Re: A few things
@Richard or racing on a motorbike to catch the ferry Friday night (7pm sailing from Holland was JUST about doable assuming they still let you check in at 6.30 on the dot on a GPZ900 from Paderborn at the drop of 16:00 parade. You needed to be fully wound out on the A2 though....
German roads were quite efficient even back in the early 90's and the dutch ones weren't too bad (but harder to "move rapidly" on)