Just found your video mate loved it have just done the journey from Canaries to Scotland a few weeks ago. Was on the Salamanca from Bilbao with our wee Dog. Was a great trip. Have subscribed and look forward to watching your other videos
Great video. Nice to see some ferry companies actually let pets onboard in the passenger area (well the pet cabins anyways). Grand dogs you have there. I find seeing a dog, especially seeing my own (a grey Cairn Terrier) always puts a smile on my face. Hope you have a good time in Spain.
My husband and I watched the whole video and loved it...very informative and can't wait to see more of your trip to Spain with Spike and Archy. They are lucky boys. Maine USA here
Awesome! My first trip across the Channel! Muchas gracias, Hombre Del. I took Spanish in high school but we only get offered Mexican/Central American Spanish in the States. Sounds pretty similar so far. Grande dinero para touristas, verdad? I don't have the upside down punctuation either. Say hola to Hombres Spike y Archie!
I never knew that a ferry would cater for dogs like this ; I always presumed that they would be put in cages , ( like they do on aeroplanes ) Very educational video " loved it . I also never knew that Santander was in Northern Spain " you think of the building society , not the city , but I do now " after watching this ; LOL 🤣
Good to have seen the Pet Accommodation...I live here near Denia...we are going to Ireland in August on I think is the Galicia...taking our Baby Sherman...our Jackawawa...getting a cabin.....Shame you didn't film the Rough Night
Thanks for watching 👍. I was in Denia the other week. Had a few beers in the railway. What a lovely town. Unfortunately it wasn't possible to fill the storm as we weren't allowed to go outside and you couldn't really see much outside the cabin. Hope you enjoy Ireland 🇮🇪
So enjoyed your sharing this trip. Love your dogs and your affectionate care for them. You remind me of the guy who blogs about UK motorways! Take care.
Stumbled across this vid, and its really rather good. I've been on the Pont Aven quite a few times and you're right, It's much nicer than the Galicia. I shall have to pay attention when i'm booking later on this year. Cool hounds as well. You've got a sub here, hope you have fun in Spain.
Nice Video, thanks..... And fantastic hounds! I've done the Portsmouth to Santander numerous times, but only on the Pont Aven. We used to get off in Santander, get a Taxi to the Airport and grab the Hire Car and drive on down to Porto to visit Family for a couple of weeks. (Dislike Flying with a passion). We only had one bad crossing from Santander to Portsmouth and that was in November 2013. In fact it was so rough we docked in Plymouth instead and had to get a Coach to Portsmouth, which BF supplied foc. It was allegedly a F10/11. All I know is that I decided to sleep on the floor! Just glad the missus didn't land on me in the middle of the night...lol. But yes, the Pont Aven is a lovely ship - thoroughly enjoyed it. Sadly now their prices have just become exorbitant in the last few years I consider it a rip off considering you have to pay for everything on board, when a 3 day all inclusive Cruise would cost less!
Good now how it's just a day and night to Spain now. Use to be 2 nights and was hell as not much to do onboard at all. The ship is really nice and modern but feel they skipped a lot on basic comfort and the actual ship when sailing is a bit shaky especially at back. Feels totally made for truck drivers rather than people travelling. There other ships are really good but new ones not so much. Great video! Much better than mine 😂
Thanks for watching. The crossing is still 2 days unfortunately. It was only 1 day due to the ferry being late. I couldn't agree more about the ships . These new Chinese ships are junk. Very poorly built and very rusty considering it was only 2 Yr old.
small world my friend:in the second half of '19 century,my maternal grandfather left Santander shores towards south america and now I found your vid/blog in the faraway country of australia,wish you enjoy spain with the doggies ....PD don't forget to say QUE?😁🐶🐶
Recommended by TH-cam and watched all the way through. Liked and subscribed. Look forward to following your journey and seeing your subs increase. 31,115 views, 898 Subscibers.
Thanks Marcus. It's mad eh. My main channel is my boat channel "Boatdog traveller" and this was just meant to be a casual video vlog of a holiday. Suppose I better start recording more. Thanks for watching 👍
Hi Del, Happy New Year, etc... This is Tiffany from Texas. I hope you are enjoying your winter and getting some back pain relief in that warmer weather. I'm such a fan, that I re-watch your videos and narrowboat adventures in a random order every week. My husband and I sometimes fall asleep to Boat Dog Travelleron w/out sound on the ipad after particularly stressful days. I can't wait to see what y'all have been up to in Spain. I check every week, to see if posted anything new. And about that, don't stress out about posting. Don't ever think that you HAVE to post shit. Trust me, you won't lose viewers. Just have a good time and take a break from editing and stuff. See you guys soon. ;)
Hello there, you're vlog was great and the fact that you've done that trip for 10 years but still found things have changed at the port really helped me, as, I can imagine how I,d feel if I was driving through there. Where you took the wrong turn, I would have done exactly the same! Good to see how things just happen! I had heard that dairy, meat and plants are banned now.. brexit, I guess. As a solo caravanner, I felt your stress!
