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Electric Picnic is the best festival in Ireland to be sure, to be sure. Easily rivaling the slightly larger Oxegen, it is imaginatively structured and has a strong personality. We can’t think of a better way to end the summer. Early bird tickets are already on sale for 2010 so get yourself sorted. Right now, I’m deadly serious.

We’ll be updating travel details to Electric Picnic 2010 in May, so check back then when you’re busy booking your tickets. However, right now we’re featuring details of last years journey so you can see just how quick, cheap and painless this low carbon journey really is.

Go by Train and Ferry

What those pesky rascals at National Rail don’t want you to know is that they do a rail-ferry combo for £29 from Central London to Dun Laoghaire. Just search London Euston to Dublin Ferry Port (but that’s across the sea I hear you cry, tell me more of this sea faring locomotive) and they’ll spill the beans like a tin of Heinz in a can crusher. Don’t be fooled by the £55 one-way train to Holyhead, oh no, you’ve got the inside scoop, now use it!

Once you’re in Dun Laoghaire it’s a two and half hour train journey to the festival. You’ll be able to check train times from the end of May 2010 on the Irish rail site – Portlaoise train station is about fifteen minutes drive from the festival site. Alternatively, get a bus for £25 from Dublin (details on the official site).

Go by Coach and Ferry

If you’re madder than a hatter and fancy an overnight coach, go and visit the friendly folks at National Express. This combo ticket takes you all the way from London to Dublin via ferry. At this stage you’ll be magically combining two fairly efficient forms of transport at the same time; that’s public transport carrying another form of public transport, and you didn’t even leave your seat, a pat on the back for you I say. Hurrah!

D.I.Y

If you don’t like any of those fine ideas then you can drive to Holyhead (full cars only please) and get the ferry direct with Stena Line all the way to Dublin Ferry Port and onward to the festival site . For only £25 (for the ferry) and taking around three hours you’d be mad not to. Please do not operate heavy machinery (i.e. your car) under the influence of Guinness on the return journey.

Images courtesy of matthewj

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