I'd rather ride for one to one and a half days through France heading for Spain than get the overnight ferry to Santander. At least I'm spending my time on my bike and enjoying (hopefully) the good weather and scenery at the same time.
I'd rather ride for one to one and a half days through France heading for Spain than get the overnight ferry to Santander. At least I'm spending my time on my bike and enjoying (hopefully) the good weather and scenery at the same time.
Or trucking all the way to (insert continental destination of choice) and flying there?
IIRC, it would have been £299 transport + £240 air fares each. Adds a fair cost to the holiday before you've even started.
I’ve never been entirely convinced by the “I want to ride it”. Bods think nothing of putting their bikes on a ferry to Spain (and bitch about the cabins) but don’t ever countenance the idea of trucking and flying. It’s almost as if the 24 hours spent on the ferry is the same as riding, proximity to their steed - even if separated by layers of steel decks - being vital.
Who was that with?It's great riding your bike everywhere if you have the free days available. I priced up a fly/ride trip to Malaga last week, for a trip in February. It would take me a day to get to Portsmouth, a day on the ferry to Santander, two days to ride to Malaga, then the same to get home. Taking into account the accommodation, fuel, ferry and food/drink costs, it was about the same as having the bike transported door to door, but the travelling from home is only a day each way using a low cost airline, so 6 days saved. I didn't go as far as taking tyre wear and servicing costs into account.
I’ve never been entirely convinced by the “I want to ride it”. Bods think nothing of putting their bikes on a ferry to Spain (and bitch about the cabins) but don’t ever countenance the idea of trucking and flying. It’s almost as if the 24 hours spent on the ferry is the same as riding, proximity to their steed - even if separated by layers of steel decks - being vital.
I looked into this a few years back, and it does not save much time when you factor in dropping the bike off at transport firm and then picking it up again (unless you live next door) but it splits the process up, drop off one weekend, pickup another weekend and then have a shorter trip.Aye. We looked at trucking the bikes from the Midlands - Southern France because of severe time limitations last year. IIRC, it would have been £299 transport + £240 air fares each. Adds a fair cost to the holiday before you've even started.