Ferry for me, don't like the "closed in" feeling. I like to see the outside world 
I have been through the tunnel several times in the lorry. You sit in a nice dinning carriage and get hot food and drinks
I have been through the tunnel several times in the lorry. You sit in a nice dinning carriage and get hot food and drinks
Trippy
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The week after next, Car, Euan and I Dover to Dunkirk one way £25, They don't compare.
I tend to use the ferry.
Haven't found a tunnel yet-well,at least not one that goes to France.
Haven't found a tunnel yet-well,at least not one that goes to France.
expensive Tunnel
Just tried to price a crossing on Friday 25th April...£55 one way for a bike!!!!!! Anyone know how to get a cheaper (tunnel) fare? eg vouchers or offers? (I can work out the bit about taking the tunnel very early or late, but I live 2 hours away!
Just tried to price a crossing on Friday 25th April...£55 one way for a bike!!!!!! Anyone know how to get a cheaper (tunnel) fare? eg vouchers or offers? (I can work out the bit about taking the tunnel very early or late, but I live 2 hours away!
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If you're just going for the day or an overnight stop it' about £15 each way for a bike if you book on line. Any longer than that the Ferry is usually much cheaper.
Roy
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Split the diff and go by Speedferries?
I have never used it (can't be arsed riding all the way to Dover!) but someone posted this code somewhere (I can't remember where I just printed it off!) to get a discount.
LWR-05_08
see if it works and saves anyone any dosh?
I have never used it (can't be arsed riding all the way to Dover!) but someone posted this code somewhere (I can't remember where I just printed it off!) to get a discount.
LWR-05_08
see if it works and saves anyone any dosh?
Kelv
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Tunnel for me if its for a sunday jolly across the water - as I'm only ten minutes away and day returns are fairly cheap!
Going to the south of France in May and a weeks return ticket via P&O cost me the grand sum of £27 !! I don't think I'll need much of a break after my 20 minute ride to Dover but I'll probably force myself to indulge in a coffee and a bun. ( I know how to live!).
I've always found that P&O strap the bikes down well and I always place my gloves under the straps to stop the straps from biting into and marking the seat.
Going to the south of France in May and a weeks return ticket via P&O cost me the grand sum of £27 !! I don't think I'll need much of a break after my 20 minute ride to Dover but I'll probably force myself to indulge in a coffee and a bun. ( I know how to live!).
I've always found that P&O strap the bikes down well and I always place my gloves under the straps to stop the straps from biting into and marking the seat.
I always use seafrance ferry's as by the time i have ridden from newbury to dover it's breakfast and rest time,then i arrive in france fed and watered ready for the long ride ahead which hopefully is as far down as strassbourg.
The Bede
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... Quick scan on the internerd to compare prices for the planned itinerary.
... Unless there's a massive saving, which only happened once, I manage on a saver ticket using the tunnel and prefer it.
... Never departed or returned at my originally planned time and I've always got straight through on the next train without a surcharge. Makes sense they've already had some dosh off you and always have space for an extra bike in a carriage end somewhere. Processing time seems quicker too.
... No strapping down nonsense, though I saw a Rocket 3 come close to toppling off it's side stand coming back into Folkestone one time. No greasy decks and diesel fumes.
... What's to relax, unless it's a long route you're dolled up in all your riding finery and you'll be on your way again in a jiffy. Besides ferry grub is pretty ferkin' 'orrible I'd rather enjoy a "first and last" in France or Belgium.
... Unless there's a massive saving, which only happened once, I manage on a saver ticket using the tunnel and prefer it.
... Never departed or returned at my originally planned time and I've always got straight through on the next train without a surcharge. Makes sense they've already had some dosh off you and always have space for an extra bike in a carriage end somewhere. Processing time seems quicker too.
... No strapping down nonsense, though I saw a Rocket 3 come close to toppling off it's side stand coming back into Folkestone one time. No greasy decks and diesel fumes.
... What's to relax, unless it's a long route you're dolled up in all your riding finery and you'll be on your way again in a jiffy. Besides ferry grub is pretty ferkin' 'orrible I'd rather enjoy a "first and last" in France or Belgium.
Eastriding2002
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Living just outside Hull, well about 4 miles from the NSF terminal I'm trying the ferry from there this year. Last year I did Dover but by the time you add up fuel, an extra two nights accomodation and meals, plus the dreary 260 mile journey to Dover then it's hardly worth it. I reckon the difference is about £20 for me, so I'll use NSF, the journey out from foreign terminal is exactly the same mileage for me give or take a few miles but the return one means Im home 10 minutes after leaving the ferry. I get to do more riding over the sea than in the UK.
Ferry or Tunnel
Hi Folks
Tunnel every time. Quicker simpler, Eat and rest in France.
Use your TESCO POINTS then it costs nowt
Hi Folks
Tunnel every time. Quicker simpler, Eat and rest in France.
Use your TESCO POINTS then it costs nowt
STUBBS
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tunnel is nearest so its that every time
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going belgium in jan and the tunnel was 35 each way when i went to book last month for a weekend
seafrance was 31 return and as the welsh lad said need a rest after 250 miles on the bike
been on the tunnel 4 times in the last 5 years and as well as it whizzed it with rain - we've always been put on last, not pleasant when the ferries get you on first normally
going belgium in jan and the tunnel was 35 each way when i went to book last month for a weekend
seafrance was 31 return and as the welsh lad said need a rest after 250 miles on the bike
been on the tunnel 4 times in the last 5 years and as well as it whizzed it with rain - we've always been put on last, not pleasant when the ferries get you on first normally
Now that SpeedFerries are bust
Well there isnt much to choose -
So the tunnel it is then.
Just for the record I was a big fan of SpeedFerries; cheerful and cheap. AND they did the whole special bike securing widgety thing. sad days.
What's you favorite method of getting across the Channel?
I'm a fan of the tunnel myself, quicker easier to get to etc..
And so far hardly ever had any problems, apart from the last time when the dam thing broke down in the tunnel.
(1 1/2 hours to get through)
Well there isnt much to choose -
- PO are expensive for what they offer
- LD Lines offer poor service (if others are to be believed)
So the tunnel it is then.
Just for the record I was a big fan of SpeedFerries; cheerful and cheap. AND they did the whole special bike securing widgety thing. sad days.
Norfolk line still do a great service, on nice clean boats as well
Ferry for me. The tunnel must be like travelling round London on the tube - quick & convenient but soulless and uninspiring. After a 3 hour ride to Dover the ferry gives me a welcome break and a real sense of going somewhere different. I usually tie down my own bike and to avoid grim and horribly overpriced ferry food, take a packed lunch. Trips to Holland and Germany are done by night-crossing from Harwich; it may take as long as the ones I did on troop ships 50 years ago, but much preferably to going on a glorified tube train!
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