to be thinking about driving alone from Switzerland to Geneva with 2 DC and a dog?

[MmeLindt]

Would you attempt it?

Approx 8 hours to Calais, over with Tunnel or ferry, then 9 hours.

How many overnight stops?

Bugger.

Switzerland to Scotland

Noone is going to answer me now.

doh

you will be fine

lol, I did wonder!

it will be hard, how old are DCs? Which part of scotland? we are in NE England and would have 2 overnights for a similar journey, with 2 of us driving, you might need 3 to give youreslf a break

I drove from just south of Lyon to Warwick with a ferry - started at 9am and got in at 1am - dd1 was not well when we were away and wanted to come home.....

Will you do french motorways or go north to aviosd the tolls?

DC aged 8yo and 6yo

Dog aged almost 2yo

To Dundee

IvyKaty
Will go the quickest route, not bothered about tolls.

lol, Daphne travels fine, gets car sick on mountain roads but not much of them on the way thankfully

I have family innewcastle and they get the ferry from there to Amsterdam when they go to france as no so much driving - would that make life easier?

Or go to Hull and erry to Hook of Holland

save you the drive to calais?

MmeL, if this is related to another thread for which you might have name changed, I think you should definitely do it! I wouldn't think you were being unreasonable either way, though.

If you don't know what I'm on about please ignore me.

thats Newcastle and Ferry

i thought this might be you Mme Lindt. and was wondering what on earth you were on about! perhpas a quick pootle round the lake or something...

personally i'd only do it if I could do it at leisure. 4-5 hours driving a day combined with somewhere interesting to stop. plus, perhaps dvd players in the car. is it really worth it? could you not do it on the train?

Ivy
would love to do that but would have to leave the dog in the car on the ferry. Overnight. That is just not on.

Belle
No idea what you are talking about, not namechanged recently (except when I namechanged on Woofas thread to post as Daphne)

Not looked into the train yet.

No problem. I drove from Vienna to UK (and return) with DS (age 2) plus dog, 2 x overnight trip en-route both ways. Worst bit was trying to exercise dog with DS in tow (a doddle when they are 6/8. Only joking (re dog walking), I assume you have invested in portable DVD player or the like. The next year I discovered there was an overnight motorail as far as Dusseldorf, phew, slightly easier.

it is 3 hours 45 mins from dundee to newcastle and 169 miles

amsterdam to geneva is 988km and 10 hours driving

if that helps

Overnight stop even.....

ohh sorry didn't realise about dog..

MmeL - that's a good thing then! I still don't think you're unreasonable. I'd do it but I'm like that.

Did not think about DVD player. That would help.

DH is not keen, he thinks it is too much. Talking about driving over with us and flying back to CH. To do the same on the way back two weeks later.

Can you use one of http://www.seat61.com/Motorail.htm#Map%20of%20European%20motorail%20routes these motorail routes?

I would drive to folkstone and stopever, get train in morning.

Then that day and stop of at Reims.

Then drive home