Thanks for watching Sue. In my mind if you love your dog and you can afford it then a cabin is the only way to go to do this crossing. Most years I can't afford it and do the Newhaven Dieppe crossing with DFDS ferries where the dogs stay in the van. Glad I could have been of service 👍
Great informative blog,very enjoyable looking forward to the rest of your adventure, you mentioned you have had your vehicle mapped, any more info would be great for us with not so modern campers 🙂
Thanks for watching. My van couldn't be mapped via an obd port as the chip in the ecu isn't re-writable. So I had to send it off to have a new remapped chip soldered on to the ecu board. I used a guy on ebay. Not all older vans can be chipped mind. Thanks for watching 👍
Thanks Chris. It was the first time on the Galicia for me and if I'm honest , I wasn't impressed. I much preferred the pont aven and the Cap finnestere. Thanks for watching 👍.
Super fun. Great content. Exactly what I want to see y'all doing. A good how -to guide. Great fun!! More. More. More!!!! ;) P.S. So sweet of you to go check on the "inmates" btw... ;)
Just joined you so will follow you now into Spain. You.have good boys. You.can understand why we dont get invaded very often!. So hard to get across. What a nightmare. Dogs will be glad.to get ashore. Poor dogs in cages. Bless them. Stay safe.
IT'S VERY RARE FOR ME TO RECOMMEND ANYTHING BUT IVE BEEN USING LOBSTER MOBILE FOR YEARS AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD, THEIR HELPLINE IN ENGLISH HERE IN SPAIN IS EXCELLENT!!!!😁
Yes I agree . I now have one of their sims and have had to contact them. The uk phone companies could learn a lot from this fantastic company. Their customer service is brilliant. Thanks for watching 👍
Hi good to watch your vlogs again just watched your trip over on the ferry. We are not heading over there this winter change of plans will watch your adventure. David and Ruth life's Too Short
Hi guys Hope you are well and have had a great Christmas and New year. Shame your not coming over. The weather was a bit rainy up north but its been wall to wall sunshine from Benidorm onwards. Hopefully bump into you on the cut when I'm back. Take care Del and the hounds
We were lucky to get to try the Galicia for Christmas to Cherbourg. Lovely ship but the quick service restaurant is just not big enough for breakfast. Luckily I got my family up early so we were okay but the queues became extremely long. Great to able to be with your dogs. Whilst I’m not an owner I can understand how reassuring it would be for them.
Thanks for watching Alan. If I'm honest I really didn't rate the ship very highly. I didn't like the idea of a central atrium much and much preferred the ships that it replaced which were the Cap finestere and the pont Aven. You had evening entertainment on those which helped to pass time and make new friends with fellow travellers.
@@Boatdogvantraveller I agree I prefer the Pont Aven, which they still class as their flagship boat. We came home on that from St Malo (it usually covers the dark winter months on this route). However when it comes to entertainment they seem to have really cut back. We used to have a compare who would host a quiz and something else, a duet would sing for 45 minutes, during school holidays their would be a magician for the kids and daytime an adult entertainer would do close up magic and in evening a show. This Christmas we had nothing at all on the day crossing.
Interesting vlog, you are just driving off in Santander and I am going to bed, saved for watching later. We got pulled at customs, the bag she chose was my wife's medication for four weeks, showed her the paperwork and allowed through. A couple on the right did not have it as easy they were under the bonnet, in the car and boot don't know the outcome
This years search wasn't too bad but they have made me empty the back before and put the drug sniffer dogs in the van. I find France is the worst country to get stopped in. Thanks for watching Bob 👍
Hazard lights are only needed and used by HGV with fridges to let the loaders know it needs plugging into electric as you can’t run the diesel fridge on ferries. Great video 👍🏻
They are also used to notify loading staff that there is a disabled person in the vehicle or in my case pets in the vehicle This apparently so you can be placed in the vicinity of a lift/stairwell.
Fantastic informative blog, kept camara going lot of people just show quick glimpse no use at all, do you know of a way of not getting put on outside deck with van, because Brittany say on busy trips vehicles will be parked on outside deck, don’t want my camper on open deck this time of year, will be following your travels, well done,
No sorry I don't. I think your OK with most of the brittany ferries boats apart from the economie boats which have open car decks. Thanks for watching Kevin 👍
Brilliant…… have just come back from my Shi Tzu’s first weekend in Belgium vis Calais. Got his worming treatment done before we went as we were only gone for the weekend, what did you do for your doggies worming treatment coming back from Spain ?
I go to a vets on the Spanish French border on the pyrenees English lady and very cheap. Here's a Google maps link . Thanks for watching 👍 dfpf0E2LFi342no8xdgP
Is Victors still at Burgos? Last time I drove in Spain trucking was 98, so much has changed, upstairs downstairs in Nules looks deserted now on street view.
Hi mate! Thanks for the video. We are planning on sailing in August but their are no pet friendly rooms available (nightmare) so may have to use kennels. We have a 6 month lab, she's quite small. Do you reckon she could fit in a small cage? (Again no large cages available). Is there much of a difference between the 2? Any help be greatly appreciated
Hi. Yes she should fit in a small. You can get some calming tablets from the vet which should make the crossing more comfortable for her. Hope you have a smooth crossing and enjoy your time in Spain. Thanks for watching 👍 . Del and the hounds.
We have yet to do this route but we also have 2 dogs, 1 also being a greyhound. P&o Hull to Rotterdam to route they say only allow 1 large dog per cabin, did you have any issues getting that cabin? Last year they allowed the 2 in a pet cabin but it was due to my error and at the port they were very accommodating. Would quite like to do this route in the future, much better pet deck for toileting. Great dogs!
