BCF Battlefields trip - Normandy beaches pg2 details

[Ambitions0far...]

Details now on page 2

During the recent Euro trip a few of us expressed an interest in seeing some d day landing spots.

It would just be a few days to go see some of the landing spots and visit some of the museums.

https://www.normandie-tourisme.fr/cultural-heritage/~~~~battle-of-normandy~~~~/offres-6-2.html

Most of the locations are within an hour and a half from Caen so I would be proposing that we stay near there, the HotelF1 has been the euro trip hotel of choice and for me at least, this would be ideal.
https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-2235-formule-1-hotelf1-caen-est-mondeville/index.shtml
At £30.00 a night you get a clean bed and room with access to showers and toilets and around 4 euros a day gets you an all right breakfast.
To make it even cheaper you can fit up to 3 people per room.

Getting there is up to you, having run a couple of quotes the ferry looks like the best option to me.
Ferry from Portsmouth (5hrs) - £150 - 20 min ride to hotel
Train from Folkstone (40mins) - £70 - 4 hour ride
The money you save on the train you use in fuel getting down there, having done a few big mileage days in euroland I would prefer to ferry as a 4 hour ride will likely take a bit longer, though if you would rather ride you are welcome to.

Once there, as mentioned before, everything is pretty close at hand the longest distance being to Cherbourg, where there is a small museum. Motorway use will most likely be minimal so no restrictions on what bike to bring will be made.

Trip would be 5 days, you're welcome to stay longer or less time if you would prefer.

Dates I'm thinking of are mid August, I have holiday booked for the week of the 18th so would ideally like to do it then though I could potentially be flexible with that if the majority would prefer different dates.

The plan for me would be to catch the ferry from Portsmouth on the Monday and return on the Friday, allowing Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to see as much as we can.

Total cost of trip would be Ferry - £280
Train - £190 (+ 210 miles worth of fuel)
(of course by sharing rooms that can go down)

Then just a few tanks of fuel, your food and the price of museums and tours.

18th-22nd August.

Anybody interested?
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[Aff]

Yep definitely interested.

I still have a eurotunnel ticket left over from the euro jolly to use, so would probably do that, unless everyone else goes ferry, then I would join you.
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[-Matt-]

As mentioned - definate for me

At least a few others off Eurotrip are near definates I think too

Will have to look into fuel costs to decide ferry Vs tunnel. Will be looking to roomshare again too so if Troy can't stand anymore nights with me again, anyone else is welcome

[jimspeed]

Defo. Ferry is a nice cruise and much closer for me almost 100 miles closer than the tunnel so fuel would almost cancel out the saving.
I have done 3 week long tours of the battle fields and landing beaches and learnt something new each time
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[johnnyarctic]

i want to, will have to confirm with various parties first
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[-Monty-]

Will need to check how much holiday I have left at work tomorrow, but I think I should be ok so I am an almost certain
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WAIIII to soon for me too even think about another trip.

[-Matt-]

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[johnnyarctic]

i cant get any time off
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[Marmalade]

Just had a nosy at this, tunnel, if you go out on monday, back friday, it's about £56 return, come back on saturday and its closer to £100.

Obviously then you have 220 miles each way from calais to caen to think about but would still be a saving over the Brittany ferry..

The way i'd go is newhaven to dieppe on dfds ferry for £78 return and ride 110 miles to caen, much savings.

You can either go sunday night to get there 4 am or go 10am monday to get there 3pm.
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[jimspeed]

Dfds overnight is a good crossing and one I've done a few times gets you into France in time for a full day out. That or Portsmouth Cherbourg but could be more money .
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[-Monty-]

[-Matt-]

Whos a definate for this so far then - has anyone started booking anything yet?


Need to get my get my VISA applications sent off ASAP

[-Monty-]

I have booked the time off work but nothing else. To be honest, I am having second thoughts due to the amount of other stuff I have planned and the very small amount of Annual Leave I will have left for the rest of the year.

Will make a decision soon though.
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[-Matt-]

So you should be ready to go in a year or two

My replacement application is SUPPOSED to be getting fast tracked around the end of the month after an interview... hopefully it all goes through okay

[gmc38609]

Could we not extend the September Hack and visit Normandy combining the 2? Just a thought

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[-Matt-]

That would be monday 1st-sunday 7th then if i've got my dates right?

That should be fine for me - and to be honest would be better really. Saves buying two fares to get us over the water and back, plus saves a bit of petrol to-and-from on the UK side.

I've already booked my tunnel for the mini-jolly, not sure if its adjustable like the last one was. If not I guess I could potentially hand it one of the others only going for the weekend dates.

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[-Matt-]

Sounds good - ferry from poole would be nice and easy . Would spend more including petrol to get out there by tunnel anyway.

I'll have a check what i can do with my original return tunnel booking

[Aff]

So confused.

Can someone give me a breakdown of what I need to book and stuff.
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[-Matt-]

Im going from monday 1st-sunday 7th. Normandy trips now combined with the mini jolly. Ferry out as above from poole on monday. Tunnel back as was original euro jolly plan sunday. Hotels wise we need to add one for friday night now i think?Otherwise pretty much same as before.

Any particular ferry time people want to go for?

[Aff]

So this is directly after camping now?
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