Re: Look at Scotland this way..


"Lesley Robertson" <l.a.robertson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Josiah Jenkins" <josiah-jenkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 01:23:48 -0000, I read these words from "Nebulous"
> > <nebulous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> :
> >
> >>
> >>I bought the caravan to explore Scotland. Prior to that I tended to do
the
> >>Eurocamp thing in France. We've been about 7 times. I can only get a
> >>fortnight off in the summer and its a long way to Europe from here.
> >
> > Rosyth - Zeebrugge is good but somewhat on the expensive side
> > with the caravan.
>
> Harwich is only 5-6 hours away from Scotland, and then another 4 hours
> (approx) on the boat and you're in Holland. From the Hoek, you can wander
> where you will.
>
> > You can be in the Rhine valley in around 8 hours towing a van
> > (comfortably) driving via the Netherlands or into the Mosel valley
> > using a route through Belgium.
>
> Yup.
> >>
> >>I must admit I'm actually quite happy with my lot. However when I see
> >>youngsters nowadays for whom travelling appears to be the norm I wish
I'd
> >>had a chance to take a year off with a backpack.
> >
> > Driving times to ports take a fair chunk out of a two week holiday !
> > Four days driving to Dover and back for you ?
> > And the additional Ferry costs eat into your beer money !
>
> By the time you factored in the time taken to get to Dover, and the joys
of
> the M25, it's easier to head for Harwich (or felixstow if the Zebrugge
boat
> is still taking passangers).

I did Felixstowe to Zeebrugge and Hull to Zeebrugge the first couple of
times I went. Since then its been the tunnel. They are very good at letting
you on an alternative train.

When we first went some of the camping companies only allowed 7, 10 or 14
nights so if I scuttered about I couldn't get a fortnight.

I went home from work on Friday, had an hour in bed, left around 8pm, drove
most of the night with a couple of stops in service stations, crossed via
the tunnel around 6am then drove to a campsite. Usually I did around 1000
miles in 21-22 hours as I said earlier. I think the time we went to the
Loire valley it was over 1100 miles.

This meant by tea time on Saturday I could put my feet up and have a full
fortnight in the sun.


> >
> > I'd probably wander much more if I was based in Europe.
>
> I did for the first few years, then the novelty wore off.
> >>
> >>I just bought a Navman 510 Satnav.
> >> Going back to Europe would give me an
> >>excuse to buy the European maps as well as the UK ones!
> >
> > Got myself a Garmin c330 unit in the Summer.
> > The UK and European maps are pre-loaded . . . it's brilliant.
>
> I use Tom Tom - excellent, even when walking.
> Lesley Robertson
>

Neb


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