...and coming home again Thursday evening this week.

Help! I need to decide by 12:00 today (UK time). Should I:


Fly (and then use public transport),

or

Drive*?
*Tintop or Locost?
*Channel tunnel or Dover-Dunkirk ferry?

Fly.. public transport in holland is superb.. I travelled every week for 14 months and had maybe 4/5 problems with my daily commute on the trains...

http://www.ns.nl/cs/Satellite/travellers

[Edited on 8/11/09 by Rek]

locost!! You know it will be pi**ing rain.

Don't drive, unless you like being stuck in traffic. Holland is one of the worst I know regarding traffic. almost all highways limited to 100 or 80 (kph that is)and getting anywhere near rotterdam, amsterdam, den hague or utrecht means traffic jams. That's why you see so many bicycles in holland.

[Edited on 8/11/09 by Werner Van Loock]

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Originally posted by Rek
Fly.. public transport in holland is superb..

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Fly. Definitaly

The train connection between schiphol and utrecht is good enough to use. ;-)

You might also consider using eindhoven airport to save some cash.

Sebastiaan (from NL...)

Another vote for flying!

Thanks guys. That's good, sensible, logical advice... and I have to agree. You're absolutely right.

You convinced me. I heard you and it became crystal clear.... I don't need logic today.

I've been doing this weekly commute since May - I'm getting tired of the plane and train thing I guess.



......Sod it, I'm driving. Choice of car will depend on whether its raining or not here in the next 10 minutes.

Yay!

I must admit, if you have confidence in the kit car, take it along with your wet proofs and crash helmet.

What a great commute! Better than London any day.

Drive with your locost, than we have one more cool car on our road

too late to influence you now but .... drive then meet up with David one evening for a blat.

Uneventful drive apart from the congestion in Belgium.

I chose the tintop on the basis of economy (it does this trip on 32 litres of diesel door to door) and comfort (it was raining when I left home) but I still wished I was in the locost all the way.

Locost next time I think.

D

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Originally posted by MikeR
too late to influence you now but .... drive then meet up with David one evening for a blat.

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Originally posted by dr-fastlane
Drive with your locost, than we have one more cool car on our road

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That would be cool, but the car isn’t driveable at this time, rebuilding it: http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=113932
I life in a small village called Ulft near the German border, its approximately 110 km from Utrecht. Next time we meet somewhere with our cars, that would be a great idea!

Greets Roy