Thanks for watching. I book over the phone and book the boys in as whippets. Even tho they are larger. It's meant to be 2 small dogs but I've never had a problem . Hope you enjoy your travels.
Haha. We used to use the old tub out to the channel island when I used to sail. I think it was called the Condor clipper. Take care and thanks for watching the channel 😊
Great video mate not done this yet with our dog as we normally drive through France. What was the actual port you left from though, you didn't say unless I missed it. Portsmouth or Plymouth I assume?
They asked if I had any meat products at the border. I lied and just said no. I wasn't going to throw away a full bag of dry food and 40 pouches of wet. Thanks for watching Barry 👍
Hi, mate if you get stopped by customs every time and I mean every time , email headd office quoting your registration number and raise a complaint as its victimisation and any more than 3 stops is harassment good luck, great vlog very informative as I will be travelling down to Portugal later in the year and have never taken my dog abroad before so a great eye opener for me
Great video, lovely dogs. £600 each way ...... ouch ! Language skills, I don't think so. Show the van a bit and more facts please. You have got yourself a new subscriber, thanks.
Brilliant, feel as though I'm right with you and the boys. Our 3 Deerhounds know when Spike and Archie are on screen. They seem to sense it. Must be a dog thing!
Hi and thanks for the video. I am planning to do the same and I wonder in you need to carry with you anything specific regarding ownership of the caravan, a mate is gonna let me use his caravan and he told me I just stick my car plate at the back and is it?!?!.
@@Boatdogvantraveller Thank you so much, also that you mention about they dont accept pet passport and now needing a animal health certificate... Thanks.
It is exactly the way it was for me, I am doing it again in April, very expensive for such a basic ship and facilities. ( Pont Avon ship ) One thing I noticed on your trip, all the dogs were muzzle-free, they made me put the muzzles on my dogs both lurchers are very similar to your boys. One thing I do find unacceptable are the dogs in the cages. We sailed on a really rotten night like you, It must have been terrifying. I rang Brittainry ferries and told them that in my opinion, the cages, were shocking.
I couldn't agree more Kevin. I would never put my dogs in the kennels. You have to muzzle the dogs all the time on the ship but everyone only does it on the way to and from the car deck. Thanks for watching 👍
I really enjoyed this thanks.. I hate the ones when they edit them so it is a smooth and perfect as possible. Im having a cabin with my dog. Shes scared as it is. Im going from Plymouth ( from Cornwall ) to Santander then driving to Torrevieja then along to Denia after a few days to get the ferry to here.. Ibiza. Before I moved here, 3 were charging £2 day despite my unlimited which only happened since we left the EU bcs apparently Spain is not a go roam country anymore. I refused to pay as there was no text saying this and nothing on the my3 so i use lobster now when Im out of homes wifi.
I'm puzzled why people take the ferry to Santander. £1000+ 33+ hours. Driving down through France is quicker and cheaper and no stress for the animals. Anyhoo hope you have a nice trip!
@@denisescally7090 Hi Denise, I travel by land and sea, they both have pros and cons, by road its a long drive through France in a motor home, the toll charge one way is around £150 each way, because its double for a motor home, plus more risk of an accident or breakdown, I received 3 speeding tickets in France, yes my fault but they change the limits every few miles and I just got blaze to it all, and I was very tired at the end of it all, it's not so easy on your own, however we still have a choice so it can't be that bad. 😀
Hiya 👋 Just watched your vid crossing to Santander. Can I ask how you managed to get your 2 whippets with you in your cabin? We were just booking and it says we can only have 2 small (under 10kg) dogs per cabin. Our 2 whips are def more like 13/14kg! So looks like we’ll have to book 2 cabins 🤨
Hi Julie. The dogs arnt allowed to leave the vehicle after check in and there is a designated dog deck on board the ferry for them. Thanks for watching 👍
@@Boatdogvantraveller I'm going through Portsmouth with my wife and wanted to take some jazz vapes and wondered how easy it would be to take in terms of what they search. Going with a 7 seater MPV Zafira. Do they pat you down?
Yes . The 3 options are the kennels, inside pet friendly cabin and outside pet friendly cabin. The cabins are hard to get tho as they get snapped up quickly. Thanks for watching Mark 👍
@@Boatdogvantraveller how far in advance would it be possible to book ? Also as I’ve only just found your videos , is there a reason not to drive cheers
@@markpullinger3916 you can book as soon as the winter sailing schedule is available. You could of course drive down but its 680 miles through France which is not much fun in the winter 😉
I am finally moving to Spain for good this year and have to drive my Discovery from Cornwall to Plymouth, Ferry to Santander then drive down to Torrevieja with my dog. Im actually looking forward to it and the drive but the cost of the ferry is crazy! I love your lovely dogs. Mine will hate the muzzle too. Thanks for this, I needed to see whats what. I appreciate it . Im worried my girl will hold her pee n poop in as she is so nervous.. id hate to think she was uncomfortable xx
Brittany give you a £10 per person for breakfast, and that includes a full-service restaurant. Although you could have spent it on that flat beer you had.
@@Boatdogvantraveller Ah, yes, I'd heard they do that on the long crossing to Spain. It makes sense, On the shorter crossing to France the ship sails late in the evening, so most people are too famished to wait and instead have a snack in the car while waiting to board. When we did the North Sea crossing to Sweden the 24hour trip was livened up by the evening smorgasbord, even if we did have to pay extra for it.
