growinglad
Hello All,
Swiss based Brit, heading back to the Homeland for a few days who'd like to pick your brains on the following.
When I used to drive from Zurich to Essex I could do it in one hit. Now my mother has moved up to North West Leeds and it's a bit too far to do in one go. Before I used to drive with my Estate and could hit Essex still on good form, but now I have my T6.1 I have the advantage of Adaptive Cruise control and somewhere I can get 5-6 hours of kip when I'm too tired to continue.
There's no way I'm comfortable trying to get to Leeds in one go, that's just too far, I'll be leaving Zurich 5 or before, ideally I would like to get above London/M25, rest up for the night and then continue early the next morning up to Leeds.
What's the situation with spending 4-5 hours in a services, or quiet layby in the UK? In Switzerland this is a big no no and there are few places apart from campsites where you could parkup and sleep the night.
Is the app park4night accurate in the UK, any other recommendations?
Second question, although primarily there to keep an eye on my mother (she's just coming out of hospital after an operation), I'd like to take my two young nephews out for a nights camping with the Van.
Any recommendations for a campsite in the South of the Yorkshire downs where the boys could get a good experience of being out in the country?
Thank you in advance for any useful information.
Cheers,
Simon
Swiss based Brit, heading back to the Homeland for a few days who'd like to pick your brains on the following.
When I used to drive from Zurich to Essex I could do it in one hit. Now my mother has moved up to North West Leeds and it's a bit too far to do in one go. Before I used to drive with my Estate and could hit Essex still on good form, but now I have my T6.1 I have the advantage of Adaptive Cruise control and somewhere I can get 5-6 hours of kip when I'm too tired to continue.
There's no way I'm comfortable trying to get to Leeds in one go, that's just too far, I'll be leaving Zurich 5 or before, ideally I would like to get above London/M25, rest up for the night and then continue early the next morning up to Leeds.
What's the situation with spending 4-5 hours in a services, or quiet layby in the UK? In Switzerland this is a big no no and there are few places apart from campsites where you could parkup and sleep the night.
Is the app park4night accurate in the UK, any other recommendations?
Second question, although primarily there to keep an eye on my mother (she's just coming out of hospital after an operation), I'd like to take my two young nephews out for a nights camping with the Van.
Any recommendations for a campsite in the South of the Yorkshire downs where the boys could get a good experience of being out in the country?
Thank you in advance for any useful information.
Cheers,
Simon
