Originally Posted by BEagle
Drive to Dover (3 hours) good 2 hour break with a guaranteed seat at a table on the SeaCat to relax or do a little work, then another 6 hours to Bremen. Sooo much better than being treated like a convict by some bottom-fondling failed wheelclamper in a 3 hour airline security queue!
If your "quite near an an aerodrome somewhere in England" is on the south coast this may not work (although three hours to Dover suggests not) but, if you can make the times fit, the HSS Harwich >> Hoek van Holland is only a little over 3 hours and very pleasant to work on. Shaves over an hour off the journey to Bremen the other end, according to MapQuest.
Cheers,
Rich.
(Edited due to inability to quote BEagle's location correctly or choose correct Bremen in MapQuest
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