Not sure what forum this should be in.......
Norfolkline ferry from Dover to Dunkirk has a £5 off each way offer if you use the code EMF. Also if you pay via paypal they don't sting you for the £4 credit card charge.
Pretty good deal, I've been over with Norfolkline the last few times I went to Font and its not much further in time/distance (although the road in/out of Dunkirk was in a terrible state the last time I went along it).
Lagers showed me that route. It used to be a bit tricky but since they sorted the signs out on the A104 / N104 bit it's fine now.
That's a much longer crossing isn't it (4hrs?) so takes longer overall I think. Been 10 years since I last did it though.I'm thinking aboout taking the overnight ferry from Hull to Zeebrugge in May. Much shorter on this side obviously, land 8:45am then it's only 15km further than the drive from Calais. Anyone tried it?
The drive via Lille to Font is much quicker as you are only on the peripherique for a short time, plus there is only one toll charge instead of 2
I am interested in this fabled route that misses the BP though - a quick look at google maps would imply getting off the A1 just after CdG then A104/N104/A5b/N105 to Melun/D607 to Barbizon - this correct?. If you've come down the N104 it seems a bit round the houses to go back to the A6, no?
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Quote from: Duma on March 10, 2010, 08:19:42 pmI am interested in this fabled route that misses the BP though - a quick look at google maps would imply getting off the A1 just after CdG then A104/N104/A5b/N105 to Melun/D607 to Barbizon - this correct?. If you've come down the N104 it seems a bit round the houses to go back to the A6, no?You do kind of double back on yourself at CdG but the traffic just keeps moving. Basically just follow signs for Lyon/A6 then pick them up for Melun when they start appearing. It's a lot easier in practice than it sounds/looks on a map.Quote from: tomtom on March 10, 2010, 05:30:00 pmhttp://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,10606.msg177473.html#msg177473Cheers tomtom, reckon we'll give it a go.
cheers - so the bit round Melun isn't too bad for traffic then? It'd be nice to have a less congested way home - I often seem to spend time on the A6 going sloooowly when on the way home.
Thats the bit I hate - 3+ hours down to London then the shittest bit of the M25 to negotiate..