"Martin" wrote in message
news:13qkt4d1vn19oqk95oraks8cfkm603fpeu@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:49:47 +0100, Mike Lane wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 17:51:11 +0100, Martin wrote
>>(in article ):
>>
>>> On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 16:35:32 +0200, "Terry Richards"
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Mike Lane" wrote in message
>>>>>
>>>>> The best place for ferry information and booking that I've found is
>>>>> here:
>>>>> http://www.viamare.com/
>>>>> This shows only one route from France to mainland Italy which is
>>>>> Toulon -
>>>>> Civitavecchia
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Mike Lane
>>>>> UK North Yorkshire
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Mike but the operator's site (Grimaldi ferries) doesn't list
>>>> that
>>>> route - I guess they've stopped it. Also, the viamare site shows the
>>>> journey
>>>> time as 15 hours which is slower than I can do it on the bike. It's
>>>> starting
>>>> to look like this plan is a non-starter...
>>>
>>> other than the fare being less than the tolls and less than a night in
>>> hotel
>>> too.
>>>
>>
>>Yes, I've come to the same conclusion i.e. that taking a ferry is often
>>worth
>>it to save a long journey by car. When taking the car abroad I have the
>>choice of going from Hull which costs around £180, or driving to Dover
>>where
>>the fare can be had for £30. However when you add the cost of an overnight
>>stay plus fuel and everything else, the trip from Hull seems quite
>>attractive.
>
> We do the same calculations. :o)
>
> Do you know there is a high speed catamaran ferry starting from Ramsgate
> to
> Boulogne and Europe's oldest ferries running from Ramsgate to Ostend.
unless it has changed recently the Ramsgate-Oostend ferry has been freight
only for at least 5 years
tim
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