Which will be cheaper next summer?
You can near enough work it out today:
A. Find out today’s prices for a return crossing next year.
1. Uk to Spain and back by boat.
2. UK to France and back by train.
That gives you the crossing costs.
B. Add to price A1 the cost(s) involved getting from your house to the ferry’s UK departure point and the cost(s) involved in you getting back from the ferry’s UK arrival point back to your home.
C. Add to price A2 the cost(s)involved to get you from home to the Chunnel and back.
D. Then add to A2, the cost(s) involved getting yourself from Calais to Spain and back by road.
Now, how anal do you want to be about the costs(s)? Obviously fuel is a consideration, so use today’s fuel price and assume that your bike will use a litre of fuel every 10 miles, which is a pretty good rule of thumb. Use Google maps to give you the distances. in the price of hotels and meals. Hotel prices vary, anything from a Formula 1 and living on CuppaSoup, to nights in the George Cinque, with room service. You’ll know which you’ll prefer. Remember that you’ll be coming back, too. If you want to be really anal, you can factor going by motorway (which has an additional cost) or by non-motorway roads, which don’t. To these, add tyre wear, mileage depreciation, your inside leg measurement, possible boredom factor and anything else you fancy.
When you have finished with your water cooled abacus, let us know, please.
