Thanks all. No doubt it's not going to be cheap but found a few decent deals about. Might just have to accept this will be a bit harder on the wallet.

There was someone who used to post on here who drove down once. Can't remember for the life of me who it was without looking. He had a hairdressers car if that helped lol

Didn't he have a Lotus Elise? I think his nom de plume relected that.
I think he drove down in a day which is really going some.
We've driven down to the Perpignan area for a holiday not to watch the rugby & it's a great drive, but it took us a week going via Dijon & Avignon. Pretty pricy if you use all the toll roads but it is the quickest way to get there.

Yeah that was it, hairdressers car

Hi, driven down a couple of times, when we used to get summer fixtures, so not been for a while. made a holiday out of it and a lesuirely drive, two or three days. A lovely trip either way, Reims , Dijon and Rhone Valley. Last time went straight down, round Paris then Clermont Ferrand and over Millau bridge, either way its brilliant . Not cheap with motorway tolls and hotels but a great trip. Looks like flights getting expensive ,£300 each so worth thinking about driving. A lot easier driving in europe than UK, and the weather is better. Its a carnival atmosphere on matchday and really made to feel welcome . Would definitely reccomend it .