Day 1: Dublin (Ireland) → Holyhead (United Kingdom)
A late evening start to this trip as we leave our apartment at 19:00 for Dublin Port via the 4km long Dublin Port Tunnel under the city. Leaving our Fiat 500 guarding our parking spaces under our apartment.
The roads are their usual busy Friday self but the tunnel gets us to the port and check-in queue within twenty minutes. Leaving tonight avoids an early morning start tomorrow.
We're on the Ulysses tonight – once one of the world's largest car ferries – where we've booked a charger for a quick battery top-up – helped by the fact they are free and get you on-board first. The chargers are quick and easy to start and supply a single-phase 7kW AC current to our car.
We decide to grab a cabin to make the time pass more comfortably than hanging out in the public areas.
We stand on deck before departure giving us a great view of the iconic chimneys – of a disused electricity generation station – at the mouth of the port of Dublin.
Where we watch a departing Stena Line ferry that will be crossing the Irish Sea alongside us. We took this ship in February.
After an uneventful and smooth crossing we dock into Holyhead harbour on-schedule just after midnight. We drive to our hotel just a kilometre away from where we disembarked – check-in and head to sleep. At least we don't have to be on the road for 06:00 tomorrow!
The days charging stats
| Location | Start SOC |
End SOC | kWh added | Cost | Duration | Ambient Temp | Battery Temp | Charger Type | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulysses ferry | 91% | 100% | 7.5 | €0.00 | 3 hours 20 mins | 22c | 22c | AC 7 kW | Irish Ferries |
Today we did 29 km over 5:36 hours, with an average speed of 22 km/h, consuming 24.2 kWh/100km.
