Closest I could think to put this , ferry travel in the winter , bring your own paddles.
Just had a little email from DFDS Visit Bruges in the New Year and you could get free ferry travel when you book a minimum two-night hotel stay.
Book your stay, anytime from 6 January to 28 February 2013, at participating hotel/s before 14 December 2012 and you could(?!) get one of 1,250 free return Dover-Dunkirk ferry crossings ( I think this includes car as the offer reminds one that Bruges is an hours drive from Dunkirk ) .
I would guess loads of people have had the offer email , but if anyone wants further info PM me to try for a free crossing and I will send the link. Of course with the conditions it may be there are cheaper overall alternates you could book ( and Dover is a long way from The Lancs/Yorks borders ) Megabus for example are doing coach services from around £2.50 single London to European city destinations dependent on when you book. And the English channel in Jan/Feb can be a wonderful enjoyable crossing for lovers of extreme sports.
I once had the task of selling hotel space in Ostend/Bruges to London coach operators - I was not very successful as at the time most coach destinations preferred longer distances to warm Spain or Ski Italy. I got a free trip to Bruges via Ostend on one of the Belgian Railways ferries and a local bus, one October , crossing the channel in a tin bath could not have been much more difficult. The outbound ferry was 2 hrs delayed , mostly due to difficulties docking at Dover. The hotel in Bruges may have been stayed in by Napoleon III , but was warm and cosy , its food only ran to continental breakfast. So for evening I found the only vegetarian restaurant in Bruges , I asked where they got their supplies from - 'Covent Garden' was the reply - the owner travelled twice a week to London (pre Chunnel) to get the best range of items. Although Bruges looks old I am told it was much built by the British in Victorian Times, and I think re-built after WW2 damage in original styles. The hotel was modestly priced from memory so you should be able to find it on the web.
I think there might be cheap deals out of Hull in the winter months for ferry crossings ( Yorkshire Post often carry ads for them in my memory ).
The story of the college trip to Rotterdam can wait for another day.
Ferry Travel in the Winter (Channel) Bring your own Paddle.
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