It still takes about 26 hrs.. This is to conserve fuel. My crossing was delayed by 12 hours so they went quicker to avoid passengers claiming against Brittany ferries 👍
@@Boatdogvantraveller With me it was not the cost, it was to with the boarding pass - awful service - I repeat, you could not pay me to use this company.
@@Boatdogvantraveller LURCHER. Learn something new every day. At least I was sorta close. We have Boston Terriers, Run agility. the world changed we made it to Crufts, mainly for the agility. Been trying to get back, but... Thanks for the video! Cheers,
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Just found your video mate loved it have just done the journey from Canaries to Scotland a few weeks ago. Was on the Salamanca from Bilbao with our wee Dog. Was a great trip. Have subscribed and look forward to watching your other videos
Thanks for the sub John. More vlogs coming out in December 👍
Thanks all good information for taking my dogs on a ferry .
Your more than welcome my friend 👍
Hi from Danmark 🌏🌱🌳🐝🌬🌞🌈❤️
Cute dogs and I liked your humor
Thanks for watching Sussi. I will pass on your compliment to the hounds 👍
@@Boatdogvantraveller yes give them a big hug 🐾🐕🐕
Great video. Nice to see some ferry companies actually let pets onboard in the passenger area (well the pet cabins anyways). Grand dogs you have there. I find seeing a dog, especially seeing my own (a grey Cairn Terrier) always puts a smile on my face. Hope you have a good time in Spain.
Thanks for watching the video. Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Who ever heard of grown men being afraid of a rabbit. Brittany Ferries believe that if they carry a pet rabbit it might escape and sink the ship.
Enjoyed the journey, feel so sorry for the poor dogs in cages on the ferry.
Look forward to seeing you in your next video.
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Thanks Annie. I couldn't sleep and visited them during the night
My husband and I watched the whole video and loved it...very informative and can't wait to see more of your trip to Spain with Spike and Archy. They are lucky boys. Maine USA here
Thanks for watching Monica. I'm the lucky one for having them .
Awesome! My first trip across the Channel! Muchas gracias, Hombre Del. I took Spanish in high school but we only get offered Mexican/Central American Spanish in the States. Sounds pretty similar so far. Grande dinero para touristas, verdad? I don't have the upside down punctuation either. Say hola to Hombres Spike y Archie!
Thanks for watching Cyndi 👍
Great vlog, we like your down to earth style, very interesting, we watched all the way through, looking forward to your adventures. 👍
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed the vlog 👍
I usually follow your narrowboat channel, awesome vlogs . I’m now watching this channel. Love this one too . Good on ya mate from NewZealand
Cheers buddy. Thanks for the support 👍
Hello new subbie i Just wanted to tell u i enjoyed this video ❤and ur babies are so frigging cute 😍 x
@@zoebrooks166 Thanks for the sub. Yes I'm luck to have them 👍
@OffgridDel ur welcome sweetheart xx
When we were on holiday my kids loved watching the ferry's and loved waving at everybody going on there holidays
Thanks for watching Teresa 👍
I never knew that a ferry would cater for dogs like this ;
I always presumed that they would be put in cages ,
( like they do on aeroplanes )
Very educational video
" loved it . I also never knew that Santander was in Northern Spain " you think of the building society , not the city , but I do now " after watching this ; LOL 🤣
Glad you enjoyed the vlog Jack. Thanks for watching 👍
very relaxing to watch, loved that vid. beautiful doggies
Thanks for watching 👍
Good to have seen the Pet Accommodation...I live here near Denia...we are going to Ireland in August on I think is the Galicia...taking our Baby Sherman...our Jackawawa...getting a cabin.....Shame you didn't film the Rough Night
Thanks for watching 👍. I was in Denia the other week. Had a few beers in the railway. What a lovely town. Unfortunately it wasn't possible to fill the storm as we weren't allowed to go outside and you couldn't really see much outside the cabin. Hope you enjoy Ireland 🇮🇪
So enjoyed your sharing this trip. Love your dogs and your affectionate care for them. You remind me of the guy who blogs about UK motorways! Take care.
Thanks Sarah 👍
Stumbled across this vid, and its really rather good. I've been on the Pont Aven quite a few times and you're right, It's much nicer than the Galicia. I shall have to pay attention when i'm booking later on this year. Cool hounds as well. You've got a sub here, hope you have fun in Spain.
Thanks for watching Spotty cat 👍
Nice Video, thanks..... And fantastic hounds!
I've done the Portsmouth to Santander numerous times, but only on the Pont Aven. We used to get off in Santander, get a Taxi to the Airport and grab the Hire Car and drive on down to Porto to visit Family for a couple of weeks. (Dislike Flying with a passion).
We only had one bad crossing from Santander to Portsmouth and that was in November 2013. In fact it was so rough we docked in Plymouth instead and had to get a Coach to Portsmouth, which BF supplied foc. It was allegedly a F10/11. All I know is that I decided to sleep on the floor! Just glad the missus didn't land on me in the middle of the night...lol.
But yes, the Pont Aven is a lovely ship - thoroughly enjoyed it.
Sadly now their prices have just become exorbitant in the last few years I consider it a rip off considering you have to pay for everything on board, when a 3 day all inclusive Cruise would cost less!
I've not been to Spain, so I'm looking forward to watching your forthcoming Iberian adventures with interest. Subscribed to this channel too.
