Recent content by mike_5041092

Perhaps the problem is that the only sailings that have been discussed so far on this thread are in peak summer July and August. A ferry service needs year round business to be viable and for that needs other business not just people looking for a "cheepie" in peak summer when the world and his...

I'm a Director of a ferry company and my wife works part time for an airline. Travel must be in the blood

As an owner of a new mercedes E class estate the last vehicle I would touch is anything Mercedes until they Prove and I mean prove not say that they have sorted out their quality control problems. The fact that my

I agree modern caravans are suited to our winter climate but as aready posted with children the logistics are impractical. Assuming you can get away early by leaving when the children finish school you will still be arriving and pitching up in the dark and possibly in the rain. Leaving on a...

DFDS don't carry trailers or caravans on their services to/from Norway or Sweden throughout July and August and on many dates in June. The reason for this is that these services don't have the same year round demand for car deck capacity so the size of ship has to take account of this. The...

Quote "Competition between ferry routes is not as intense as across the Channel so there's less benefit in booking early to get a good price" What complete and utter rubbish.. The prices are higher because A) It's a 21 - 26 hr sailing and only operates between twice and three times weekly...

Why do you think there is a cartel operating on ferry routes? The only reason you have this service is because of the "help" the Scottish office gave to Superfast. The fact is that that Scottish route has a subsidy that English ferry routes do not in the form of constructing the port...

I started caravanning many years ago when the children were young. I drove a BMW then and for many years moving from the 3 series towing a swift challenger through 3 different versions of the 5 series including petrol, and estate models. I recently changed to a Mercedes E32ocdi estste and...

We're travelling to Quimper from Caen and are planning to meet friends who are joining us on the way. There are services south of jnct 33 on the A84 near Pontaubaul. The services are roughly 80 miles from Caen and 170 from Quimper.

Hi John, I'll look out for you. We'll be in a lunar lexon with a silver Mercedes. We're travelling with friends who'll be in a Red Seat with a swift. Here's hoping for warm weather as it was two years ago. Mike

My first caravan was a brand new swift Challenger. After two years it was back to the factory for four months and returned with a new bathroom rear panel and whole left side. I then traded it in and bought a Lunar. It's now three years old and is dry as a bone. ANY caravan can leak if it...

My previous three cars have all had an auto box with tiptronic or steptronic as BMW call it. The system isn't of much interest in normal driving except on twisty roads where you can hold a gear in anticipation of a bend or incline. As the previous poster noted when towing it can help take the...

Can't help with the C class but I bought a brand new E class and can't wait to see the back of it. Great to tow with but the electrical and quality probblems mean it has been off the road for 17 days since new in a year. Several of my friends also have similar cars and all are agreed never again.

Hi John, We'll be at L'orangerie at the same time. We arrive on the Sunday before you for 14 nights. Our first time there but we had good reports from friends who visited last year.

We're going to L'Orangerie de Lanniron which is a Castels site. They're ideal in that they offer a high standard and all have good facilities and entertainment if you want it but PEACE at night. We're going with our children and friends with their children so looking around we were in a...