Santander to Faro - any route recommendations

Murphy strikes again...

I'm supposed to fly on Holiday to Faro on Wednesday, but it appears
that my hayfever (which has caused a lot of grief this year already)
has caused the Eustachian tube (sp?) to swell almost closed. In other
words, one of my ears is somewhat out of action and the 'pressure
relief' between the inside of the eardrum and the outside world
currently doesn't work.

I've been advised not to fly under these circumstances as I'd be
risking to damage the ear, so I was looking into plan B. Plan B either
is to try and take a train to Faro or it involves Hondas and getting
on the ferry to Santander instead.

Has anyone ridden from Santander to Southern Portugal and can advise a
good route and roughtly how long it'll take? I'm in enough trouble
already because it means losing nearly a week due to the ferry
schedule so I can't really take the scenic approach to this.

 

Timo Geusch wrote in

When my lad had an ear infection they fitted a plastic grommet in his ear
drum; the Eustachian tube was too infected to allow pressure equalisation &
drainage so that the infection kept on returning despite anit-biotics.

Get onto your local BUPA hospital.

 

FWIW, I'd do Dover-Calais, and nail it down the A10.

Two days, I reckon. You'd get there quicker than the ferry.

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wessie was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

How long did they take to get that sorted? Just wondering, because I'd
need to get all that done by Tuesday otherwise it'll have to be plan
B...

 

Not to mention at a fraction of the cost.

 

Timo Geusch said:

I did it a few years ago - a long day will see you there - about 800
miles (or a little less).

Autoroute suggest:

Time Mile Instruction For Toward
Summary: 760.3 miles (1 day, 4 hours, 16 minutes)
DAY 1
09:00 0.0 Depart Santander on Calle Jesús de Monasterio (West)
0.1 mi
09:00 0.1 Keep STRAIGHT onto Local road(s) 0.3 mi
09:00 0.5 Keep STRAIGHT onto Calle San Fernando 0.4 mi
09:01 0.8 At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto Calle Jerónimo
Sainz de la Maza 0.4 mi
09:02 1.2 Turn LEFT to stay on Calle Jerónimo Sainz de la Maza
0.1 mi N-635 / A-67 / Bilbao / Aeropuerto / Zona Marítima
09:02 1.4 Take Local road(s) (RIGHT) onto N-635 [Avenida de
Parayas] 5.1 mi N-635 / A-67 / Aeropuerto / Bilbao
09:08 6.5 Road name changes to A-8 [Autovía del Cantábrico]
56.7 mi
09:57 63.2 Keep RIGHT onto A-68 [E-80] 0.2 mi E-5 / A-68 /
Vitoria / Gasteiz / Burgos / Logroño
09:57 63.4 *Toll road* Stay on A-68 [E-80] (South) 42.1 mi
10:33 105.5 At Exit 7, keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.5 mi E-5 / A-1 /
Burgos / Vitoria / Gasteiz
10:33 106.0 Road name changes to Local road(s) 0.2 mi
10:34 106.1 Keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.4 mi A-1 / E-5 / E-80 /
Burgos / Madrid
10:34 106.5 *Toll road* Merge onto A-1 [E-80] 51.7 mi
11:19 158.3 *Toll road* At Exit 236, road name changes to E-80
[N-620] 0.1 mi N-620 / E-80 / N-I / Madrid / Palencia / Valladolid
11:19 158.4 Keep LEFT onto Ramp 0.4 mi
11:19 158.8 Road name changes to E-5 [N-I] 138.4 mi
13:33 297.2 Road name changes to N-I [Calle de Burgos] 2.6 mi
13:35 299.8 Merge onto M-30 [Avenida de la Paz] 7.2 mi
13:42 307.0 At Exit 12A, keep LEFT onto Ramp 164 yds N-IV /
E-5 / M-40 / Córdoba
13:43 307.1 Road name changes to Nudo Sur 0.7 mi
13:44 307.7 Merge onto E-5 [Enlace M-30/40 Con Ctra Andalucía]
202.8 mi
17:00 510.5 End of day
DAY 2
Check your departure time; the next stop is in a
different time zone.
09:00 510.5 Stay on E-5 [N-IV] 120.3 mi
10:56 630.8 Road name changes to Avenida de Averroes 0.3 mi
N-603 / E-803 / Sevilla / Avd. Kansas City / Estación F.C. Santa Justa /
Ronda Urb. Norte / Mérida
10:56 631.1 Keep RIGHT onto Ramp 54 yds E-803 / N-630 / Sevilla
/ Mérida / Ronda Urbana Norte
10:56 631.1 Keep RIGHT to stay on Ramp 0.1 mi
10:56 631.2 Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto SE-30 [Ronda Urbana Norte]
2.5 mi
11:00 633.7 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto SE-30 [Puente
El Alamillo] 2.9 mi
11:03 636.6 Merge onto E-803 [SE-30] 1.2 mi
11:04 637.8 At Exit 17B, take Ramp (RIGHT) onto A-49 [E-1] 48.4 mi
A-49 / E-1 / Camas / Huelva
11:46 686.2 Keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.9 mi E-1 / A-49 / Portugal
11:47 687.1 Road name changes to A-49 [E-1] 32.4 mi
12:15 719.5 At Exit 131, keep STRAIGHT onto Ramp 0.3 mi Ayamonte
Norte
12:15 719.8 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto Local road(s)
1.1 mi
12:17 720.9 Bear LEFT (South) onto Local road(s) 65 yds
12:17 720.9 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto Local road(s)
0.6 mi
12:19 721.5 Turn RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s) 0.3 mi
12:20 721.8 Turn RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s) 65 yds
12:20 721.9 *Check timetable* Take Ayamonte - Vila Real de Santo
António (South)
12:24 721.9 Entering Portugal
12:24 721.9 Take Local road(s) (South-West) 0.1 mi
12:24 722.0 Turn LEFT (South) onto Local road(s) 0.1 mi
12:24 722.1 Turn RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s) 0.2 mi
12:25 722.4 Keep STRAIGHT onto N125 4.1 mi
12:33 726.5 Keep RIGHT onto Local road(s) 76 yds
12:33 726.5 Bear RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s) 1.1 mi
12:35 727.6 Keep STRAIGHT onto Ramp 0.2 mi
12:35 727.8 Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto E1 [IP1] 26.2 mi
13:01 754.1 At Exit 5, keep RIGHT onto Ramp 0.3 mi N2 / Faro / S.
Brás
13:01 754.4 Bear LEFT (South-East) onto Local road(s) 0.4 mi
13:02 754.8 Keep STRAIGHT onto N2 4.5 mi
13:09 759.3 Keep STRAIGHT onto N2 [Rua do Alportel] 0.4 mi
13:10 759.7 Road name changes to Rua do Alportel 0.1 mi
13:11 759.8 Turn RIGHT (West) onto Rua Cruz das Mestras 76 yds
13:12 759.9 Bear LEFT (West) onto Largo de São Pedro 87 yds
13:13 759.9 Road name changes to Rua Filipe Alistão 0.1 mi
13:13 760.0 Turn RIGHT (South-West) onto Rua 1 de Maio 131 yds
13:14 760.1 Bear LEFT (South) onto Praça Dom Francisco Gomes
10 yds
13:15 760.1 Bear RIGHT (South-West) onto Local road(s) 76 yds
13:15 760.1 Road name changes to Jardim da Manuel Bívar 0.1 mi
Check local time; this stop is in a different time zone.
13:16 760.2 Keep STRAIGHT onto Rua da Misericórdia 32 yds
13:16 760.3 Arrive Faro