Thanks for the sub David 👍
Good now how it's just a day and night to Spain now. Use to be 2 nights and was hell as not much to do onboard at all. The ship is really nice and modern but feel they skipped a lot on basic comfort and the actual ship when sailing is a bit shaky especially at back. Feels totally made for truck drivers rather than people travelling. There other ships are really good but new ones not so much. Great video! Much better than mine 😂
Thanks for watching. The crossing is still 2 days unfortunately. It was only 1 day due to the ferry being late. I couldn't agree more about the ships . These new Chinese ships are junk. Very poorly built and very rusty considering it was only 2 Yr old.
small world my friend:in the second half of '19 century,my maternal grandfather left Santander shores towards south america and now I found your vid/blog in the faraway country of australia,wish you enjoy spain with the doggies ....PD don't forget to say QUE?😁🐶🐶
Haha will do Manuel. Thanks for watching 👍
One of your different videos for me but so entertaining. Excellent information and feedback. Well done. See you on the trent and mersey
Cheers Alan 🍻
Your channel came up on recommended, I enjoyed it so have subbed :) Love the ffloofs
Thanks 👍
Hey up Del, great content really enjoyed watching Martin& Gail @ G&S
Hello fella. How's you ?. Hope your still living the dream on the G&S 🤣.Thanks for watching 👍
Recommended by TH-cam and watched all the way through. Liked and subscribed. Look forward to following your journey and seeing your subs increase. 31,115 views, 898 Subscibers.
Thanks Marcus. It's mad eh. My main channel is my boat channel "Boatdog traveller" and this was just meant to be a casual video vlog of a holiday. Suppose I better start recording more. Thanks for watching 👍
Most ferry companies ask you to turn the hazards on when entering the vehicle deck to show you need parked near the lift.
Yes. Also if you have pets in the vehicle. Thanks for watching Lizzy 👍
Hi Del, Happy New Year, etc... This is Tiffany from Texas. I hope you are enjoying your winter and getting some back pain relief in that warmer weather. I'm such a fan, that I re-watch your videos and narrowboat adventures in a random order every week. My husband and I sometimes fall asleep to Boat Dog Travelleron w/out sound on the ipad after particularly stressful days. I can't wait to see what y'all have been up to in Spain. I check every week, to see if posted anything new. And about that, don't stress out about posting. Don't ever think that you HAVE to post shit. Trust me, you won't lose viewers. Just have a good time and take a break from editing and stuff. See you guys soon. ;)
Thanks for the lovely comment and your continued support of the channels. Take care.
Del and the hounds 👍
Hello there, you're vlog was great and the fact that you've done that trip for 10 years but still found things have changed at the port really helped me, as, I can imagine how I,d feel if I was driving through there.
Where you took the wrong turn, I would have done exactly the same! Good to see how things just happen!
I had heard that dairy, meat and plants are banned now.. brexit, I guess.
As a solo caravanner, I felt your stress!
Thanks for watching Steven. Glad you enjoyed the video 👍
I'm glad I've seen this thinking of going to Spain but didn't know about the cabins for dogs xx
Thanks for watching Sue. In my mind if you love your dog and you can afford it then a cabin is the only way to go to do this crossing. Most years I can't afford it and do the Newhaven Dieppe crossing with DFDS ferries where the dogs stay in the van. Glad I could have been of service 👍
Your dogs are beautiful. Give them a big rub ❤
Will do. Thanks for watching 👍
Great informative blog,very enjoyable looking forward to the rest of your adventure, you mentioned you have had your vehicle mapped, any more info would be great for us with not so modern campers 🙂
Thanks for watching. My van couldn't be mapped via an obd port as the chip in the ecu isn't re-writable. So I had to send it off to have a new remapped chip soldered on to the ecu board. I used a guy on ebay. Not all older vans can be chipped mind. Thanks for watching 👍
Great vid came out about the same time as you on the Galicia with the dog all good. Looking forward to the next one..Love Archy & Spike ❤
Thanks Chris. It was the first time on the Galicia for me and if I'm honest , I wasn't impressed. I much preferred the pont aven and the Cap finnestere. Thanks for watching 👍.
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What a beautiful region of Spain. Where abouts ?
Oh Galicia the boat. Thank you for a lovely sailing 👍
Enjoyed the video. Looking forward to more output.
Thanks for watching Paul 👍
Super fun. Great content. Exactly what I want to see y'all doing. A good how -to guide. Great fun!! More. More. More!!!! ;) P.S. So sweet of you to go check on the "inmates" btw... ;)
Thanks for the lovely comment . I felt really sorry for all those poor pooches so it was the least that i could do to try to calm their nerves. 👍
Just joined you so will follow you now into Spain. You.have good boys. You.can understand why we dont get invaded very often!. So hard to get across. What a nightmare. Dogs will be glad.to get ashore. Poor dogs in cages. Bless them. Stay safe.
Thanks for your sub and watching the vlog TG 👍
Hi we are travelling with our cats, on ferry to France then journey on to Spain. Where will they check our pet documents??
