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I had a trip planned for first weekend in Sept - late night ferry from Newhaven>Dieppe, cycle to Paris via Avenue Verte. Stay in cheap hotel on outskirts of Paris, then cycle back to Dieppe for late night ferry back.
This was all fine until I went to book ferry - outward trip fine, but no return ferry available. This seemed odd when presumably they can fit loads of bikes in. I emailed them seeing if something was wrong with the site and got the response: "The 3rd september is one of the busiest weekend of the year and priority is given to passengers with vehicule . We apologise not to succeed to your demand."
Which is really annoying...
So can anyone suggest any sensible alternative routes back? Obviously I could just get return Eurostar, but I resent paying more for something I don't really want to do. Plus last Eurostar of the day is at 9 which makes everything a bit more rushed than I really need it to be. Am guessing there isn't really a solution - cycle to Le Havre or Caen maybe. Really not keen on Calais having cycled out through there before. Can anyone think of anything clever I've not thought of (dates not flexible unfortunately)?