Having Just got back from our annual tour i thought a little ride report was in order.
The rough plan was to take the ferry from Harwich to the Hooke of Holland from there we would ride to the Harz mountains then on to Colditz, Prague would be next followed by Krakow, slovakias tatra mountains, Austria then the Dolomites and finaly Slovenia where we would get the overnight autotrain back to Holland and then to the tunnel and home.
Well best laid plans and all that, Autoslapp who were to provide the return train journey back to Holland went bump, leaving us with a bit of a dilema of what to do, as luck would have it i had only booked digs in the Harz, Colditz, Prague and Krakow,so it was only the last part of the trip that needed altering to suit.so we contacted railsavers and got them to move the tunnel crossing to a later date to give us a little more time to get back up to calais.
So the new plan was Holland, Harz, Colditz, Prague, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Dolomites, Austria, Black forest, France, Home.
Onto the trip.
Home to Harwich for the overnight 11pm sailing, took us about 3.5 hours to get there, straight on the ferry, and we were off, I had booked a captains class cabin and was very pleased that i had, very smart indeed. We arrived in Holland bang on time after a realy calm crossing, so all that was left was to do the 340 miles to Lautenthal where we were staying in the Harz for 4 nights, this would take about 7 hours with a couple of good stops for dinner and fuel.
The rough plan was to take the ferry from Harwich to the Hooke of Holland from there we would ride to the Harz mountains then on to Colditz, Prague would be next followed by Krakow, slovakias tatra mountains, Austria then the Dolomites and finaly Slovenia where we would get the overnight autotrain back to Holland and then to the tunnel and home.
Well best laid plans and all that, Autoslapp who were to provide the return train journey back to Holland went bump, leaving us with a bit of a dilema of what to do, as luck would have it i had only booked digs in the Harz, Colditz, Prague and Krakow,so it was only the last part of the trip that needed altering to suit.so we contacted railsavers and got them to move the tunnel crossing to a later date to give us a little more time to get back up to calais.
So the new plan was Holland, Harz, Colditz, Prague, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Dolomites, Austria, Black forest, France, Home.
Onto the trip.
Home to Harwich for the overnight 11pm sailing, took us about 3.5 hours to get there, straight on the ferry, and we were off, I had booked a captains class cabin and was very pleased that i had, very smart indeed. We arrived in Holland bang on time after a realy calm crossing, so all that was left was to do the 340 miles to Lautenthal where we were staying in the Harz for 4 nights, this would take about 7 hours with a couple of good stops for dinner and fuel.