We did this in summer 2015 with a 1.7 type 4 engine.
Only site booked was in Kent at start, goal was to make it to the med and back.
1st stop Drum Inn, Ashford Kent. Dog friendly pub with campsite close to tunnel. Train approx 10am but got there early so probably 8:30/9 train.
2 nights in Troyes-lovely town, campsite quite busy but you made it somewhere [emoji485]
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Lazy start to day, think we hit road at 11am then drove to L’Ardéche, hot weather and engine was getting warm; hit traffic at Lyon which maybe a good thing for engine but hot in van as we could hear the Cicada therefore 28dec, ending with BIG hill over to le pont d’arc arriving 8pm (I definitely should have broke that journey up, it is a holiday). 2 nights by river canoeing etc.
decided to follow winding road to avoid hill, mistake as it was like the Italian Job but great views. Eventually back to toll road and cruised to Le Grau Du Roi .. 3 days camping near beach on huge site on Cote d’Azure.
then to site in Grenoble for a night,
2 nights in Interlaken Switzerland.
1 night in tiny villiage in Black Forest (Waldkirch).
1 night in Luxembourg (Esch-Sue-Sûre), roads to Belgium were surprisingly hilly.
2 nights in Flanders where we got dogs treatment.
We used Toll roads in France to cover miles with ease and reduce number of stops, quiet compared to uk roads. Having ‘Save my bug’ sensor saved our engine on long hot journeys I reckon as I drove to oil light. We didn’t book and always found somewhere, even in Ardeche at night on main French holiday (3rd site lucky but it was fab place).
Faults: accelerator return spring snapped in engine bay and started shorting on coil, fixed with tie wrap. In Switzerland found brake reservoir empty (worrying after roads driven in Ardeche), learnt German word trichter (funnel).