I've been doing the boat+train option to London for a while now. For various reasons I think it's a far superior option to going cattle class on Ryanair. The service is also more popular than you'd think.
Given the volcanic ash debacle I thought it might be useful to put up some info about SailRail from an Irish perspective (I know the
Seat61 page is good but there are a few Ireland-specific things that he doesn't cover, and I don't agree with his recommended sailings), in case other people find it useful.
I'm on my way to London at the moment and I've done
a quick gude to getting to London from Ireland by train and ferry, comments welcomed and appreciated.
If RUI would like to use the content on their own site (again, might be useful to other people), please feel free -- attribution not necessary but would be appreciated.