anywhere..

I cannot recommend places to stay either because like YT I night stop on the motorhome Aires as and when necessary usually no later than 4 p.m. in the winter months.

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