The Fridays Tour 2013 with added poll

[clivedb]

I thought, here in the dog days in winter and the dark and incessant rain, I would unashamedly bump this thread, to remind you all that we have this to look forward to.

That's all.

Yes, that's all good and well, but is it too early to consider Yorkshire as the 2014 destination?

 

[Flying Dodo]

Yes, that's all good and well, but is it too early to consider Yorkshire as the 2014 destination?

I'm already considering a little tour up north.

 

[mmmmartin]

Is it too early to consider Yorkshire as the 2014 destination?

1066 was too early to do that. Yorkshire is oop north. It's grim oop north.

 

[StuAff]

1066 was too early to do that. Yorkshire is oop north. It's grim oop north.

Nope. Yorkshire is lovely.

 

[martint235]

As a Lancastrian, I have to state the obvious. It's Yorkshire, it's always too early to go there

 

[AnythingButVanilla]

Gah! I've just had an email and a voicemail from Brittany Ferries to inform me that they've changed the outbound route and therefore my ticket and I'm being shoved on to the 0700 ferry from Portsmouth to Le Havre but still returning Cherbourg-Portsmouth. I believe there's quite a few of us sailing to France on the same ferry so keep an eye on your inboxes!

 

[wanda2010]

Thanks for the warning ABV. I've received nothing as yet.

 

[AnythingButVanilla]

I've also noticed that they've changed the return ferry time so instead of leaving Cherbourg at 5pm I now leave at 8.45 and don't get into Portsmouth until 10.45 and will be back in London at god knows what time. I'm absolutely farking livid about this.

 

[Michael Adu]

Hi all
Brittany ferries have moved their Cherbourg crossing to 4pm and moved all passengers and me-self to this crossing
Depart: Sat 15 June 2013
Portsmouth 07:00 - Le Havre 11:45 03h 45m*. Le harve is about 200k from Cherbourg
What are peeps doing ? Or theirs the later crossing at 4 pm ?

 

[StuAff]

Hi all
Brittany ferries have moved their Cherbourg crossing to 4pm and moved all passengers and me-self to this crossing
Depart: Sat 15 June 2013
Portsmouth 07:00 - Le Havre 11:45 03h 45m*. Le harve is about 200k from Cherbourg
What are peeps doing ? Or theirs the later crossing at 4 pm ?

Yup, I'm now on the 4 pm sailing....It was 9am!!
Coming back- was 5pm, now 8.45!

F***ing annoying. Surely they must be able to have a booking system that dishes out the right times.

 

[AnythingButVanilla]

I'll need to call them later and see if I can squeeze onto the 4pm one too. There's not a hope in hell of me riding 200k to the right place, or even the wrong one given my map reading skills

 

[wanda2010]

Mine has also changed to the 4pm out and 2045 back. Party in Portsmouth anyone?

Bother. Just remembered my hotel booking for Friday night. No doubt I'll need one for the Sunday night too.

 

[Michael Adu]

Yup, I'm now on the 4 pm sailing....It was 9am!!
Coming back- was 5pm, now 8.45!

F***ing annoying. Surely they must be able to have a booking system that dishes out the right times.

Yes agreed now my times are the same as yours as they have now rescheduled the times for both crossing

I suppose that's works for me I don't have to stay overnight at Portsmouth I can get a train down that day !

 

[AnythingButVanilla]

Completely off topic but how's the house move going TMN? Are you in the new place yet?

 

[StuAff]

Coincidentally I've just been talking to Brittany Ferries to update my bookings to my new address, so I asked about this. Apparently it is because they are introducing a new high-speed route now, the one to Le Havre. The woman I spoke to was very helpful and said that people should ring up to talk about rescheduling. If the company put ticket holders on a different sailing that is more expensive they will honour the original price, and if it's cheaper there will be a refund.

Just had a call myself from BR. Better to ring for amendments rather than use the website, she said, to make sure there's no charge.