For the evening ferry at the end of May - any suggestions please?
Suitable meeting place in/near Newhaven for three gents (of a certain age) travelling from Fort William, Craven Arms & Bury St Edmunds
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I love its introduction:
You may well need to give AI a few more pertinent details, as I only asked it the same question as you posed the forum. Give it a go, it’s fun and it’s free.
I love its introduction:
You may well need to give AI a few more pertinent details, as I only asked it the same question as you posed the forum. Give it a go, it’s fun and it’s free.
We’re going over on 24/5
Watching with interest
We stayed here in Rottingdean https://maps.app.goo.gl/1Zhk51L1iTsq6Yqy9 overnight before a morning ferry. It was branded Greene King then but seems to have been moved into their "boutique" Everley Hotels brand now.
Bar menu seems to be reasonable https://www.thewhitehorseshotel-rottingdean.co.uk/food-and-drink
Easy to find on the sea front. Decent sized car park (just register your vehicle in the bar as it is pay and display for non-patrons). 15 minutes from the port.
Bar menu seems to be reasonable https://www.thewhitehorseshotel-rottingdean.co.uk/food-and-drink
Easy to find on the sea front. Decent sized car park (just register your vehicle in the bar as it is pay and display for non-patrons). 15 minutes from the port.
It’s an interesting observation that AI makes. What is it you want to achieve at the rendezvous point, following the three very different road journeys and then onwards to Newhaven to catch the evening ferry? Do you just want a point on a map, where the three different journeys combine? Do you want to eat? Do you want to see and / or do ‘stuff/‘ at the point?
What is also interesting is that AI seemed to know where Craven Arms is. That’s definitely one up on me.
With a bit more background information and fine tuning, I’m pretty sure that one or more of the several AI app’s could spit out an answer, along with suggesting three separate routes from the three very different starting points, along with suggested departure times for each. It might be a fun thing to see what it can do. You can see it politely asking the questions in the second screen shot in post #2.
PS Probably the easiest answer to the question posed in post #1 is: Meet at the ferry entrance gate at (insert time of your choosing)
What is also interesting is that AI seemed to know where Craven Arms is. That’s definitely one up on me.
With a bit more background information and fine tuning, I’m pretty sure that one or more of the several AI app’s could spit out an answer, along with suggesting three separate routes from the three very different starting points, along with suggested departure times for each. It might be a fun thing to see what it can do. You can see it politely asking the questions in the second screen shot in post #2.
PS Probably the easiest answer to the question posed in post #1 is: Meet at the ferry entrance gate at (insert time of your choosing)
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I ate here at The Cuckmere Inn in January before my ferry .
It’s an old fav that I’ve been to a few times. Loads of parking and only 10 minutes ish from the ferry port .
Great food.
Thanks gents - think I might suggest Arsey’s recommendation once I’ve checked out the website.
(Reason I asked: although I’m fairly certain I’ve crossed from all the other Channel ports at one time or another, none of us have ever used Newhaven).
(Reason I asked: although I’m fairly certain I’ve crossed from all the other Channel ports at one time or another, none of us have ever used Newhaven).
The spirit of Adventure (with a capital A) burns bright on these pages.
Enjoy your holiday.
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If it’s just to meet up and not stay I’d meet here…..
Parking is right there, good coffee too.
It’s about 15 mins to the port.
Failing that there’s a Sainsbury’s near the port, or a McShits there too
Parking is right there, good coffee too.
It’s about 15 mins to the port.
Failing that there’s a Sainsbury’s near the port, or a McShits there too
But it closes at 1500 , so unless they’re planning to meet eight hours before the ferry sails …..If it’s just to meet up and not stay I’d meet here…..
Parking is right there, good coffee too.
It’s about 15 mins to the port.
Failing that there’s a Sainsbury’s near the port, or a McShits there too
Perhaps they’ll meet and then spend the next hours having a mean blast / hoon / bimble on their awesome steeds, in preparation for the (fuel shortage) roads of France?
Thank God for global warming, I say.
Thank you.The spirit of Adventure (with a capital A) burns bright on these pages.
Enjoy your holiday.
We’re actually riding to the annual reunion dinner of the ex University of Bristol Mountaineering Club which this year is in Champery in Switzerland. (It’s been going since 1974 with the exception of the two Covid years)
I’ll be on a 34 yr old airhead(DV), the others on a slightly younger Deauville and a new MT 07 so there’ll probably be relatively limited hooning - that ship has probably sailed I fear!
What about here ?
Have fun.
You can all always stand on chairs, to pretend it’s the north face of K2.
Or maybe not!Have fun.
You can all always stand on chairs, to pretend it’s the north face of K2.
K2 aka The Killer Mountain!
