I've booked with LD, so we'll see some of you guys in Portsmouth.

The VomitComit might be cheaper, but with a longer drive for me either side, adding in the cost of fueling the Aston it doesn't always work out cheaper overall, plus we get a bit of kip on the way over and can be at LM before lunchtime.  And I can do home to LM on under a tankfull (but then it is a 25 gallon tank), whereas from Calais I have to refuel on the way.

Also,  they are going to get one hell of a shock when they turn up at Bloxham and find a small industrial estate where the old Jaguar XJ220/Aston Martin DB7 factory used to be!

Not booked my ferry yet, wasn't sure which route to take, but just re-checked LD Lines and I got a price of £167 for a car + 2, going out on the 14th coming back on the 19th, no cabins left tho, but a lot less than Brittany.

I usually go Dover-Calais, but at 13mpg it looks like Portsmouth-Le Havre will work out cheaper with the shorter drive both sides of the channel!

Geoff

Perhaps thats the 2006 design

Yes they did, some years ago! Hence the branding is P&O Ferries!  They also run a North Sea Route and some Irish Sea routes too.

Actually they've bought P&O SN which also includes some profit making companies! They've bought it for its Port Operations business which does make money so of the £3.3Billion about £3.30 was for the ferry bit! 
Its more likely that they'll be accepting offers for the Ferries business some time soon,  so maybe we should have a whip round?

Whilst ld lines don't have any details, it seems you can get them, and book, at www.aferry.to

LD Lines start sailing at the beginning of October  - Portsmouth to Le Havre

See http://www.ldlines.co.uk/

I remember the MGF Incident....
Just the one death if i remember rightly......
Not sure about the others though....

Couldn't make it this year, prior engagement in Germany, but will be there next year.

Its a fairly large european operator, and they have just acquired a ship ready, not sure how public the info is so can't say much at the moment. 

It may not be a monopoly for long, a new service from Portsmouth to Le Havre should be starting soon......

Yup, uk cards do work, as I found out about 18 months ago, and it almost certainly saved us from being in the middle of a major pile up! 
We were heading for Calais from Reims and got in the wrong (short) queue by mistake, which was a CB queue, so wife put her card in, up shot the barrier and off we went,  leaving behind a whole queue of cars, coaches etc waiting to pay!  Mile up the road the heavens opened and we hit a wall of water at about 90mph, the Aston then decided that it wanted to wander back and forward across the two lanes as it aquaplaned, luckily we were pretty much on our own, just one car a few hundred yards behind. So I let the card slow down, keeping an eye on the mirror, and then wooosh the guy behind, span, hit the barrier and then ended up stationary in the middle of the dual carriageway.......   We never saw another car behind us till we passed the next junction....   When we got to Calais someone told us that there had been absolute carnage.....  If we'd waited in the "pay cash" queue we'd have been in the middle of it all,   now we always use the CB booth if there is one!

Last year I missed the 24hr in favour of the Classic, and was like a bear with a sore head all weekend.  

So next year it'll have to be both

There'll also be an IXO 1/43rd, as AM have done a deal with them.