On the Road Again!

It looks as though DFDS are axing routes all across Europe.   Firstly we knew that the LD Lines ferry to Spain had been chopped, then in the email exchange I had with them I found out that Tilbury to Gothenburg had gone too. Earlier I had a look on the public website and the only alternative for us in southern England, Harwich to Denmark was also finished. The options now are very limited thanks to this and Scandinavia is getting to be difficult to get to! Valhalla in  '15 is doomed. That's unless the propsoed Norwgian Seaways crossing to Bergen finally materialises and if Regina Lines actually gets off the ground next year.

I toyed with Denmark and Norway for 2014, but the ferry fare across to Denmark from the UK was prohibitively high for August, and although cheaper in our other holiday time, October, I doubted that the weather would be that good for riding. So I booked a Spanish trip instead. Why Norway? We did a cruise to the fjords in June 2013 and the weather was superb. Mostly sunny and warm. And most importantly for bikers; dry. The locals did say that they hadn't had any rain for quite a while.   The fjords are spectacular and scenery is like Scotland, only much bigger. The number of passenger sailings across the North Sea to Scandinavia have been reduced over the years and now only one remains, Harwich to Ebsjerg in Denmark. Back in 1987 or 88 my (then) partner Audrey and I went to the FIM Rally in Kuopio in Finland. We used the DFDS service from Harwich to Gothenburg, but sadly this service has now gone. But, whilst googling ferry crossings I found the DFDS Freight website.  A limited ...