Barley-Mow
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This will be old hat to many but it may help some prople to have an idea.
When I made my trip to Novgorod (see Crossing the Russian Border posting) I booked a return overnight crossing on the Stena ferry Harwich - Hook and had 14 nights in hotels, a few of which were booked direct but most via Booking.com (I don't do camping on this sort of trip). The hotels were all good quality and I have no complaints about any of them. Most expensive was the Volkhov in Novgorod at 7,800 roubles ( that's about £47 a night including breks) which is a first class hotel bang in the centre and very easy to find, first prize goes to the Aleksandri in Tartu whose receptionist when I dripped in after a sodden ride immediately offered a garage for the bike and a fan heater for my room to help with the drying, best value was the Baltpark in Riga, very good facilities, cracking view from the 7th floor roof terrace and £28 a night.
My 1100RT will return at least 45 mpg under all conditions, up to 50 or so when taking it easy so I've assumed 45.
As a rough estimate my 14 nights in hotels including breakfast cost £500, the ferry was £157 return including cabin both ways, and fuel was about £425.
Personally, for a 16 day trip I think that's pretty good value.
When I made my trip to Novgorod (see Crossing the Russian Border posting) I booked a return overnight crossing on the Stena ferry Harwich - Hook and had 14 nights in hotels, a few of which were booked direct but most via Booking.com (I don't do camping on this sort of trip). The hotels were all good quality and I have no complaints about any of them. Most expensive was the Volkhov in Novgorod at 7,800 roubles ( that's about £47 a night including breks) which is a first class hotel bang in the centre and very easy to find, first prize goes to the Aleksandri in Tartu whose receptionist when I dripped in after a sodden ride immediately offered a garage for the bike and a fan heater for my room to help with the drying, best value was the Baltpark in Riga, very good facilities, cracking view from the 7th floor roof terrace and £28 a night.
My 1100RT will return at least 45 mpg under all conditions, up to 50 or so when taking it easy so I've assumed 45.
As a rough estimate my 14 nights in hotels including breakfast cost £500, the ferry was £157 return including cabin both ways, and fuel was about £425.
Personally, for a 16 day trip I think that's pretty good value.