{"id":240540,"date":"2023-10-03T13:21:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T13:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/?p=240540"},"modified":"2023-10-03T13:21:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T13:21:06","slug":"travelling-from-netherlands-to-scotland-via-a-ferry-in-two-alfa-romeos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/news-features\/travelling-from-netherlands-to-scotland-via-a-ferry-in-two-alfa-romeos\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelling from Netherlands to Scotland via a ferry in two Alfa Romeos"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had booked a return ticket for two and two cars, two cabins, a 3-course dinner and breakfast for which we paid almost Euro 600 (INR 53000) per person.<\/h2>\n

BHPian Jeroen<\/strong> recently shared this with other enthusiasts.<\/p>\n

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Every year my best mate Peter and I take our Alfa Spiders out for a 4-5 day trip abroad. I have written about a number of our annual trips before. This year we decided to take a trip to Scotland.<\/p>\n

We live in the Netherlands. There are various ways of getting to the UK from the Netherlands by car. I have mentioned the Stenaline crossing Hoek of Holland Harwich before. However, when you want to travel to Scotland, you want to take a ferry that takes you as North as possible. That means we booked our trip to IJmuiden Newcastle some 6 months ago. We left IJmuiden on Thursday the 7th of September, at 17.30 and were back in IJmuiden Wednesday 13th of September at 10.00 hours and some 1750 km of driving behind us!<\/p>\n

These annual trips are about driving our Spiders and enjoying each other’s company. So we tend not to have a specific goal or destination in mind. We usually play it by ear. At breakfast, we usually plan where we want to be around lunchtime. At lunch time we plan for the rest of the afternoon and by about 16-17 hours we start looking for a place to sleep and eat.<\/p>\n

IJmuiden is a Dutch coastal town, with massive locks that are the entry to Amsterdam harbour. There is also a small fishing harbour outside the locks. It is also used for various offshore activities\/vessels and the DFDS ferry docks here as well.<\/p>\n

As Peter lives in the North and I live in the South we had agreed to meet at the Ferry terminal by about 15.00 o’clock.<\/p>\n

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As per our usual routines, we stuff our Spiders with various parts and lots of tools, just in case. These Spiders are well over 40 years old. We never made a trip abroad without having to do some kind of spannering, so better be prepared.<\/p>\n

We had booked a return ticket for two and two cars, two cabins, three-course dinner and breakfast. As we had booked early we got a 20% discount. Still, per person, we paid almost Euro 600 (INR 53000). Not cheap, but you only live once as they say!<\/p>\n

We have been on numerous ferries over the years. And we have visited the UK many times, however, the last time we toured Scotland was some fifteen years ago. And we were going to cross on the same ferry as fifteen years ago.<\/p>\n

She was built in 1987, this ship went through a major renovation in 2006 and has a wide range of restaurants, shops, bars, caf\u00e9s, two cinemas, casinos and children\u2019s entertainment.<\/p>\n

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