I'm looking at options for the trip. Google Maps reckons it's 13 to 14 hours from Calais; combined with needing to get there by 3 pm on Saturday to be sure of making the cable car, that means Friday night will be spent part way there. So, options: something like a 7 am start from home on Friday morning, over to Calais, and ride for seven or eight hours (somewhere around Switzerland), and then have another 6 or 7 hours on Saturday. Or, leave home early evening on Thursday, overnight in Calais, avoid Pirates and aim to get 8 or 9 hours covered on Friday, leaving a gentle bimble (or possibly scenic detour round Italian lakes) on Saturday. Or, leave home late afternoon on Thursday, overnight ferry from Hull to either Zeebrugge or Europort, aim to get down to southern Germany or Switzerland/Liechtenstein on Friday, and onward to San Marino. Any thoughts? Anyone interested in meeting up on the way?
And since Monday is a bank holiday, it can be a two-day trip home as well - happy days.
Regards,
Martin