I want to do a Battlefield Tour but no Ferry?
Discussion
Andy Zarse said:
Cara Van Man said:
Go from Pompey to Cherbourg on the catamaran thing. That's quite quick.
No way! This vomit vessel should be scuttled off the Needles.Straying, somewhat emetically, from Battlefields theme, the worst crossing I ever had was on the Cat, our organs got re-arranged on that one. As nobodies passport had a picture of a green person in it, I'm surprised they let anyone off the craft. We went on it to Le mans in 2002 and I have to say it was one of the most unpleasant experiences ever. There was a bit of a rough sea and within thirty minutes of sailing from Pompey, and suddenly the whole boat was awash with sick. The acidic stink was absolutely unbelievable. Parties of skool kids were spraying it all over their teachers, who were drenched to the socks in bile, half-digested baked beans, soggy dangling bacon rind and tomato skins.
A bloke a few seats away spent an hour holding it down but when the pressure got too much, with an almighty heave, he projectiled all over the seatback in front of him, producing a multicoloured fountain of puke. It sounded like Herrgg-wwhhherrrpppaarrgghhh-splatter! I can still hear it when I close my eyes at night.
I was very impressed with the impeccable manners of a elderly woman several seats away on the other side. She did it in quite a genteel way, pouring the contents of her stomach into a sick bag through her puckered lips without making any retching noises at all. Plop-plop-plop, it sounded just like a tin of tomatos being emptied into a saucepan. Very considerate, but I think you'll agree it's not very nice when you're trying to eat, it nearly put me off my fried breakfast. She then went fishing about in the bag for her teeth! The violent tossing around, from peak to trough, had turned the river of puke on the floor, to a fine haze suspended in the air. Just the time to order a tin of Guinness!
The crowning glory was when I slipped over backwards in a pool of spew in the toilets. Well I say spew, it was really more like a long streak of dog slother with all bubbles in it. My hand went in it and it was stone cold. GAKK!! It was coating my watchstrap and arm hairs and made me feel a tadge on the queasy side.
I hope you've got the picture. Never ever again!
What a poof.
Tony*T3 said:
Pompey - Caen, 6 hours sailing, but then you lose an hour due to time zone difference.
Feels faster on the way back though...!
Gives you time to relax and watch a film or two in the cinema.
Puts you right on the invasion beaches.
And just down the road between Ouistreham towards Riva bella is the Atlantic Wall museum, then it's a short fifteen minute ride to the Pegasus Bridge and famous liberated Cafe for a coffee and a chat with the redoubtable anglophile, Madame Gondree. I bet she was HOT a few years back. Feels faster on the way back though...!
Gives you time to relax and watch a film or two in the cinema.
Puts you right on the invasion beaches.
Will do I'll report back here.
I've ran out of lunchtime now so am going to have a look at Flanders tour later as 6 hours on a boat + no drinking = massive boredom pour moi. The 3 hour Ferry starts 1st April (no joke) so for anyone going after this date it'll be easier for you (pool - Cherbourg).
I've ran out of lunchtime now so am going to have a look at Flanders tour later as 6 hours on a boat + no drinking = massive boredom pour moi. The 3 hour Ferry starts 1st April (no joke) so for anyone going after this date it'll be easier for you (pool - Cherbourg).
www.brittany-ferries.com
return trip Sailing at (out 12.30 Friday) (back 16.00 Sunday)
2 pax, 1 car
total cost
£126
return trip Sailing at (out 12.30 Friday) (back 16.00 Sunday)
2 pax, 1 car
total cost
£126
MK4 Slowride said:
Will do I'll report back here.
I've ran out of lunchtime now so am going to have a look at Flanders tour later as 6 hours on a boat + no drinking = massive boredom pour moi. The 3 hour Ferry starts 1st April (no joke) so for anyone going after this date it'll be easier for you (pool - Cherbourg).
6 hours of 'massive boredom' enough to put you off visiting the Normandy beaches mate....?>???? I've ran out of lunchtime now so am going to have a look at Flanders tour later as 6 hours on a boat + no drinking = massive boredom pour moi. The 3 hour Ferry starts 1st April (no joke) so for anyone going after this date it'll be easier for you (pool - Cherbourg).
