portsmouth to blbao is a good sail done that a few times takes the strain of the spain run.pride of bilbao nice ship.
Write Up Revised Euro 2015 Road Trip
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Would never do a long sail not as long as i have a car i enjoy driving 
Driven to Spain through France a few times,I'm up for a boat ride , if it gets me to the up and down twisty bits sooner 
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Thats the cost of our fuel for the full trip and i would lose 2 days sat and sleeping on water. I would sooner stay, walk round and have a nice evening meal in a warmer climate in somewhere i have not visited before than do that
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There is probably very little difference time wise. You catch a boat arrive a day later then have to drive to the Pyrenees seeing hardley anything but water. Via road it takes 2 days to get to the Pyrenees and you drive through lots of different places and even get to sea the waterDriven to Spain through France a few times,I'm up for a boat ride , if it gets me to the up and down twisty bits sooner
I dont like boats, I luv my Zed, no contest for little'ol'me.
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Anyway trying to convince Billz , the best way to the pyrenees is via the swiss alps.
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I can see where your coming from.I think it's a day sailing it ads a little to the adventure.dont hate me but parts of France can be a bit monotonous if your trying to get somewhere
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Only way to travel. Great car good company oooh n the missus 
gorra say have done all the boats via europe but not in my z but we are going in the z so shortist ie dover is my preferd this time .
I would love to take a long break but for some it's not possible with work. The trip would run out on a Friday night to Spain arriving Sat evening. Hotel and relaxing before heading north on the Sunday. The ferry back would be the following Sat across the channel. A great deal on z fun in between.
agree there its a long haul on the back roads and i dont want motorways but im sure my grandson will say french back roads googy hes not in to boats tbh
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A lot of France has tooo many straight roads, i just like the fact i can plan to stay somewhere different every time i go. some places are really nice some places on the bad occastion can be not so nice but it all adds to the adventure. I would be bored to death on a boat, thats why i wouldnt do a cruise,
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You also have to bear in mind us Northerners are at least 31/2 to 4hrs to get down to either Dover or Portsmouth so we have done half a days driving before we start
why i wouldnt do a cruise,
well we agree on that one billz
well we agree on that one billz
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I have now done the Alps twice gone through the Pyrenees at different points around 3 times and i have to be honest i dont think i would of enjoyed the experience if they had been done in a normal type of car but doing it in the 3 and now in the 4 i can honestly say i love doing it and think i will (money and health being ok) do it for the foreseable future
Yes would never do a cruse,and I love riding my bike more then anyone but I most often get it shipped to where I want to get the best riding done in the time I have available
i cannot get mrs googy to do it in my z its to cold to noisey and to brash so we do it in hers.
but my grandson is into cars loud n brash the better so i cant wait to get it on .
Dover 5 hours Portsmouth 4.5 from sunny Wales