Getting across the channel?
29 December 2002, 10:02 PM
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So what is the best way of getting your Scooby across the English Channel (UK to Yerp and back)? Ferry, hovercraft, tunnel?
What web-sites are there to compare fares? Price will probably be the main criteria, and there must be some good deals out there!
Oh, and how close are the autobahns from Brussels? Just in case i feel the need to stretch my right foot?
Cheers,
mb
What web-sites are there to compare fares? Price will probably be the main criteria, and there must be some good deals out there!
Oh, and how close are the autobahns from Brussels? Just in case i feel the need to stretch my right foot?
Cheers,
mb
29 December 2002, 10:20 PM
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try www.poferries.com
we just did a trip to france (beer run) and it cost 42 quid for two of us return
and that was on a ferry, been on the chunnel too, expensive & made to wait 3 hours
been on the Cat too, quicker, but dearer at the time we went
Steve
we just did a trip to france (beer run) and it cost 42 quid for two of us return
and that was on a ferry, been on the chunnel too, expensive & made to wait 3 hours
been on the Cat too, quicker, but dearer at the time we went
Steve
30 December 2002, 10:02 AM
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Tunnel is the only way for me. Sure, it's boring, but at this time of year there's none of that 'being thrown about on the water' that you get on the Seacat/ordinary ferry.
Tunnel: www.eurotunnel.co.uk -- about 50 quid for a return
Seacat: www.hoverspeed.co.uk -- about 30 quid for a return
Ferry: www.seafrance.co.uk -- about 20 quid IIRC
I've just imported a Pug CC from France for the missus, so I did a bit of research on the various methods. Another advantage of the tunnel is they run every 15 mins, so if you miss one you can just get the next.
Imported the Scoob via the Seacat a couple of years ago (in December
). It was particularly choppy -- I thought I was going to go down to the car deck and find a pile of bits instead of my spanking new Scoob
[Edited by carl - 12/30/2002 10:07:00 AM]
Tunnel: www.eurotunnel.co.uk -- about 50 quid for a return
Seacat: www.hoverspeed.co.uk -- about 30 quid for a return
Ferry: www.seafrance.co.uk -- about 20 quid IIRC
I've just imported a Pug CC from France for the missus, so I did a bit of research on the various methods. Another advantage of the tunnel is they run every 15 mins, so if you miss one you can just get the next.
Imported the Scoob via the Seacat a couple of years ago (in December
). It was particularly choppy -- I thought I was going to go down to the car deck and find a pile of bits instead of my spanking new Scoob [Edited by carl - 12/30/2002 10:07:00 AM]
30 December 2002, 10:25 AM
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I took the Scoob out to france this year on the chunnel, was a little more expensive but the drive on drive off style and only 30 mins or so sold it to me, plus I get sea sick so I thought fek that cos last time I was on a ferry I hoyed up lol. 
30 December 2002, 09:49 PM
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Heck i didn't realise that there were so many options!
The tunnel sounds the easiest, but some of the ferry prices are unbelievably cheap - time to surf the web a bit more.
Now - about these auto-bahns?
Cheers all,
mb
The tunnel sounds the easiest, but some of the ferry prices are unbelievably cheap - time to surf the web a bit more.
Now - about these auto-bahns?
Cheers all,
mb
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