Shame on you. They gave their lives so that you could be bored...!!!!!
Newhaven to Dieppe via LD Lines.
Ferry Terminal at Newhaven is a dump and the one at Dieppe mnot much better, but ferry was new, clean, ran to time and as pleasant as a ferry can be.
About £75 return, half the proce or thereabouts of the other South Coast/Normandy operators.
http://www.ldlines.co.uk/newhaven-to-dieppe.html
Ferry Terminal at Newhaven is a dump and the one at Dieppe mnot much better, but ferry was new, clean, ran to time and as pleasant as a ferry can be.
About £75 return, half the proce or thereabouts of the other South Coast/Normandy operators.
http://www.ldlines.co.uk/newhaven-to-dieppe.html
Tony*T3 said:
MK4 Slowride said:
Will do I'll report back here.
I've ran out of lunchtime now so am going to have a look at Flanders tour later as 6 hours on a boat + no drinking = massive boredom pour moi. The 3 hour Ferry starts 1st April (no joke) so for anyone going after this date it'll be easier for you (pool - Cherbourg).
6 hours of 'massive boredom' enough to put you off visiting the Normandy beaches mate....?>???? I've ran out of lunchtime now so am going to have a look at Flanders tour later as 6 hours on a boat + no drinking = massive boredom pour moi. The 3 hour Ferry starts 1st April (no joke) so for anyone going after this date it'll be easier for you (pool - Cherbourg).
Shame on you. They gave their lives so that you could be bored...!!!!!
I feel like a proper 
now you say that. FFS.Also how is it we lose an hour when the times zones are left to right IYKWIM, we're not venturing that far off the Grenwich Maridian?
MK4 Slowride said:
Tony*T3 said:
MK4 Slowride said:
Will do I'll report back here.
I've ran out of lunchtime now so am going to have a look at Flanders tour later as 6 hours on a boat + no drinking = massive boredom pour moi. The 3 hour Ferry starts 1st April (no joke) so for anyone going after this date it'll be easier for you (pool - Cherbourg).
6 hours of 'massive boredom' enough to put you off visiting the Normandy beaches mate....?>???? I've ran out of lunchtime now so am going to have a look at Flanders tour later as 6 hours on a boat + no drinking = massive boredom pour moi. The 3 hour Ferry starts 1st April (no joke) so for anyone going after this date it'll be easier for you (pool - Cherbourg).
Shame on you. They gave their lives so that you could be bored...!!!!!
I feel like a proper now you say that. FFS.Also how is it we lose an hour when the times zones are left to right IYKWIM, we're not venturing that far off the Grenwich Maridian?
GMT is in the wrong place. Its the 'elephant in the corner of the room' thats been ignored for years.
We should all be on PMT. (Paris Mean Time). But that would be too funny.
Seight_Returns said:
Newhaven to Dieppe via LD Lines.
Ferry Terminal at Newhaven is a dump and the one at Dieppe mnot much better, but ferry was new, clean, ran to time and as pleasant as a ferry can be.
About £75 return, half the proce or thereabouts of the other South Coast/Normandy operators.
http://www.ldlines.co.uk/newhaven-to-dieppe.html
It's a fantastic service and cheap as chips, or should I say frites? Actually, the food isn't so good on that boat as on Britanny Pirates, but the boat is lovely. You'll get a nice drive along the Cote d'Albatre, which is miles better than going through vile Dover and hideous Calais. Ferry Terminal at Newhaven is a dump and the one at Dieppe mnot much better, but ferry was new, clean, ran to time and as pleasant as a ferry can be.
About £75 return, half the proce or thereabouts of the other South Coast/Normandy operators.
http://www.ldlines.co.uk/newhaven-to-dieppe.html
TBH, moving though the WW1 battlefields are, seeing the Normandy beaches, the drive down to Falais to see where "L'Encirque" occured (the denoument of the Battle of Normandy and infamous encirclement in the Falais pocket) happened is a more "living" experience if you see what I mean. You can actually see how the battle unfolded in the weeks after June 1944, rather than the irredeemable and depressing awfulness of the massacres on the Somme to gain a few yards of mud. Plus there's delicious Normandy cider to guzzle!
