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Chasing the Sun 2025

Chasing the Sun 2025

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Wednesday 1st October 2025: Day 2

We woke about 8:30am to a warm sunny morning – what a difference a few miles south can make. We’d arrived in darkness so after coffee we went for a walk to see where we’d ended up.

The inscription on the building said “Generator” so I’m presuming its an old electricity generating plant. Google maps didn’t offer any further information so we walked Jess round the nearby river & ponds.

We didn’t fancy another epic driving day so we set off for Troyes with Park4Night showing a quiet parking spot near a canal in the village of Lusigny-Sur-Barse which is on the edge of the Foret d’Orient National Park. The drive down was easy with very little traffic compared with UK motorways. The only down side was the £50 in toll charges – ouch !

When we arrived there was only one other van in the carpark – a British couple from East Anglia on their way back to Blighty. We had a quick walk down the canal before settling in to cook tea & drink wine.

Todays little tipple was a red called Ventoux, which retailed for €2.99. We both agreed it was really good & worth stocking up on for our return to the UK.

Chasing the Sun 2025

Chasing the Sun 2025

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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…