I can never sleep the night before a trip if the ferry or tunnel was booked for the morning I would be looking at the clock every 30 mins all night soon got fed up with that I used to do 2 or 3 trips every year
so in the end I used to book the ferry for midnight and drive thru the night instead it worked out great less traffic and I would arrive very early at the venue and have a doze in the car or checkout the local super market etc

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I'm fishing this afternoon/evening on the river.

I woke up at 3.30 am this morning in anticipation.......

I'm already planning trips for next week having studied the weather forecast. Sleep deprivation will kick in on about Tuesday !

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The night before I'm up all night getting everything organised, bags checked, batteries charged up, food packed into cool box, bait double checked, car packed etc etc. No way I'd get a wink of sleep. Bit brutal I know but I try and catch a bit of sleep once I get there even if it means leaving the rods out of the water for a few hours. So much planning goes into a trip for me and looking after kids etc difficult to sort everything out until I have the house to myself. But yes massively excited, wouldn't get any sleep if I tried.