Travel from Ireland to France or Spain

[Teamin]

Trying to plan a trip for next year in June.
A number of years ago there was a guy in Belfast loaded bikes onto a curtain side lorry, you caught a flight and met you in Bordeaux or Geneva.
Sadly cancer caught up with him and a crackin spud he was.
It was great because it worked out about the same expense as riding down, but meant that you had more time on the bike, in an area you wanted to get to.
Does anyone know of somebody doing similar transport from Ireland?

 

[landmarkjohn]

Try Overlanders

 

[Hairnet600]

this

if you have the time to bimble down through france

even from here its worth the trip to gorey

but rosslare bilbao the one you want surely

 

[Mzokk]

Roslare to Bilbao is a lovely trip and you can get straight into the hills within 15 minutes off the boat.

 

[Flintlock]

This might help with your planning

https://adventurebikerider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=52306&_gl=1*9lmnaw*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTkyNjA4MTkxOS4xNzgzNjMzMzgy*_ga_LVJDHLPXC0*czE3ODM2MzMzODEkbzEkZzEkdDE3ODM2MzMzOTIkajQ5JGwwJGgwJGRIY0xLV2tlWFZiSWxjZFkzcldEMEI5M0N6c0ItX25RVVhB

 

[shuck raider]

Trying to plan a trip for next year in June.
A number of years ago there was a guy in Belfast loaded bikes onto a curtain side lorry, you caught a flight and met you in Bordeaux or Geneva.
Sadly cancer caught up with him and a crackin spud he was.
It was great because it worked out about the same expense as riding down, but meant that you had more time on the bike, in an area you wanted to get to.
Does anyone know of somebody doing similar transport from Ireland?

That was Andy Bolton, great guy and sadly missed. I did 4 trips with him - Geneva twice and Bordeaux twice. He parked the trucks at a hotel and once unloaded you buggered off for a week then back to the trucks. I've used Overlanders to Germany twice - paid for a one-way trip and rode the bike home through Germany or France. For a few quid extra, they picked up the bike from McCallen's in Lisburn, not sure if they still do that?

 

[redcap0006]

Trying to plan a trip for next year in June.
A number of years ago there was a guy in Belfast loaded bikes onto a curtain side lorry, you caught a flight and met you in Bordeaux or Geneva.
Sadly cancer caught up with him and a crackin spud he was.
It was great because it worked out about the same expense as riding down, but meant that you had more time on the bike, in an area you wanted to get to.
Does anyone know of somebody doing similar transport from Ireland?

Overlanders operate from the south east, bike dropped to them and collected after the event, two days used if living far away. Rossalare to Bilbao is a great inexpensive way to Spain. Only recently discovered it, no more crossing the uk for me.

 

[Teamin]

This might help with your planning

https://adventurebikerider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=52306&_gl=1*9lmnaw*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTkyNjA4MTkxOS4xNzgzNjMzMzgy*_ga_LVJDHLPXC0*czE3ODM2MzMzODEkbzEkZzEkdDE3ODM2MzMzOTIkajQ5JGwwJGgwJGRIY0xLV2tlWFZiSWxjZFkzcldEMEI5M0N6c0ItX25RVVhB

Brilliant, thank you

 

[Teamin]

That was Andy Bolton, great guy and sadly missed. I did 4 trips with him - Geneva twice and Bordeaux twice. He parked the trucks at a hotel and once unloaded you buggered off for a week then back to the trucks. I've used Overlanders to Germany twice - paid for a one-way trip and rode the bike home through Germany or France. For a few quid extra, they picked up the bike from McCallen's in Lisburn, not sure if they still do that?

Andy was a real gent and very professional setup. I did tree trips with him.

 

[Jockser]

Andy, a proper gent as said, brought my bike to Geneva for the first of my trips with my sons. We spent 3 weeks riding around before making our own way home. When it was my middle son's turn the late Phil "Gunner" Gunn brought the bike to Geneva & we did a different trip. It was cold in the Alps & didn't look like improving so we headed straight into Italy, my first time in the Dolomites, before making our own way home.
Eventually it was the youngest lads turn & this time we made our own way over & were scheduled to meet Andy at to get the bike home. Unfortunately we had a final drive failure on the Grossglockner & never made the rendezvous. We did though get a hire car from the insurance company so we got to the Dolomites again

I've always found Nutt Travel the best for booking ferries to either France or Spain. Staff are friendly & efficient and it's easy to make changes

 

[Teamin]

Andy, a proper gent as said, brought my bike to Geneva for the first of my trips with my sons. We spent 3 weeks riding around before making our own way home. When it was my middle son's turn the late Phil "Gunner" Gunn brought the bike to Geneva & we did a different trip. It was cold in the Alps & didn't look like improving so we headed straight into Italy, my first time in the Dolomites, before making our own way home.
Eventually it was the youngest lads turn & this time we made our own way over & were scheduled to meet Andy at to get the bike home. Unfortunately we had a final drive failure on the Grossglockner & never made the rendezvous. We did though get a hire car from the insurance company so we got to the Dolomites again

I've always found Nutt Travel the best for booking ferries to either France or Spain. Staff are friendly & efficient and it's easy to make changes

Thanks Jockser, you have just reminded me of Nutt Travel, haven't heard that name for years.

I was meant to go on the last trip with Andy before he died.
It has struck me that the last thing he did in the last week or so of his life, was that he made sure everyone got their refund.