For 2024 Pilgrims: €50,- donation = 1 year with no ads on the forum + 90% off any 2024 Guide. More here. (Discount code sent to you by Private Message after your donation) |
---|
much prefer to cycle or catch ferries
I don't want to cancel the train, so I'm now looking at through-the-night bus from London to Paris
Yes, I have looked at the Portsmouth ferries and SNCF to Paris. Much more expensive than train to London and bus to Paris though, and I am already down £50 for the Flybe flight.I'd always choose say the Newhaven-Dieppe or even the Portsmouth-Le Havre from that point in the UK over that dire London-Paris night bus ...
Paris is easily reachable by train from both French ports.
But what an annoyance for you !!
Yes, I have looked at the Portsmouth ferries and SNCF to Paris. Much more expensive than train to London and bus to Paris though, and I am already down £50 for the Flybe flight.
There's National Express, Flixbus or Blablabus (formerly Ouibus). Anyone had experience of any of them?
Yes, I have looked at the Portsmouth ferries and SNCF to Paris. Much more expensive than train to London and bus to Paris though, and I am already down £50 for the Flybe flight.
I had never heard of Flybe either...
Safe travels to all, and buen camino, Laurie
Amen! Did that bus trip once. Horrible!I'd always choose say the Newhaven-Dieppe or even the Portsmouth-Le Havre from that point in the UK over that dire London-Paris night bus ...
Paris is easily reachable by train from both French ports.
But what an annoyance for you !!
Keepng an eye on Brittany Ferries sailing updates lately - there have been numerous occasions when the Le Havre ferry hs been cancelled due to strikes. Other destinations mostly OK - apart from the weather this past few weeks leading to some delays.Amen! Did that bus trip once. Horrible!
I live on the IOW right across from Portsmouth and have taken Britanny Ferries several times. Depending on the time of year you can get a fairly cheap ticket to Le-Havre or Caen and take the train from there to Paris. They also have a ferry to Santander, but expensive no matter what time of year.
Flybe were an odd low cost carrier... and not really that low in cost ☺ They were much smaller than Easyjet and Ryanair and have been around for decades. They changed name a few times but they did serve lots of smaller airport and particularly (to start with) in the SW of England. I think it's downfall was trying to expand too quickly? it struggled for a few years but last year and this year have been really difficult and CoronaVirus pushed it over the edge. It will leave a big gap in the transport links between small regional airports that aren't served by anyone else... it really is a great shame.
I live not far from Southampton airport. I'm not the best flyer - much prefer to cycle or catch ferries. But flying from Southampton to Paris or Bordeaux has always been very convenient, cheaper and quicker than via London and Eurostar. I have (now had, probably) a one way Flybe flight booked to Paris for two weeks from now, connecting with a booked train to Bayonne and my Camino along the Norte.
I don't want to cancel the train, so I'm now looking at through-the-night bus from London to Paris. Ho hum!
I wish this inconvenience and, more importantly, all those jobs lost would be the last hurt to eminate from this virus, but I fear not.
Exeter, for one, now has no airline serving locals.
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?