NeilF Posted September 27, 2018 Report Share Posted September 27, 2018 We left early Wednesday morning from Southampton and headed for Dover to catch the 10.00am ferry for Dunkirk. Amazingly no holdup on route and arrived on schedule at Dover, the 2 Triumphs, my GT6 and Paul's TR5 complete with our respective wives. The weather was perfect with clear blue sky's and little wind. An on-board breakfast was welcomed by all, and shortly after 1.30pm French time we left the ferry heading for a 2 night stay in Amsterdam. We took the autoroute E40 towards Belgium and shortly after Bruges left the motorway and headed north to Knesselare, and then the E34 for Zelzate. We then followed the canal towards Terneuzen where we took the N62 through the new tunnel, 6.6km long and a 5 euro toll onto South Beveland. We continued then past Middelburg joining the N57 which would route us all along the Dutch coastline for nearly 50 miles. A really great route, relatively traffic free, and at the end of which we headed for the Maassluis ferry. This is a car ferry that takes about 25 cars and is of the roll on roll off type. The service is brilliant running about every 20 minutes. As soon as the ferry touches the shore, the front drops down and immediately the cars leave, and 2 minutes later it filling up for the return trip. Having left the ferry we headed for the A20 and then the A4 which would take us all the way to Amsterdam, under Schipol airport and after a short run on the A9 to our hotel, arriving shortly after 7.00pm. Not bad for 350 trouble free miles. Another full sunshine day today meeting up with some old friends and preparing ourselves for tomorrow's jaunt of 180 miles to Northern Germany. I think a 10.30 start should be good enough. NeilF 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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