SUMMARY
Driving distance: 760.3 miles
Driving time: 12 hours, 13 minutes

 

Veggie and I started to do that several years ago but I wouldn't
recommend the route we took cos it involved five days stay in a
spanish hospital, another week in a UK hospital and several months in
plaster.

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Or not.

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Salad Dodger was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

Probably, but TBH I think I'd need the rest I'd get on the ferry. I
can't afford to turn up even more exhausted than I'd be after 700
miles, let alone 1800 or so each way.

 

SteveH was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

Yes, that is pretty frightening, but OTOH I'd have to pay for a hotel
if I rode down.

 

Adrienne M Jenn was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

I assume that it involved dismounting a motorbike in a somewhat, err,
unorthodox fashion?

 

Timo Geusch wrote in

It was done through the conventional GP referral to NHS consultant. Long
waiting list but "I can do it next week at the local BUPA hospital". My
company's health ins. paid.

I've never tried the direct approach to BUPA but they are advertising
it. I guess it's all down to cash and whatever golf tournaments the
surgeon is competing in.

Ask your GP. Lots of them do minor surgical procedures nowadays.
Although slicing a hole in an ear drum may not be considered minor.

 

Salad Dodger was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

indeed.

Gngngngngn.

 

Salad Dodger wrote in

<Blaney mode>
How fucking long?

BTW I really, really hate the Welsh

</BM>

 

wessie was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

That'll be the route I'd take...

.... but that's not allowed under the term of my health insurance.

And TBH, that's something I'd avoid under just about any
circumstances. Appearantly this weakens the ear drum so it's even more
prone to rupturing...

 

Martian was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

Indeed...

 

http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc.asp?doc=23069159

NICE! :-/

 

riding on the wrong side of the road, interfacing with a car and
diving into a field.

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