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| walfy Member Since: 29 Aug 2007 Location: Frome Posts: 2642  
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Not quite what you are after but I went to Morocco with a group of mates a couple of years ago. Living in Warminster at the time, door to door costings were less than £2K. That included fuel, food, ferry and pocket money. This was me and the wife. Plus a couple of £K to prep the vehicle. Storedrawer, roofrack, rooftent, fridge etc etc.
Hope this helps 110 D250 SE HT 110 USW SOLD RRE HSE Dynamic Gone, wife killed it VOLVO XC60 R Dynamic with some toys Polaris RZR 900XP SOLD |
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22nd Jul 2013 12:43pm |
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| v8bobber Member Since: 26 Aug 2012 Location: pembrokeshire Posts: 440  
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That's interesting, and certainly a starter for 10.
How many miles would you say you did and how long were you away for. I guess fuel costs are relatively easy to work out, but I guess there is a "cost of living" to consider. Did you go Dover / Calais or get the ferry to Spain first? I seem to remember that when I did the maths a month or so ago it was cheaper to drive rather than get the ferry although I did not consider the accomodation costs when I started throwing some numbers around. I have a bog standard td5 double cab so I do not have to factor in the cost of the vehicle. I guess the problem I have is convincing the other half to sleep in a roof tent! Any other ideas / experiences? |
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22nd Jul 2013 1:39pm |
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| walfy Member Since: 29 Aug 2007 Location: Frome Posts: 2642
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I think it was 14 or 15 days. Ferry to Spain. Looked at driving down but then that put another 700+ miles on the clock plus the stress of driving. Ferry all the way. 24 hrs on a fery, booked a cabin. So had a decent meal and a few beers and then a decent bed to sleep in.
We rough camped for most of the trip and dropped into a campsite every 3 or 4 days to get a decent shower and use proper facilities. Wife was excited about camping. Had a ground tent the first year when the Mrs went, The next year I went with a mate and I had a rooftent then. Well worth the money. I am uncertain on the mileage but I think fuel was in the region of £600. I'm sure Mountain Man or TJ101 will be along shortly to offer their costings for the same trip 110 D250 SE HT 110 USW SOLD RRE HSE Dynamic Gone, wife killed it VOLVO XC60 R Dynamic with some toys Polaris RZR 900XP SOLD |
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22nd Jul 2013 2:02pm |
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| TJ101 Member Since: 30 May 2007 Location: Taunton Somerset Posts: 3748  
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You make it sound so simple Walfy ,,
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22nd Jul 2013 4:12pm |
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| walfy Member Since: 29 Aug 2007 Location: Frome Posts: 2642
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Which bit Tim? I wasn't commenting about the planning or route selection. I was just commenting on the costs I incurred on our trips. 110 D250 SE HT
110 USW SOLD RRE HSE Dynamic Gone, wife killed it VOLVO XC60 R Dynamic with some toys Polaris RZR 900XP SOLD |
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22nd Jul 2013 4:15pm |
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| v8bobber Member Since: 26 Aug 2012 Location: pembrokeshire Posts: 440
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Could you add in some more detail then please Tim? |
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23rd Jul 2013 4:07am |
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| Aad & Marieke Member Since: 17 Jul 2013 Location: Sassenheim Posts: 8  
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Hello Dave,
Sorry for my bad English, it's not my native language. We visited North Africa 3 times, 2x Morocco and 1xTunisia with our Defender, traveling from the Netherlands. For us its a 2400km drive to southern Spain where we have redone three days, and slept on campings. Then it's an hour's schipping from Algeciras to Ceuta (still Spanish territory).It took us half an hour, to past the border to Morocco with the formalities. There are many campsites in Morocco where they often have rooms or cottages for rent. The costs are very low diesel costs € 0.80, camping overnight stay for 2 people with car about € 5.00 and the food is also very cheap. Morocco has a lot of attractions, the five royal cities, mountains, desert and a long coastline, so one week you stay on a mountain with snow and the next week in the desert. In Tunisia we drove from the Netherlands to Genoa in Italy, then it is an 24 hours by boat. It is a beautiful country with very friendly people and a big desert. Also there life is cheap. There are just a few campsites, and it will be more difficult to find a hotel in the countrysite. If you want you can view our photos on the site: http://picasaweb.google.nl/defender90castelein and if there are any questions you can always send an email  Met vriendelijke groet /Best regards
Aad & Marieke Castelein “The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” St. Augustine |
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23rd Jul 2013 6:11pm |
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| GSLRO Member Since: 13 May 2012 Location: Tyne and Wear Posts: 499 
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UK Land Rover Events based in the North East of England do a family friendly based camp Pyrenees; never been so can not comment other than what is on their website: http://www.uklandroverevents.com/pyrenees.htm Adventure isn't paved!
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26th Jul 2013 5:51pm |
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| v8bobber Member Since: 26 Aug 2012 Location: pembrokeshire Posts: 440
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Hi,
Thanks for the info. I can see that I will have to do some more work with the calculator and route planner.... Dave |
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29th Jul 2013 10:11pm |
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