Hi All,
Just wondering on people preferences for crossing the channel with their bike. Inspired by the Brugge run, but worried that it may be a bit too “progressive” for me, so thinking of getting some like minded newbies together for a jaunt across and wondered on peoples experiences.
Cheers
£26 return.
Quicker than ferry.
Safer for your bike.
Just buy some grub before hand, eat breakfast and take a dump on the train. Then your ready to go! 
Think you can use your Tesco points to by Eurotunnel tickets now. £1 in tesco points = £4 in Eurotunnel ticket.
I’m very new to biking and would be interested in a trip.
Tunnel. Quick and easy.
Tunnel, no question. It’s a bit like sitting in a garage for 40 minutes but what’s wrong with that?
I used the ferry a few years back for a trip to LeMans motoGP and the weather was so bad coming back they cancelled our crossing leaving 100 or so bikers stranded on the docks. Eventually we all got put on leShuttle. I even beat my mates home who caught the ferry before me and ended up stuck in the channel unable to dock.
Advantages:
Speed.
Unaffected by weather conditions.
Turn up early or late and normally you will just get on the next train.
No worries about rough seas and strapping the bike down.
Disadvantages:
Pure function.
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Tunnel. Just be sure you know how to switch your alarm off for when it rocks around.
edit: that obviously applies for the ferry as well. But don’t take that, it sucks.
Tunnel all the time now, much faster and cheaper
Always the boat.
Scenery to admire and it actually feels like you’re going on holiday!!!
Last time I used it got my return tickets for £39. May be a bit more than the eurotunnel but it’s hella more interesting.
Im with CG on this.
The ferry may be a bit slow and a bit hit and miss, but it’s a proper start to a holiday. You watch England disappear and watch Abroad arrive.
Just don’t bother with the food unless your on a long crossing. It’s all to rushed and too sh*t.
(Business trips. The Tunnel. You don’t want to be there anyway.)
+1 for the ferry, nice break and a stretch of the legs.
Tunnel everytime for me
ferry for me, used to be cheaper on speedferries, but it gives you a nice break after a few hours riding
Tunnel. Ok, you dont get the sence of adventure that you get on the boat, but its cheaper and I think easier.
Tunnel is much easier and I have found it to be reliable… I used to drive to Holland every week for 6 months.
I am biking down to Italy for a long weekend, first week in April.
My mate, who i am going with wanted to go on the ferry- so he could “fill has face with smoked salmon”…
hardcore…
We’re going on the tunnel!
Would love to come along for a trip if I can get the time off work… Keep us posted!
Personally, I like the Harwich - Hoek van Holland ferry. If you take the overnight one, you get a wee little cabin and free breakfast and you are ready to attack the day in Holland, at 6am, showered and fed!
It costs about a hundred quid but it’s a lovely experience. I love waking up standing on deck with a coffee in my hand a a fag dangling from my lips, with plenty of wind in my face and the sun rising on the sea.
You wanna get shoved through a hole that’s your business
I totally agree- last year I got caught out by the fire in the tuinnel and got the ferry-It was the day one, but still got a room… sitting on the deck just chilling out was awesome… Got chatting to a lad was was heading back to Ireland on a 640 adventure. We arrived in Harwick afternoon/evening and he was heading straight to holyhead for the 2am ferry!!! hardcore!! :w00t::w00t:
ze tunnel every time!
already booked to go across on the friday of the le mans GP!
i had enough of ferries going back and forth to see the rellies as a kid
a few years back my fave was the seacat; was closer to the speed of the tunnel with some of the benefits of the ferry
loved the hovercrafts as a kid
Tunnel is much easier and I have found it to be reliable… I used to drive to Holland every week for 6 months.
I ambiking down to Italy for a long weekend, first week in April.
Bloody long way for a weekend !!! were going for a week in August where are you going in Italy 
