Train or Ferry? Given migrant/refugee issues
Discussion
Hi Le Sarthe goers,
So after a 4 year gap I have decided to return to Le Mans after going for 4 years on the trot. I am touching 30, so it is something to relive my youth.
On the previous years I always went Dover-Dunkirk with Norfolkline as I always went with a group and booking the same ferry was easy and cheap for the group.
This year I plan to go early doors (departing England at 0600 Thursday) but I need to return on Sunday evening for work on Monday.
So I am looking at Le Shuttle as it is (in theory) a much quicker crossing. I was planning around a 2100 train back to blighty, leaving the race just before the end. This means I can get back to Wiltshire around 2230-2300.
My concern is an obvious one. The possibility of major delays due to 'tunnel issues.' So what do we think is less likely to be affected, train or ferry? Do we think by June the issue will have got any better?
I will opt for a fixed outgoing ticket, but a flexible return in case of toll traffic etc. Both train and ferry look around £115. So the allure of the hour faster crossing is hard to ignore. Train tickets look cheap at the moment, perhaps because of the well publicised problems.
What are you doing?
Regards,
Jon
So after a 4 year gap I have decided to return to Le Mans after going for 4 years on the trot. I am touching 30, so it is something to relive my youth.
On the previous years I always went Dover-Dunkirk with Norfolkline as I always went with a group and booking the same ferry was easy and cheap for the group.
This year I plan to go early doors (departing England at 0600 Thursday) but I need to return on Sunday evening for work on Monday.
So I am looking at Le Shuttle as it is (in theory) a much quicker crossing. I was planning around a 2100 train back to blighty, leaving the race just before the end. This means I can get back to Wiltshire around 2230-2300.
My concern is an obvious one. The possibility of major delays due to 'tunnel issues.' So what do we think is less likely to be affected, train or ferry? Do we think by June the issue will have got any better?
I will opt for a fixed outgoing ticket, but a flexible return in case of toll traffic etc. Both train and ferry look around £115. So the allure of the hour faster crossing is hard to ignore. Train tickets look cheap at the moment, perhaps because of the well publicised problems.
What are you doing?
Regards,
Jon
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