Hi John I posted this in another in thread in section only a few moments ago

Start of quote "Hi Romulus, like you I am leaving the UK but on Thur 30 April riding to Dover, ferry over to Calais on Fri 31st then on to Perpignan via Milau bridge. From there its down south through Spain and then up north through Portugal and heading to Normandy where I have to be for the 24th May. It's my first solo trip out of the UK (gone in groups before) and I have no route and no plans. My only considerations so far are no more than 300 mile a day absolute max and camping couching all the way eating crisps and cheese sarnies in a bid to keep costs down. I will be leaving Normandy on the 29th May back to Calais, ferry back to Dover, camp somewhere for a night and then home by Sat 30th.

I am fairly certain that at some point we will not be too far from each other?" end of quote

My aim is meet up with some of the people I have met on various self sufficiency forums and hopefully stay with a few of them to see how they are doing it. It would appear though that we will be in roughly the same places at near enough the same times? Just a thought.

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I 've read this, and time has moved on. To get a good price on the flat I had to comite to a booking. So the booking date's in Portugal is the 15 of May. Which is a Friday. My old bones are not up to camping. I also find that sharing a cheap hotel is about the same price or a little over a camp site. The up side is you don't have to lug a tent around. Less to carrier is always good.


I've not booked to crossing yet. So that is still open. I do know I can make Portugal in three day's. But that's a bit more than 300 mile's a day's. The down side to me is I go the same way each year. Don't get lost know where to get a cheap over night, all the usual thing's. If I do that I would have to leave on the morning of the 12 of May. Two over night's. First is as far down as I can get in to France. Then the second night would be a place in Spain. Leavening the last day to get to the flat. Next year I'm thinking of going the long way round and leavening a few day's earlier than I would usual do. See a bit more, you know the story. So if I left on the 9 or the 10, of May. That would give me a few more day's to see round. So you can see I'm flexible in the way I look at my travel.


So my question's are.
Can you adjust your date's to bring them forward?


Normandy where I have to be for the 24th. This I think is carved in stone.


Or are you looking at sharing the flat in the Algarve for the time you have spare?
John933

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