I think the groups now exist [at least - when I go to the 'make a new post' section, there they are, in the "Audience" section] Â Hope someone uses them soon - after all the time its taken
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Anyone used the Harwich to Hook of Holland ferry service? I'm hoping to drive down to the holiday home later this year, and was thinking of using the service.
By chance I went on the old Forum yesterday - found that someone had PM'ed me from that forum only a few days ago.  I hadn't got any notification of a PM, but obviously the old Forum PM system still works  It might be worth doing the odd visit
Hopefully they may start flights to the North soon ?
what else can one say?
I can't beleive that its 17+ hours since the last post - or has my PC taken over and hidden everything?
 Hopefully this will kill Blair's ambitions off.
There is an interesting article in today's G2 section of the Guardian newspaper by a woman who moved to Italy, founded a successful business, and has now moved back to the UK [but still has the business] because she missed LondonÂ
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Things to consider;-
If you can 'fill out' those points, we can probably give advice on how to get there and where to stay
Try a travel agency
You could add another cistern/tank to the system to give you a bigger 'buffer' whan the pressure drops - this could be the cheapest option. In UK prices range from about £400, but I know my ½ûÂþÌìÌà neighbour uses an industrial one he got from a farm
Train Travel If you plan things properly, you can spend many of your nights travelling on sleeper trains. This has the advantage of giving you more days to 'sightsee' and the costs are offset by the savings in hotels/car hire/petrol/tolls etc etc I once [using a Cooks European Timetable' (see  for an example)] planned a 4 week Eupean Tour for an Aussise friend than only required staying in hotels if you wanted more than 1 day in any city - which obviously you will ned to do
My recommended route [minimal toll charges] to Italy is as follows;-Â [Toll free as far as Switzerland]
This route is dual carriageway/motorway all the way except for Nancy to Colmar or MulhouseAccommodation is expensive in Switzerland - we tend to avoid 'overnights' there Enjoy..........
"Â fill up in Lux?"I always do - but mine's a petrol engined car.Â
Well ............................."From what I can see the mileage is about the same, and therefore the same diesel cost, its only the extra time going via Belgium/Lux time that becomes the issue. "Drive time is very similar - distance are about the same and the route through Belgium/Luxembourg is all mortorway, so speeds are similar to french motorwaysYou may even save on fuelprices - see  to sort out which country is best to fill up in.
Well - did the 'motorway avoiding route'to try it out. It consist of getting on 'Road 9' once you enter Switzerland from France near Pontarlier.It was an easyish drive, and the only minor difficulties were in negotiating Lausanne [just follow signs for Montreux etc] Timewise it adds between 1 and 2 hours to the jouney. Distance wise there is not much in it.We returned via the motorway - I prefer the quicker route, but if they did hike up the cost of the Vignette, I'd go non-motorway again
"How did your last trip go? If I recall correctly you were planning a trip for earlier this year? Just got back from first trip down to Italy with our dog. Will write about it soon [I hope]
I've stayed at Hostellerie Groff Aux Deux Clefs in Beisheim - worth looking at. Out of Colmar, but easy to get to the Autobahn to Basel [Use the 'Basel Bypass' via Lorach to avoid Basel]