At the check in at the uk port and at passport control in France. The French are strict too so make sure all is in order 👍
IT'S VERY RARE FOR ME TO RECOMMEND ANYTHING BUT IVE BEEN USING LOBSTER MOBILE FOR YEARS AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD, THEIR HELPLINE IN ENGLISH HERE IN SPAIN IS EXCELLENT!!!!😁
Yes I agree . I now have one of their sims and have had to contact them. The uk phone companies could learn a lot from this fantastic company. Their customer service is brilliant. Thanks for watching 👍
Hi good to watch your vlogs again just watched your trip over on the ferry. We are not heading over there this winter change of plans will watch your adventure. David and Ruth life's Too Short
Hi guys
Hope you are well and have had a great Christmas and New year. Shame your not coming over. The weather was a bit rainy up north but its been wall to wall sunshine from Benidorm onwards. Hopefully bump into you on the cut when I'm back.
Take care
Del and the hounds
We were lucky to get to try the Galicia for Christmas to Cherbourg. Lovely ship but the quick service restaurant is just not big enough for breakfast. Luckily I got my family up early so we were okay but the queues became extremely long. Great to able to be with your dogs. Whilst I’m not an owner I can understand how reassuring it would be for them.
Thanks for watching Alan. If I'm honest I really didn't rate the ship very highly. I didn't like the idea of a central atrium much and much preferred the ships that it replaced which were the Cap finestere and the pont Aven. You had evening entertainment on those which helped to pass time and make new friends with fellow travellers.
@@Boatdogvantraveller I agree I prefer the Pont Aven, which they still class as their flagship boat. We came home on that from St Malo (it usually covers the dark winter months on this route). However when it comes to entertainment they seem to have really cut back. We used to have a compare who would host a quiz and something else, a duet would sing for 45 minutes, during school holidays their would be a magician for the kids and daytime an adult entertainer would do close up magic and in evening a show. This Christmas we had nothing at all on the day crossing.
Interesting vlog, you are just driving off in Santander and I am going to bed, saved for watching later. We got pulled at customs, the bag she chose was my wife's medication for four weeks, showed her the paperwork and allowed through. A couple on the right did not have it as easy they were under the bonnet, in the car and boot don't know the outcome
This years search wasn't too bad but they have made me empty the back before and put the drug sniffer dogs in the van. I find France is the worst country to get stopped in. Thanks for watching Bob 👍
Hazard lights are only needed and used by HGV with fridges to let the loaders know it needs plugging into electric as you can’t run the diesel fridge on ferries. Great video 👍🏻
Ah brilliant. Thanks for the info. I was told this by another vanner who obviously didn't know what he was on about. Thanks for watching 👍
They are also used to notify loading staff that there is a disabled person in the vehicle or in my case pets in the vehicle This apparently so you can be placed in the vicinity of a lift/stairwell.
Fantastic informative blog, kept camara going lot of people just show quick glimpse no use at all, do you know of a way of not getting put on outside deck with van, because Brittany say on busy trips vehicles will be parked on outside deck, don’t want my camper on open deck this time of year, will be following your travels, well done,
No sorry I don't. I think your OK with most of the brittany ferries boats apart from the economie boats which have open car decks. Thanks for watching Kevin 👍
Ha 8 a wish and 9 a kiss, 10 is the bird you must not miss , 😂
😅 brilliant 👏
Brilliant…… have just come back from my Shi Tzu’s first weekend in Belgium vis Calais. Got his worming treatment done before we went as we were only gone for the weekend, what did you do for your doggies worming treatment coming back from Spain ?
I go to a vets on the Spanish French border on the pyrenees English lady and very cheap. Here's a Google maps link . Thanks for watching 👍
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oh your lovely dogs. I definitely wouldn’t put my dog in a kennel on a boat but a cabin, yes ❤
Same here. Did it once. Never again. Thanks for watching 👍
Thanks for sharing! We are travelling on this ship next summer with our pets! Did anybody enforce the muzzles or did you end up able to take them off?
Hi
No it wasn't enforced after you got to your room . Thanks for watching 👍
Is Victors still at Burgos? Last time I drove in Spain trucking was 98, so much has changed, upstairs downstairs in Nules looks deserted now on street view.
Sorry mate I don't know. Thanks for watching 👍
Hi mate! Thanks for the video. We are planning on sailing in August but their are no pet friendly rooms available (nightmare) so may have to use kennels. We have a 6 month lab, she's quite small. Do you reckon she could fit in a small cage? (Again no large cages available). Is there much of a difference between the 2? Any help be greatly appreciated
Hi. Yes she should fit in a small. You can get some calming tablets from the vet which should make the crossing more comfortable for her. Hope you have a smooth crossing and enjoy your time in Spain. Thanks for watching 👍 . Del and the hounds.
fantastic vlog to watch. Its a trip I want to do in Viv-i-van next year
Thanks. You should do it 👍
We have yet to do this route but we also have 2 dogs, 1 also being a greyhound. P&o Hull to Rotterdam to route they say only allow 1 large dog per cabin, did you have any issues getting that cabin? Last year they allowed the 2 in a pet cabin but it was due to my error and at the port they were very accommodating. Would quite like to do this route in the future, much better pet deck for toileting. Great dogs!
Thanks for watching. I book over the phone and book the boys in as whippets. Even tho they are larger. It's meant to be 2 small dogs but I've never had a problem . Hope you enjoy your travels.
Ha my dog heard you say squirrels and is now barking like hell !! its a word we try and avoid!
Haha I know the feeling .
About time you reappeared Del, nice to see you again.
Cheers Dave. Hope you are well 👍
Very cathartic. Is it the doggeis that caused the cabin to be so expensive?