Anyway, either tour is time well spent.
MK4 Slowride said:
Key word alert!
'Cider' & Normandy cider isn't something I've drunk...yet.
Normandy Cider, probably the most delicious drink in the world. Sparkling, crisp and refreshing, you can stop at various farms and buy their own particular brand. Utter apple heaven! 'Cider' & Normandy cider isn't something I've drunk...yet.
There's also a "cider trail" you can follow near Livarot, and who ever wrote this was clearly a cider drinker...
http://www.villers-sur-mer.fr/ot/decouverte/excurs...
Personally I'd get someone else to drive. Mind you, drink-driving abroad isn't really so bad is it?
MK4 Slowride said:
Key word alert!
'Cider' & Normandy cider isn't something I've drunk...yet.
I'm there!
I've got a new book on the world dictators to read as well.
The Normandy cider is excellent. I always bring back loads, and the Calvados (seeing as it's the Calvoados region)'Cider' & Normandy cider isn't something I've drunk...yet.
I'm there!
I've got a new book on the world dictators to read as well.
Edited by Cara Van Man on Monday 16th March 17:06
Andy Zarse said:
No way! This vomit vessel should be scuttled off the Needles.
Straying, somewhat emetically, from Battlefields theme, the worst crossing I ever had was on the Cat, our organs got re-arranged on that one. As nobodies passport had a picture of a green person in it, I'm surprised they let anyone off the craft. We went on it to Le mans in 2002 and I have to say it was one of the most unpleasant experiences ever. There was a bit of a rough sea and within thirty minutes of sailing from Pompey, and suddenly the whole boat was awash with sick. The acidic stink was absolutely unbelievable. Parties of skool kids were spraying it all over their teachers, who were drenched to the socks in bile, half-digested baked beans, soggy dangling bacon rind and tomato skins.
A bloke a few seats away spent an hour holding it down but when the pressure got too much, with an almighty heave, he projectiled all over the seatback in front of him, producing a multicoloured fountain of puke. It sounded like Herrgg-wwhhherrrpppaarrgghhh-splatter! I can still hear it when I close my eyes at night.
I was very impressed with the impeccable manners of a elderly woman several seats away on the other side. She did it in quite a genteel way, pouring the contents of her stomach into a sick bag through her puckered lips without making any retching noises at all. Plop-plop-plop, it sounded just like a tin of tomatos being emptied into a saucepan. Very considerate, but I think you'll agree it's not very nice when you're trying to eat, it nearly put me off my fried breakfast. She then went fishing about in the bag for her teeth! The violent tossing around, from peak to trough, had turned the river of puke on the floor, to a fine haze suspended in the air. Just the time to order a tin of Guinness!
The crowning glory was when I slipped over backwards in a pool of spew in the toilets. Well I say spew, it was really more like a long streak of dog slother with all bubbles in it. My hand went in it and it was stone cold. GAKK!! It was coating my watchstrap and arm hairs and made me feel a tadge on the queasy side.
I hope you've got the picture. Never ever again!
Straying, somewhat emetically, from Battlefields theme, the worst crossing I ever had was on the Cat, our organs got re-arranged on that one. As nobodies passport had a picture of a green person in it, I'm surprised they let anyone off the craft. We went on it to Le mans in 2002 and I have to say it was one of the most unpleasant experiences ever. There was a bit of a rough sea and within thirty minutes of sailing from Pompey, and suddenly the whole boat was awash with sick. The acidic stink was absolutely unbelievable. Parties of skool kids were spraying it all over their teachers, who were drenched to the socks in bile, half-digested baked beans, soggy dangling bacon rind and tomato skins.
A bloke a few seats away spent an hour holding it down but when the pressure got too much, with an almighty heave, he projectiled all over the seatback in front of him, producing a multicoloured fountain of puke. It sounded like Herrgg-wwhhherrrpppaarrgghhh-splatter! I can still hear it when I close my eyes at night.
