Crossing The Thames

Just discovered this video of a bus service for cyclists crossing at Dartford.

No longer in existance, but do they now chuck your bike in one of the Land Rovers currently used?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQsk1r2_jwo

Around 5 years ago I used it, they would put your bike in a van and drive you over the bridge. Imagine it's the same today.

used to do a nice ride along the thames to dartford across the bridge in the van / transporter, dial a ride type transporter then back along the southside to the woolwich foot tunnel and home.
nowadays that's bit risky with the bike jackings / dodgy teens around the erith / crossness area

that double decker looks spectacular, nowadays it's just a pickup with 4 bike carriers on the back and room for 4 people inside

I planned to use it in 2015 when was I doing a lap of the M25 (well obvs can't ride a bike on the M25 so we used A roads etc.) but we were arriving at Dartford too early for the bus so headed to Gravesend instead and got the ferry across to Tilbury. If you think Gravesend is a shithole just wait until you arrive in Tilbury.

You can get a similar minibus and trailer crossing on the Eurotunnel too.