England to Norway. Fingers crossed ..

[treefrog]

….that this proposal comes off.

Plans to re-open the Newcastle to Bergan ferry route.
http://www.thelocal.no/page/view/norway-england-ferry-could-make-a-comeback

 

[Retired Member southey]

I hope this comes to pass!

 

[Twodogs]

Good find
I used to use this route it was fantastic , Yarrrrrrrrrrr I hope it returns
Twodogs

 

[Retired Member southey]

Hmmmmm over night ferryirate:

 

[DavidJT]

I used it three years ago, just before it stopped. There's been two problems in the past..

a: The route was only popular enough to be economical for 2 months of the year, the other 10 months it was running at a big loss.
b: It's about the same price as flying with Ryan Air and hiring a car for two weeks.

Hopefully the (loaded) Norwegian government can subsidize it, as I'm sure we'd use it if it was back on.

 

[udamiano]

Great!
I like going by ferry.

As we never take much kit

and it grieves me to pay the money grabbing airlines, who seem to come up with a new charge every year.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Cue car loads of kettles for the black market!

 

[udamiano]

Cue car loads of kettles for the black market!

Im sure I don't know what you mean

I've just bought 2 from Thor, this week Nice man to deal with

 

[rik_uk3]

I really hope it does come, I'd love to take the boat to Norway.

 

[sasquatch]

Now that would be cool...

 

[Shewie]

Count me in, I want a go on that Altlantic Road never mind the bushcraft

 

[Twodogs]

Arctic highway ,,,Yarrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[Dreadhead]

fingers crossed!

 

[Glyn]

Fantastic news if it actually happens. Scandinavia is uncomfortably too far by car from the usual Calais/Dunkerque crossings, and we usually end up doing a tour around Brussels as we usually miss the exit for the ringroad on the Autoroute :-(

 

[DavidJT]

I can feel an expedition coming on! Car share anyone?!
This year I'm going with the family, probably via Denmark.

By the way, much more impressive than The Atlanta vägen is Trollstigvägen IMHO...



Edit:
err, why doesn't it work to share photos from flikr anymore? "Invalid URL"?

Edit 2:
Well fixed it sort of, but the pics too small.

 

[Glyn]

The Trollstigvägen! An awesome, if scary road...

Trollstigvägen by Glyn Smith, on Flickr

Trollstigvägen by Glyn Smith, on Flickr

The Lærdal Tunnel was also pretty spectacular - 15 miles driving underground...
Hmmmm. Really, really need to go back to Norway

 

[Twodogs]

Make it stop ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I can almost taste the fresh air ,

Twodogs

 

[sasquatch]

The Trollstigvägen! An awesome, if scary road...

Trollstigvägen by Glyn Smith, on Flickr

Trollstigvägen by Glyn Smith, on Flickr

The Lærdal Tunnel was also pretty spectacular - 15 miles driving underground...
Hmmmm. Really, really need to go back to Norway

Now that would be fun on a CBR 600! Don't think the bergan would help though...

 

[Viking]

I know there are freight ferries that you can take your car on and get to Gothenburg in Sweden. Not tried it myself but since I nowadays have a english woman sleeping in my bed and after 2 years of travelling from England to Sweden she is close to an expert on travelling from England to Sweden.

 

[Volund72]

Now that would be terrific because, without a direct ferry, driving to Norway for a camping trip complete with wife and kids is well and truly in the realm of serious ball-acher (I know, I tried to plan it, and thought "Nah").