I was very impressed with the impeccable manners of a elderly woman several seats away on the other side. She did it in quite a genteel way, pouring the contents of her stomach into a sick bag through her puckered lips without making any retching noises at all. Plop-plop-plop, it sounded just like a tin of tomatos being emptied into a saucepan. Very considerate, but I think you'll agree it's not very nice when you're trying to eat, it nearly put me off my fried breakfast. She then went fishing about in the bag for her teeth! The violent tossing around, from peak to trough, had turned the river of puke on the floor, to a fine haze suspended in the air. Just the time to order a tin of Guinness!
The crowning glory was when I slipped over backwards in a pool of spew in the toilets. Well I say spew, it was really more like a long streak of dog slother with all bubbles in it. My hand went in it and it was stone cold. GAKK!! It was coating my watchstrap and arm hairs and made me feel a tadge on the queasy side.
I hope you've got the picture. Never ever again!
One of the finest literary pieces on PH ever!
I can almost smell it
Andy Zarse said:
Cara Van Man said:
Go from Pompey to Cherbourg on the catamaran thing. That's quite quick.
No way! This vomit vessel should be scuttled off the Needles.Straying, somewhat emetically, from Battlefields theme, the worst crossing I ever had was on the Cat, our organs got re-arranged on that one. As nobodies passport had a picture of a green person in it, I'm surprised they let anyone off the craft. We went on it to Le mans in 2002 and I have to say it was one of the most unpleasant experiences ever. There was a bit of a rough sea and within thirty minutes of sailing from Pompey, and suddenly the whole boat was awash with sick. The acidic stink was absolutely unbelievable. Parties of skool kids were spraying it all over their teachers, who were drenched to the socks in bile, half-digested baked beans, soggy dangling bacon rind and tomato skins.
A bloke a few seats away spent an hour holding it down but when the pressure got too much, with an almighty heave, he projectiled all over the seatback in front of him, producing a multicoloured fountain of puke. It sounded like Herrgg-wwhhherrrpppaarrgghhh-splatter! I can still hear it when I close my eyes at night.
I was very impressed with the impeccable manners of a elderly woman several seats away on the other side. She did it in quite a genteel way, pouring the contents of her stomach into a sick bag through her puckered lips without making any retching noises at all. Plop-plop-plop, it sounded just like a tin of tomatos being emptied into a saucepan. Very considerate, but I think you'll agree it's not very nice when you're trying to eat, it nearly put me off my fried breakfast. She then went fishing about in the bag for her teeth! The violent tossing around, from peak to trough, had turned the river of puke on the floor, to a fine haze suspended in the air. Just the time to order a tin of Guinness!
The crowning glory was when I slipped over backwards in a pool of spew in the toilets. Well I say spew, it was really more like a long streak of dog slother with all bubbles in it. My hand went in it and it was stone cold. GAKK!! It was coating my watchstrap and arm hairs and made me feel a tadge on the queasy side.
I hope you've got the picture. Never ever again!
lol @ Andy 
We came back on the "vomit comet" on Sunday and it is indeed a puke fest. Not for us mind, but for the legions of schoolkids on board. The stench of the stuff throughout the tiny boat was palpable. The crossing was so rough we feared for our bikes down below but miraculously they stayed upright.
We came back on the "vomit comet" on Sunday and it is indeed a puke fest. Not for us mind, but for the legions of schoolkids on board. The stench of the stuff throughout the tiny boat was palpable. The crossing was so rough we feared for our bikes down below but miraculously they stayed upright.
Lefty Guns said:
How you getting on with your plans Phil?
I booked the eurotunnel tickets for me and 2 mates today for the first weekend in June (65th anniversary!).
We're driving from Aberdeen to Folkestone then from Folkestone to a campsite near Caen.
And back again.
Can't wait!
The weekend I was going to go the French were on strike so that was that. However, now I've done the research I can plan it better as that was an off the cuff decision initially that never worked out. I'll go september time.I booked the eurotunnel tickets for me and 2 mates today for the first weekend in June (65th anniversary!).
We're driving from Aberdeen to Folkestone then from Folkestone to a campsite near Caen.
And back again.
Can't wait!
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