LD lines new ferry

[Gedge]

LD lines are going to be running a new fast cat ferry to Le Havre from next March and are offering a 10% discount for early bookings...fares seem to be around the £45 to £60 mark for a bike and rider and the crossing is down to 3 1/2 hrs.. ( daytime sailings too)

[skooter]

Originally Posted by Gedge

LD lines are going to be running a new fast cat ferry to Le Havre from next March and are offering a 10% discount for early bookings...fares seem to be around the £45 to £60 mark for a bike and rider and the crossing is down to 3 1/2 hrs.. ( daytime sailings too)

Used them from Dover to Boulogne..pretty good...

[davefwr]

3.5 hrs is a lot, Dover Calais 40 mins in the tunnel 1.5 hrs Calais Le havre by road
Just checked the price and and a single in December in the car is 130 euros!
That's nearly 4 times what P+O want for Calais Dover I can never see the point of the long ferry crossings, expensive and slow!

[Lostboy]

Depends where you live and where you're going the other end.

[Gedge]

Originally Posted by davefwr

3.5 hrs is a lot, Dover Calais 40 mins in the tunnel 1.5 hrs Calais Le havre by road
Just checked the price and and a single in December in the car is 130 euros!
That's nearly 4 times what P+O want for Calais Dover I can never see the point of the long ferry crossings, expensive and slow!

I live 5 minutes from Portsmouth Feryport and nearly 2 hrs ( more at ;eak times from Dover..then there is the corresponding ride down the other side to end up where I want to be.. 3 1/2 hrs is nothing , the usual overnighter is more like 9 hrs.... I dont know how you checked a December single when the service doesn't begin until 26th March

I have checked for the bike and at £46 return around easter its very comparable with a Dover crossing...


PS wasn't it you that advocated taking the ferry to Bilbao instead of riding down??

[littleredrooster]

Originally Posted by davefwr

3.5 hrs is a lot, Dover Calais 40 mins in the tunnel 1.5 hrs Calais Le havre by road
Just checked the price and and a single in December in the car is 130 euros!
That's nearly 4 times what P+O want for Calais Dover I can never see the point of the long ferry crossings, expensive and slow!

Correction: Calais - Le Havre is 170 miles, 2hr 55m according to my GPS.

Living in the Midlands, Dover is a shite place to get to; Portsmouth is a gentle 2hr trundle. Almost any destination in France that I regularly go to is far easier from Le Havre.

I shall be trying this new service in the summer, no doubt, and will report back.

[davefwr]

Originally Posted by Gedge

I live 5 minutes from Portsmouth Feryport and nearly 2 hrs ( more at ;eak times from Dover..then there is the corresponding ride down the other side to end up where I want to be.. 3 1/2 hrs is nothing , the usual overnighter is more like 9 hrs.... I dont know how you checked a December single when the service doesn't begin until 26th March

I have checked for the bike and at £46 return around easter its very comparable with a Dover crossing...


PS wasn't it you that advocated taking the ferry to Bilbao instead of riding down??

I just put the dates in and that's the price it came up with. I'm the one who said that the long crossing to Spain was like spending 30 hours in a motorway service station, so no, not an advocate.
I just prefer riding or driving to feeling sick on a ferry

[DefTrap]

Seems slow?
Poole to Cherbourg on Brittany Ferries Seacat is nice and nippy in the Summer, abour 2 1/4 hours IIRC. Fewer tolls to pay on that side of France when heading south too.

[Anne]

From High Wycombe it's not so different to go Dover or Portsmouth. So that choice depends on where in France we are heading to.

But the chunnel is great with a low trouble 30 min crossing. Rather that than ferry if going from Dover.

[nomad]

Looks like a good service, I regularly use LD-Lines in fact have done 3 trips since sept already and booked one for the xmas period, always found them reasonable - prefer a night crossig though coming into france, allows you to have a beer and get some sleep before arriving fresh and ready for the ride south at 08:00 gives you a full days ride and saves the cost of a hotel, B&B part way down

[Gedge]

Originally Posted by davefwr

I just put the dates in and that's the price it came up with. I'm the one who said that the long crossing to Spain was like spending 30 hours in a motorway service station, so no, not an advocate.
I just prefer riding or driving to feeling sick on a ferry

Sounds about right..although there are less drunks in the motorway services

[Gedge]

Just booked for the end of April 2010 for a 5 day trip with the bike..Grand total including booking fee £46....

makes me feel good on a wet grey day to be booking my next break

[Bladerideressex]

Originally Posted by Gedge

Just booked for the end of April 2010 for a 5 day trip with the bike..Grand total including booking fee £46....

makes me feel good on a wet grey day to be booking my next break

I always like to have a few trips securely booked to get me through winter months! NW200 already lined up plus 2 skiing trips and a week in Spain in June.. havent even thought about main holidays yet!

[bsogri]

looks a cheap and fast way to cross the pond and get south a bit

[littleredrooster]

Originally Posted by bsogri

looks a cheap and fast way to cross the pond and get south a bit

Hullo Brian. Still touring hard? Doing the NW200 again this year?