Abbeywood CAMC site to Dover?

[Gaz n Debz]

Hi Funsters,

The weeks and days are slowly (very slowly!!) ticking down until Debz and I embark on our first European tour in mid June.
A while back Debz noticed there is a Queen show in London on the Friday before our mid-day Saturday ferry crossing from Dover to Dunkirk, so we booked it up. Having previously stayed at the CAMC Abbeywood site, I booked us in with a view to leaving very early to get down to the ferry. However, I've remembered that the barrier on the site is not opened until 08:00, and looking on Google map it is a run of 67 miles from the site to the ferry port, that it says takes approximately 1hr 20mins - assuming there no traffic jams!! This leaves 21/2 hours(ish) to get through the ferry process.
Do any of you have any views on whether this is cutting things too tight? Having not crossed from Dover before, and seeing the chaos that happened at Easter, I'm wondering if there are going to be long queues and delays it would be better if we were to arrive at Dover a lot earlier - although I'd have to find somewhere to park the Motorhome for the show.
Appreciate any advice and suggestions.

Cheers,

Gaz

 

[scousebird]

There should be no significant queues at Dover in mid June as there are no school holidays then and traffic willing, you should have plenty of time to get there if you leave Abbey Wood at 8am.

 

[Spriddler]

According to their website there's a Late Arrivals area so maybe contact them and ask if you can move there the night before to enable an earlier start. It also mentions that it's within the LEZ but I guess you're aware of that.

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[Gaz n Debz]

According to their website there's a Late Arrivals area so maybe contact them and ask if you can move there the night before to enable an earlier start. It also mentions that it's within the LEZ but I guess you're aware of that.

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Bring your caravan, motorhome or camping gear to our London Abbey Wood Club Campsite. Perfect for those looking to explore London - book online today.

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Thanks for the reply, I did think of putting it in the late arrivals area - its an expensive park up if we do that though!
I was there a few weeks ago and we didn't pay for the LEZ and haven't had a nasty letter in the post! We are Euro 5 rating so not sure if that makes a difference

 

[Chris]

I think you will be ok on a Saturday.

It’s pretty quick to get onto the A2 from Abbey Wood

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