Re: SER1 60th Anniversary Portugal - England
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From: Ancarig
Subject: Re: SER1 60th Anniversary Portugal - England
Date: 22:17 on 17 Dec 2004
Subject: Re: SER1 60th Anniversary Portugal - England
Date: 22:17 on 17 Dec 2004
-------------------------------1103321837 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit HI Portugal to UK ? Ferry Having done this run in a S1 several times I would say the options depend very much on how much time you have and how far you wish to drive at a go. I once drove my S1 from Cambridgeshire UK to the Algarve Portugal in three days and I was totally cream crackered. The Spain - UK ferry is a good option but you need to balance up the costs. From Santander to Calais by road is about 1450k which is about 200Litres of petrol, which at present pump prices is aprox 120GBP . On top of that you will need an overnightstop - half way through France - say 40GBP. With snap you are looking at 200GBP each way. The Ferry is not much more expensive and does save wear and tear although you don't get to see much scenery (except the dolphins and whales in the Bay of Biscay). If you choose the Ferry route I, personally would go from Bilbao to Portsmouth rather than Santander - Plymouth. as the Autovia from Santander to Bilbao is a more picturesque and simpler drive than the journey from Plymouth across southern England. If you have the time though I would recommend driving through. There is a lot of motorway through Spain and France that you can use or choose to avoid as the alternative roads (through France at least) are excellent and can often be traversed at motorway speeds. (80kph in an S1). Additionaly you have the opportunity of being able to stop at several caves en route if you are partial to the odd bottle of vino. Phil Cambs UK 88" -------------------------------1103321837 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUS-ASCII"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=3Drole_body style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY:=20= Arial"=20 bottomMargin=3D7 leftMargin=3D7 topMargin=3D7 rightMargin=3D7><FONT id=3Drol= e_document=20 face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size=3D2> <DIV>HI</DIV> <DIV>Portugal to UK ? Ferry</DIV> <DIV>Having done this run in a S1 several times I would say the options depe= nd=20 very much on how much time you have and how far you wish to drive at a go. I= =20 once drove my S1 from Cambridgeshire UK to the Algarve Portugal in three day= s=20 and I was totally cream crackered. </DIV> <DIV>The Spain - UK ferry is a good option but you need to balance up the co= sts.=20 </DIV> <DIV>From Santander to Calais by road is about 1450k which is about 200Litre= s of=20 petrol, which at present pump prices is aprox 120GBP . On top of t= hat=20 you will need an overnightstop - half way through France - say 40GBP. With s= nap=20 you are looking at 200GBP each way.</DIV> <DIV>The Ferry is not much more expensive and does save wear and tear althou= gh=20 you don't get to see much scenery (except the dolphins and whales in the Bay= of=20 Biscay). </DIV> <DIV>If you choose the Ferry route I, personally would go from Bilbao to=20 Portsmouth rather than Santander - Plymouth. as the Autovia from Santander t= o=20 Bilbao is a more picturesque and simpler drive than the journey fr= om=20 Plymouth across southern England. </DIV> <DIV>If you have the time though I would recommend driving through.</D= IV> <DIV>There is a lot of motorway through Spain and France that you can use or= =20 choose to avoid as the alternative roads (through France at least) are excel= lent=20 and can often be traversed at motorway speeds. (80kph in an S1).=20 Additionaly you have the opportunity of being able to stop at= =20 several caves en route if you are partial to the odd bottle of vino.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Phil</DIV> <DIV>Cambs UK</DIV> <DIV>88"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> -------------------------------1103321837-- To change subscription see www.landrover.net/series1/mail
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