Sweaty Sock
Registered user
I am a total newbie at this stuff (age 55). I have been to Normandy and Brittany by bike, but never further afield, and not on my own, until now. I am planning a 7 day trip to Zurich and back.
Can anyone give me a bit of advice about a route from Dieppe/Calais other than what Google gives me? I don't want to stick only to major roads, but will when needed, and I would like to divide the journey into bites of 200-250 miles, so need campsite or budget accommodation stop offs.
This is probably second nature to many of you. I have been calculating mileage/km, fuel, time, cost ferries vs tunnel, etc. My head is boggling!!!
I am heading from mid Wales, near Shrewsbury so Southampton is closest port, DFDS is cheapest but has 90min check in as opposed to a 45min check in from Stenna makes direct comparison very difficult, even in the time of internet . Then there's the option of a longer ride to catch the Chunnel/Eurostar/Le pipe but a shorter travel time.
So to sum up, you're going from the West Midlands (ish) to Zurich, how would you choose? Answers on a postcard... thank you.
Can anyone give me a bit of advice about a route from Dieppe/Calais other than what Google gives me? I don't want to stick only to major roads, but will when needed, and I would like to divide the journey into bites of 200-250 miles, so need campsite or budget accommodation stop offs.
This is probably second nature to many of you. I have been calculating mileage/km, fuel, time, cost ferries vs tunnel, etc. My head is boggling!!!
I am heading from mid Wales, near Shrewsbury so Southampton is closest port, DFDS is cheapest but has 90min check in as opposed to a 45min check in from Stenna makes direct comparison very difficult, even in the time of internet . Then there's the option of a longer ride to catch the Chunnel/Eurostar/Le pipe but a shorter travel time.
So to sum up, you're going from the West Midlands (ish) to Zurich, how would you choose? Answers on a postcard... thank you.