Just booked Le Shuttle for the 18th of October, and our first 3 nights in a hotel on the Baie De Somme, which just happens to coincide with a steam weekend on the Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme!!

SWMBO now been told and hasn't complained too much.

Then off further west around Carnac and Vannes, then to friends in Derval.

....Then off further west around Carnac and Vannes, then to friends in Derval.

 

P'raps that's that's why madam hasn't complained too much! 

Very expensive ferry route you have chosen.  I would always go Dover to Dunkirk, stupidly cheap fares.

Very expensive ferry route you have chosen.  I would always go Dover to Dunkirk, stupidly cheap fares.

Why would I want to go to Dunkirk when I'm going to Brittany?

And why should I spend a couple of hours on and off a boat when I can drive onto a train and drive off and be well on my way in less than an hour?

Money isn't everything, you know?

From my point of view, whenever travelling from / to Kent(family near Canterbury), prefer the ferry, I find the shuttle 'lumpy' and nothing to watch, but I hate that crossing, its a 10 hour drive to my home in Finistere from Calais, 10.5 from Dunquerque, a real killer!

Thankfully, Tony, we are all different. I just take a book to read.

I don't like boats, unless they are 6' 10" wide and about 68' long and potter along canals!

And "lumpy" water turns me green.

  :( 

as you say takes all sorts!, but i still hate the drag across to finistere!

Tony, I'll give you a shout nearer the time as to where we are staying in the Vannes, Carnac area.

Very expensive ferry route you have chosen.  I would always go Dover to Dunkirk, stupidly cheap fares.

Agreed, it's not just price. Value is important.

 

St Malo for us, for south-western France. No M25, no Paris/Rouen bottlenecks, let the ferry do the driving, on site by tea-time. 

We had a great crossing from Portsmouth to Caen. After driving from Staffordshire to Portsmouth it was nice to have a sleep before the long slog down through France to the Vendee.

I know it is only 190 and 240 miles but it just makes for a more relaxed journey.

And we enjoyed it .