That was with the numerous stops for nappies etc. And the motorway being two inches deep in water at Angers. Would be about 4 hours otherwise I think. We know it's not normally like that but it didn't make us feel any better!
Just got back from a long weekend in Devon with my nearly 2 year old daughter (the in-laws live down there). Six solid hours screaming each way. Much easier and quicker to go somewhere hot from Gatwick.
We thought this so went to the Vendee last June, catching the ferry from newhaven then constant screaming in the car for seven hours. It rained constantly for seven days. As such we went to Spain in October and it was much easier. If we didn't have such miserably unreliable weather in this...