Chasing the Sun 2025
Tuesday 30th September 2025: Day 1
We started off from Cumbria about 2pm and drove to Southwell to check Mum’s house & see my aunt. After a quick stop we set off south & arrived in Folkstone just after midnight. Driving through the night was great. The volume of traffic is so much lower that even roadworks don’t slow you up much.
The plan was to use the Chunnel rather than a ferry because Jess hates boats. We checked the prices and availability before we set off & it was ~£200 one way. When we got some miles in and had a better idea of our expected eta in Folkstone we tried to book. Over a few hours the price had gone up by £100. To get the lower price we now had to wait a further day in southern england. That wasn’t going to happen so we forked up for the 2:00am crossing.
I have to say the Chunnel is stress free & we were through in Cockelles without Jess suspecting a thing ! We then drove a further hour to get away from Calais. We used Park4Night app to find a nice little spot just off the A26 in a village called Fersinghem. By now we were knackered & fell asleep instantly…