Unfortunately yes but a few friend who travelled without pet paid only a few hundred less. Thanks for watching Simon 👍
Just discovered you and thoroughly enjoyed this vlog. Do you come from Gloucester? Picked up on your accent.
Yes spot on Meryl. Stroud . Thanks for watching 👍
Used to take the now defunct P&O route to Bilbao from Portsmouth, the Bay of Biscay can certainly separate the men from the boys!
Haha.
We used to use the old tub out to the channel island when I used to sail. I think it was called the Condor clipper. Take care and thanks for watching the channel 😊
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Silky smooth too. Thanks for watching 👍
Great video mate not done this yet with our dog as we normally drive through France. What was the actual port you left from though, you didn't say unless I missed it. Portsmouth or Plymouth I assume?
Was Portsmouth Steve. I'm pretty sure that there are no sailings from Plymouth in the winter. Take care
Del and the hounds
I think Plymouth crossings start mid March 😊
Look forward to further vlogs it your Spanish trip 👍
Thanks for watching Terry 👍
What dog food are you allowed to take - just dried food?
They asked if I had any meat products at the border. I lied and just said no. I wasn't going to throw away a full bag of dry food and 40 pouches of wet. Thanks for watching Barry 👍
Hi, mate if you get stopped by customs every time and I mean every time , email headd office quoting your registration number and raise a complaint as its victimisation and any more than 3 stops is harassment good luck, great vlog very informative as I will be travelling down to Portugal later in the year and have never taken my dog abroad before so a great eye opener for me
Thanks for watching. Glad you found the video informative 👍
Great video, lovely dogs. £600 each way ...... ouch ! Language skills, I don't think so. Show the van a bit and more facts please. You have got yourself a new subscriber, thanks.
Thanks for watching Tom. Will do a van tour later on 👍
Brilliant, feel as though I'm right with you and the boys. Our 3 Deerhounds know when Spike and Archie are on screen. They seem to sense it. Must be a dog thing!
It's a hound thing 👍
@@Boatdogvantraveller You're right. Hounds are different from dogs for sure. Real whimps if ours are anything to go by.
Hi and thanks for the video.
I am planning to do the same and I wonder in you need to carry with you anything specific regarding ownership of the caravan, a mate is gonna let me use his caravan and he told me I just stick my car plate at the back and is it?!?!.
Hi
Your mates correct. They don't check for documents of caravans .Hope you enjoy your holiday 👍
@@Boatdogvantraveller Thank you so much, also that you mention about they dont accept pet passport and now needing a animal health certificate...
Thanks.
They accept European pet pass ports but not British ones as we're not in the eu now 😉
It is exactly the way it was for me, I am doing it again in April, very expensive for such a basic ship and facilities. ( Pont Avon ship ) One thing I noticed on your trip, all the dogs were muzzle-free, they made me put the muzzles on my dogs both lurchers are very similar to your boys.
One thing I do find unacceptable are the dogs in the cages. We sailed on a really rotten night like you, It must have been terrifying. I rang Brittainry ferries and told them that in my opinion, the cages, were shocking.
I couldn't agree more Kevin. I would never put my dogs in the kennels. You have to muzzle the dogs all the time on the ship but everyone only does it on the way to and from the car deck. Thanks for watching 👍
I really enjoyed this thanks.. I hate the ones when they edit them so it is a smooth and perfect as possible. Im having a cabin with my dog. Shes scared as it is. Im going from Plymouth ( from Cornwall ) to Santander then driving to Torrevieja then along to Denia after a few days to get the ferry to here.. Ibiza. Before I moved here, 3 were charging £2 day despite my unlimited which only happened since we left the EU bcs apparently Spain is not a go roam country anymore. I refused to pay as there was no text saying this and nothing on the my3 so i use lobster now when Im out of homes wifi.
@@flight101 Hi let's hope you have a smooth crossing👍
I'm puzzled why people take the ferry to Santander. £1000+ 33+ hours. Driving down through France is quicker and cheaper and no stress for the animals. Anyhoo hope you have a nice trip!
@@denisescally7090 Hi Denise, I travel by land and sea, they both have pros and cons, by road its a long drive through France in a motor home, the toll charge one way is around £150 each way, because its double for a motor home, plus more risk of an accident or breakdown, I received 3 speeding tickets in France, yes my fault but they change the limits every few miles and I just got blaze to it all, and I was very tired at the end of it all, it's not so easy on your own, however we still have a choice so it can't be that bad. 😀
Hiya 👋 Just watched your vid crossing to Santander. Can I ask how you managed to get your 2 whippets with you in your cabin? We were just booking and it says we can only have 2 small (under 10kg) dogs per cabin. Our 2 whips are def more like 13/14kg! So looks like we’ll have to book 2 cabins 🤨
You have to call brittany ferries and act dumb. I've seen people before with German shepherds in the cabins.
Hope this helps
Del and the hounds 👍
Great, thank you 😊
Loved the video
Thanks for watching Angela. Glad you enjoyed the vlog 👍
I laughed when you said the indi project as I watch them
I'm super stoked Ernie 🤣
Where do your dogs go to the toilet when waiting So Long in the lines before boarding & whereabouts on the ferry?
Hi Julie. The dogs arnt allowed to leave the vehicle after check in and there is a designated dog deck on board the ferry for them. Thanks for watching 👍
Looks like they pull everyone over in a van. Was this leaving UK?
