Dear Enthusiasts friends,

What is this (not only classic cars) world coming to? In times of growing traffic and emissions on the German autobahns the German Railroads have just announced that they are going to close down the Auto-Train network so indispensible not only for our classic car rallies to the south of Europe.

Now, and much more imminent and disasterous, is the closing down of the only remaining ferry line between south Scandinavia and northern Germany from Esbjerg to England (as of the 30th of September). What is worse is that nobody seems to be complaining and intervening on all levels including governments, neither in England nor in Denmark or Sweden. In Germany at least a petition website was created to protest the closing down of the Auto-Trains (www.autozug-retten.de) in these times of growing traffic and emissions on the roads.

Not so in connection with the ferry from Esbjerg to Harwich. No press intervention, no government action, no automobile club criticism, no protest by those concerned!!! We will probably not make an impact on DFDS as an RREC car club. But, can we influence the media? The relevant tourist boards or organisations? The Scandinavian ADAC equivalent? The ministry for tourism?

I don't know how you feel, but I would hate to take a pre-war car through Germany, Holland, Belgium or France to go to the next RREC events. On a larger scale I don't know how this is going to affect tourism between North Sea neighboring countries.

Can you help?

Best regards from a frustrated Enthusiast!

Rolf

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R.R. Kuhnke

Kirchenweg 20

24306 Boesdorf-Niederkleveez

Germany

Dear All,

What I didn't know was:
THERE ALREADY IS A PETITION LAUNCHED FROM COPENHAGUEN!!!!! PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION AND PASS IT ON TO YOUR FELLOW MEMBERS!!!!

http://www.change.org/p/dfds-seaways-save-the-harwich-to-esbjerg-ferry-crossing

With thanks and hoping for a successful answer from DFDS or English/Danish authorities!

Best regards,

Rolf