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Well it's just an idea at the moment, but I was thinking about making a long weekend trip across to the UK in the summer of 2011 (but not during the holidays).
I will only be doing it if I get enough interest from people on this side of the channel.
Well here's the idea:
ride down through Belgium to Calais on the Friday, it's about a 4 hour ride for me but I would want to take a break somewhere along the way. Maybe meet up with a couple of other riders along the way.
Take the ferry from Calais to Dover (aprox €60), travelling time 1hr30mins or channel tunnel (aprox €70), travelling time 35mins.
If we have a bit of time on the Friday we could possibly take the scenic route to Canterbury, and after viewing Dover castle we could take in places like Deal, Sandwich, Broadstairs and Manston history museum (if it's still open).
Stay at a hostel, for example this one
in Canterbury
Go for a long ride on the Saturday, maybe to be joined by a couple of people from the UK group.
Go for a short ride on the Sunday before heading off towards the port.
Journey home.
This is just an idea and there are many variables, but if you might be interested please post here, with your own idea's of course :thumbup:
BTW Frank (Astennu) suggested it last weekend, and it got me thinking.
It's a long way away but I first wanted to hear if anyone might be interested.
I will only be doing it if I get enough interest from people on this side of the channel.
Well here's the idea:
ride down through Belgium to Calais on the Friday, it's about a 4 hour ride for me but I would want to take a break somewhere along the way. Maybe meet up with a couple of other riders along the way.
Take the ferry from Calais to Dover (aprox €60), travelling time 1hr30mins or channel tunnel (aprox €70), travelling time 35mins.
If we have a bit of time on the Friday we could possibly take the scenic route to Canterbury, and after viewing Dover castle we could take in places like Deal, Sandwich, Broadstairs and Manston history museum (if it's still open).
Stay at a hostel, for example this one
in Canterbury
Go for a long ride on the Saturday, maybe to be joined by a couple of people from the UK group.
Go for a short ride on the Sunday before heading off towards the port.
Journey home.
This is just an idea and there are many variables, but if you might be interested please post here, with your own idea's of course :thumbup:
BTW Frank (Astennu) suggested it last weekend, and it got me thinking.
It's a long way away but I first wanted to hear if anyone might be interested.
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