Ferries

These are a necessary evil. I say that because at the end of the day, this is a motorcycle trip and I don't really want to spend hours on ferries. However, living in the UK really means getting a ferry and being close to Hull, P&O ferries have been our choice for past trips. It's a real shame though that there are no ferries to Norway from the UK. Hull to Rotterdam makes it a long trip to the Nordkapp so we have elected to use Harwich to Esbjerg. It's a long trip leaving at 1700 and arriving at 1230 the next day.

But checking the "small print", this ferry only sales every other day. It works for our outbound trip but the day selected for the return trip was the "wrong" day. Oh well, ride slower or ride faster? Let's check the prices first.

Incredibly it turns out that the inbound leg is TWICE as expensive as the outbound! That makes it for one rider and one bike a staggering GBP544 ! So after a couple of beers and chat, we have elected to use Harwich to Esbjerg for the outbound trip and Rotterdam to Hull for the return trip. This saves over GBP 200 per rider in ferry costs. It means more miles through Europe but avoids the long drag from Harwich to Hull on our way home. So we can chill out after +4000 miles on North Sea Ferries and cruise home in 30 minutes after disembarking. Its a no brainer.

But what about the price difference? Twice as much to sail home from Denmark as to sail to Denmark? Ferry company please note - you never sell this concept to a Yorkshireman!!!