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frank9755
Yeah I know a few people who travelled back through France with their bikes unboxed from TPR via the TER trains. I think it was 2-3 changes from St Jean La Luz up to one of the ferry ports, and only an hour or two more than the TGV would have been.
As well as trying to not fly short haul, the sheer reduction in stress by
a) not having to travel to Stansted with my bike in a box and;
b) not having to disassemble put my bike back in a box on very little sleep in a cramped hotel room with 4 hours until my flight
would have been priceless.
Would have of course meant 1-2 days extra annual leave doing it that way, but I'd forgotten about all that crap with liquids etc on flights as I'd not flown short haul in years, plus my set of Wera allen keys were nearly confiscated as dangerous weapons after a schoolboy hand luggage packing error.