Yes leaving the UK at Portsmouth. They don't pull all the vans. Some get through.
I want to do this trip in the Motorhome with a small car on tow. Any issues about loading onto the ferry such as reversing??
It's always been OK for me Albert 👍
You did declare those cans of ale right ;)
What cans of ale 😉👍
Galicia to where? Is this a new route?
No . Portsmouth to santander 👍
How was the security process, how extensive was it?
Which end ?
@@Boatdogvantraveller Portsmouth
@WillyWonkasCrack yeah it's fine. They're a friendly bunch . Just check in the van and in the boot etc. Usual stuff 👍
@@Boatdogvantraveller I'm going through Portsmouth with my wife and wanted to take some jazz vapes and wondered how easy it would be to take in terms of what they search. Going with a 7 seater MPV Zafira. Do they pat you down?
@WillyWonkasCrack no but there is a sniffer dog present
Thanks
Thanks Lorraine 👍. Very kind of you to the 🙂
Do you have a choice having cabin with your dogs wouldn’t want my dogs in cage
Good video 😊
Yes . The 3 options are the kennels, inside pet friendly cabin and outside pet friendly cabin. The cabins are hard to get tho as they get snapped up quickly. Thanks for watching Mark 👍
@@Boatdogvantraveller how far in advance would it be possible to book ?
Also as I’ve only just found your videos , is there a reason not to drive cheers
@@markpullinger3916 you can book as soon as the winter sailing schedule is available. You could of course drive down but its 680 miles through France which is not much fun in the winter 😉
@@Boatdogvantraveller just found your first boat dog van traveller love the head band 😉
I don't mind spending the £9,95 for unlimited continental breakfast 😋 because I get stuck in!!!
Gotta get your moneys worth eh Richard. Thanks for watching 👍
Did you say €5 for a beer????
It wasn't far off that Les. Thanks for watching 👍
These ferry companies are the greediest ever. I cannot believe what they charge these days ! Legal robbery
I couldn't agree more. Think I will be driving through France this year. Also the new Chinese ferries are junk compared to the old ferries.
I am finally moving to Spain for good this year and have to drive my Discovery from Cornwall to Plymouth, Ferry to Santander then drive down to Torrevieja with my dog. Im actually looking forward to it and the drive but the cost of the ferry is crazy! I love your lovely dogs. Mine will hate the muzzle too. Thanks for this, I needed to see whats what. I appreciate it . Im worried my girl will hold her pee n poop in as she is so nervous.. id hate to think she was uncomfortable xx
@@Boatdogvantravelleri was thinking of going from Dover but from Cornwall its about 5 hours plus in my old chugger ! X
The newhaven to dieppe ferry is good and a lot cheaper. Good luck 👍
That’s not cap finestere. That’s Galicia. Cap finestere is no longer with Brittany ferries
I corrected myself in the video. Thanks for watching 👍
We rarely get stopped by security, they sometimes bow. But then we drive a Bentley.
Brittany give you a £10 per person for breakfast, and that includes a full-service restaurant. Although you could have spent it on that flat beer you had.
No they included a nice meal in the restaurant as part of the ticket. You only get this if you don't drive a Bentley 😉
@@Boatdogvantraveller Ah, yes, I'd heard they do that on the long crossing to Spain. It makes sense, On the shorter crossing to France the ship sails late in the evening, so most people are too famished to wait and instead have a snack in the car while waiting to board. When we did the North Sea crossing to Sweden the 24hour trip was livened up by the evening smorgasbord, even if we did have to pay extra for it.
PS, I always thought the ferry to Spain took 26 hours. Has it been slowed for some reason?
It still takes about 26 hrs.. This is to conserve fuel. My crossing was delayed by 12 hours so they went quicker to avoid passengers claiming against Brittany ferries 👍
Smart video but you couldn't pay me to use this ferry company.
They are very expensive. A bit of competition is what's needed. Thanks for watching 👍
@@Boatdogvantraveller With me it was not the cost, it was to with the boarding pass - awful service - I repeat, you could not pay me to use this company.
I'm hooked if you continue to cut through the van life bull shit. Thank you :)
Haha thanks for watching 👍
Have you got visa for 3 months? After Brexit is more difficult to travel
Yes you can travel 90 days in 180 days in the Shengen area. Its a bit of a pain but not a problem. Thanks for watching 👍
Deactivate alarm and sensors
Yes . Nobody likes a noisey crossing 👍
Are your darlings IGs?
The hounds are lurchers Jerry. Thanks for watching 👍
@@Boatdogvantraveller LURCHER. Learn something new every day. At least I was sorta close.
We have Boston Terriers, Run agility. the world changed we made it to Crufts, mainly for the agility. Been trying to get back, but...
Thanks for the video!
Cheers,
WOW Congratulations on making it to Crufts. Thanks for watching 👍
People with disabilities also put hazard lights on or have with fridge units that need plugging in. You should not put harzard lights on you are,wrong
Yes I have been corrected already. I had be fed so e duff information from another traveller. Thanks for watching 👍
Actually upon reading in to this I was correct since I had a pets on board sticker on my windscreen.
3hrs before travel on a boat give the dogs stugeron it stops sickness
Thanks Karen. Really appreciate the tip. Will try it out. Thanks for watching 👍