Speedferries update

Surprise, surprise.

Despite the noises they made about having a refinancing plan, Speedferries
has announced that it is in administration
http://www.speedferries.co.uk/

At least LDLines are coming along next year to cock a snook at P&O, Sea
France & Eurotunnel

 

£100 more expensive (Newhaven Dieppe) than for my next Eurotunnel jaunt
(admittedly in Xmas peak period).

I'll have a look at any frequent traveller deals on offer for their
Dover Boulogne crossing, but it will have to be very good to lure me
away from Le Shuttle.


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Trouble with those crossings is that their timings are OK for the
outward bound one, but fecking inconvenient on the returns.

I've tried to negotiate Portsmouth-Le Havre crossings before, for
French Runs. I was able to do it, on the service to Caen rather than
Portsmouth, when POSL ran that route, returning via Calais. The
overnight crossings are comfortable, wiv a cabin, as long as you don't
have CT snoring in it.

The return times are useless for French runs (unless you desperately
want to get up early on Sunday morning), hence the return via Calais.

I might have another go at trying for a group deal from Brittany
Ferries, but they have always been utter buggers in the past, and
refused to grant any kind of group discount.

 

:

I quite like the LDLines times, which are very similar to what P&O had on
the Le Havre route. 11pm out, 7am arrival in LeH. Return from LeH at 445pm
ish local time, back in Pompey for 930pm.

This lets you have a full travelling day at the beginning of your holiday
(I was in a bar in the Black Forest by 4pm last time I used the service).
On your last day you can have a leisurely drive to the port, take lunch in
Honfleur. Dinner on the boat and be in bed by midnight. A much nicer
travelling experience for anyone living west of Reading, as long as you
have seal[1] legs.

[1] the typo made me giggle so I've left it in

 

I can get a discount on 'em - let me know.

 

wessie wrote:

Yes, this is the bit that worries me. We haven't had a bad crossing yet,
but I know it's just a matter of time.

 

Really? What sort of a discount?

 

I'll send you an e-mail

 

'The Older Gentleman' wrote...>

For sale: 1 ferry. One owner, low milage, full service history, needs
collected from a French police boat compound.

 

<Snigger>

 

Wrong way up the coast for this trip I know, but useful for future
reference.

Norfolk Line do a crossing every 2hrs Dover -> Dunkirk (Crossing Time 1hr
45m).

£54 all inc return for a bike.

http://www.norfolkline.com/

I've used them a few times for Nordschleife trips and they've been
excellent.