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UK to Cork

  • 26-05-2008 10:54pm
    #1
    cantdecide
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,465 ✭✭✭✭


    Anyone know a way of transporting a bike from Oxford to Cork? I'm trying to avoid the €500 specialists and my license won't allow me to drive in the UK.


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  • #2
    colm_c
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭colm_c


    Get a mate to ride it back?

    But to be honest between flights over, petrol, ferry back, long bike ride (4+ hours), possibly overnight accomodation at the port, it would probably work out at close to 500.


  • #3
    Tree
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 4,790 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tree


    get yoursefl a bike trailer perhaps?


  • #4
    pirate reject
    Closed Accounts Posts: 60 ✭✭pirate reject


    If you could get someone in the UK to ride it as far as Fishgard or Holyhead you could get a day trip foot passenger ticket for about £20 and a single bike fare for about £120. Then get the boat across and meet them in the port. You would have to pay for their return ticket to Oxford or wherever of course. I don't know what a train single for you to get from from Cork to Rosslaire or DunLaoghaire is but a ticket to Oxford is about £70 Stg.

    Single from Cork to DunLaoghaire £30
    Foot passenger ferry - £20
    Bike Ferry - £120
    Fuel - £45
    Rail ticket to Oxford - £70
    Total - £285

    Plus a few quid for food and a bottle for whoever is doing you the favour of riding to the ferry. All in for about £330Stg. Not a huge saving but its nearly Eur 100


  • #5
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,823 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    pirate reject wrote: »
    If you could get someone in the UK to ride it as far as Fishgard or Holyhead you could get a day trip foot passenger ticket for about £20 and a single bike fare for about £120. Then get the boat across and meet them in the port. You would have to pay for their return ticket to Oxford or wherever of course. I don't know what a train single for you to get from from Cork to Rosslaire or DunLaoghaire is but a ticket to Oxford is about £70 Stg.

    Single from Cork to DunLaoghaire £30
    Foot passenger ferry - £20
    Bike Ferry - £120
    Fuel - £45
    Rail ticket to Oxford - £70
    Total - £285

    Plus a few quid for food and a bottle for whoever is doing you the favour of riding to the ferry. All in for about £330Stg. Not a huge saving but its nearly Eur 100


    As you said - not worth it, really. 100 won't cover the hassle, time off work, killing yourself to get places on time, etc. Are you sure you're being quoted Eur 500 for carriage?
    If yes, and it's a valuable bike - it's worth it.
    If no, maybe try these guys - they brought two bikes in for me for.............Eur 400?? for 2. (been a while, tbh, and collection was from 2 different ends of UK as well !)

    http://www.headstockstransport.co.uk/

    http://www.agservices.org.uk/4436.html

    How about just getting them to deliver to the Ferry port?

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  • #6
    cantdecide
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    Any idea of what the ferry costs for a car or transit connect & bike trailer. Website is on the blink.


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  • #7
    galwaytt
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    About 170 each way.......= 340 = worth it? I'm not so sure.

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