[Debian-uk] Driving and Ferrying to Extremadura

[Steve McIntyre]

I'm agreed with Ian that flying to Caceres doesn't look like fun, but
I have a different plan. It goes *something* like this, using
approximate timings from Google maps.

Trip out: dash down through France
2009-07-22
 ~04:00  Leave Cambridge and drive to Dover
  06:00  Ferry from Dover to Calais, landing ~8:30
  08:30  Drive down through France, get to Le Mans (rough area) ~12:30
         for lunch
  13:30  Continue south, cross into Spain at the coast.
  20:00  Stop in San Sebastian for the night

2009-07-23
  11:00  Leave San Sebastian and drive down to Caceres
  18:00  Get to Caceres (depends on time spent for lunch etc.)

Debconf!

Trip back: more leisurely tour in Spain
2009-07-31
  ??:??  Drive to Madrid, spend one night there

2009-08-01
  ??:??  Drive up to Bilbao, spend one night there

2009-08-02
  13:00  Ferry from Bilbao to Portsmouth overnight

2009-08-03
  17:00  Drive up from Portsmouth to Cambridge
 ~20:00  Back in Cambridge

I'm expecting fuel costs of ~GBP 300 for the trip; the ferry including
a 4-berth cabin costs ~GBP 370. And there are 3 overnight hotel stops:
1 out and 2 back. Assuming reasonable prices for sharing hotel rooms,
I'm estimating a cost per person of *roughly* (!) GBP 300 to GBP 400
per person for the travel. It'll be more expensive than the train or
plane options, but it includes more sight-seeing and a couple of
post-Debconf days in Spain. I'm in for the road trip, and Neil says he
probably is too.

Anybody else? :-)

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
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