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[The Batman]

Who is that booked with?

[siztenboots]

Who is that booked with?

www.transmancheferries.co.uk

eurotunnel
Going out
(local time) Short Stay Saver Fare | Folkestone to Calais | Thursday 04 August 2011
Check-in closes 07:20 Departure time 07:50 Arrival time 09:25 £42

Coming back
(local time) Short Stay Saver Fare | Calais to Folkestone | Monday 08 August 2011
Check-in closes 19:50 Departure time 20:20 Arrival time 19:55 £42

[fiveoclock]

What times and dates

Friday 5th 8.15am dep : arrive 3pm

Monday 8th 4.30pm dep : arrive 9.15pm

for me it was £225 with Brittany Ferries , cheapest I could find

Same price, only 98 miles to LM so save on fuel/tolls and I can sleep

Are you taking the fast service out and a slow one back?

No, the full 5 3/4 hour lots of sleep ferry both ways!!!

Edited by fiveoclockhero, 10 January 2011 - 04:55 PM.

[Sutol]

Is any one else doing this crossing ?

Ferry Newhaven - Dieppe
Fri 5th dep 11h00 arr 16h00 , Mon 8th Aug dep 18h00 arr 21h00 = £120

I Think this is the one I'll take

yep this is the one i'm taking

[siztenboots]

this is excellent stealthy planning to confuse the gendarmes top secret, for your eyes only operation sneaky sneaky , target le mans

[WrightStuff]

No convoy this time then ? Looks like people are doing their own thing.

[darronwall]

No convoy this time then ? Looks like people are doing their own thing.

i'll be more than happy to drive down with any other of the northerners

[WrightStuff]

No convoy this time then ? Looks like people are doing their own thing.

i'll be more than happy to drive down with any other of the northerners

Strewth you've got one helluva drive down from Yorkshire! I was thinking more at the France end really, looks like its a mixture of ferries and tunnel at different times so far.

[GeorgeBC]

No convoy this time then ? Looks like people are doing their own thing.

i'll be more than happy to drive down with any other of the northerners

[NickB787]

might see if I can get on this

[techieboy]

might see if I can get on this

Do it. You know you want to.

[siztenboots]

if you book it quick before price goes up from 199 to 225 , or the full package weekend if you want both days. If not we can provide hotel bookings details for the cheap rate. that should be approx 24 VX's

[techieboy]

Right. Decision made. Mostly. We're going to go out on the Eurotunnel on the Tuesday/Wednesday and grab a few days in Honfleur before heading on down to LM on the Friday. The better half (or, "she of little faith" as I like to call her) has rightly pointed out that it might be more sensible to have a few days away beforehand, rather than trusting the car to be okay after LM. Depending on what others are doing on the Friday, we might hang around and tag on the back of any mini-convoys from one or other of the ports. Still to decide whether to come back via one of the ferry services or do the run back up to Calais though......

[Sticky]

Right. Decision made. Mostly.

We're going to go out on the Eurotunnel on the Tuesday/Wednesday and grab a few days in Honfleur before heading on down to LM on the Friday. The better half (or, "she of little faith" as I like to call her) has rightly pointed out that it might be more sensible to have a few days away beforehand, rather than trusting the car to be okay after LM.

Depending on what others are doing on the Friday, we might hang around and tag on the back of any mini-convoys from one or other of the ports.

Still to decide whether to come back via one of the ferry services or do the run back up to Calais though......

Surely the Dax Cobra will not have any reliability issues?

[siztenboots]

Right. Decision made. Mostly.

We're going to go out on the Eurotunnel on the Tuesday/Wednesday and grab a few days in Honfleur before heading on down to LM on the Friday. The better half (or, "she of little faith" as I like to call her) has rightly pointed out that it might be more sensible to have a few days away beforehand, rather than trusting the car to be okay after LM.

Depending on what others are doing on the Friday, we might hang around and tag on the back of any mini-convoys from one or other of the ports.

Still to decide whether to come back via one of the ferry services or do the run back up to Calais though......

going out Thursday with the same idea, Friday and Saturday free. Although Friday may go to nearest hypermarche and convert the hotel room in to Bar VX.

[techieboy]

Surely the Dax Cobra will not have any reliability issues?

Quite probably, if the engine build is down to me. Talk to me after the LoT visit in 2013, or maybe 2014, or conceivably 2015.

[techieboy]

going out Thursday with the same idea, Friday and Saturday free. Although Friday may go to nearest hypermarche and convert the hotel room in to Bar VX.

Yep, handy having that big supermarket almost at the bottom of the hotel drive. Just the refrigeration issues that are the problem. When we do the 24 hour, we usually buy a dustbin, fill it one third with water, one third with ice and as many bottles of various alcohols as possible. Works pretty well if you top up the ice each day.

[taylor]

hotel!? cummon guys Lemans is all about the camping

[Sticky]

hotel!?

cummon guys Lemans is all about the camping

For the 24hrs maybe but for a trackday a hotel is far more appropriate IMO. Wouldn't have enough space for a tent with 18st of Welsh Beef/Lard in the pax seat anyway

[taylor]

ooh i thought this was for the race lol