Moving to Morrowvale is a bit like moving to Brezno (Slovakia). You might have to sit jammed in tight quarters for a brief time, but once you’ve committed and set your mind to go through with it, it’s really not all as hard as it looks.
Air Travel
To begin with, Aurora Nova lacks a local airport and therefore a helipad might have to suffice if you plan to arrive by air (note: this did not go so well for Germany in 1945, so best to also phone in advance.) There is also a downloadable list of (occasionally) participating private helipad owners, who may be contacted by various means indicated if you wish to coordinate your move the way you originally first likely imagined. Some have been know to be at least a tiny bit accomodating with personal wishes about where to land helicopters and light aircraft on their land.
Various local app-based lift companies can be solicited to perform the drive from the helipad (farmland) location to Morrowvale, with many first time coupons available online here.
Arrival by Sea
The rest of the visitors, we all arrive by boat. There are numerous ferries, hovercrafts – and some day hopefully, a Chunnel(?) – to help direct UK traffic a little more smoothly across the choppy North Seas. Hoverspeed is light on quality, but good for its consistently bouncing and plodding speed.
A typical Hovercraft journey (presuming there are not eel shipments aboard) should take about:
- 85 minutes from the helipad at Lerwick (Shetland Isl.) to the heliport just south of Grantlepool at Blossomfield
- About 225 minutes from Oostende to the heliport at Port Benn (typical times on a windy Saturday)
- About 214 minutes from Birmingham, but mind, if you’re a raver still stoned off your tits passing from gig to a rave in Grantlepool, that time will literally fly by with some FSOL or Rhythm Factory on the headphones
Some of the Ferry services are disused and are becoming redundant so it’s best to check with all of them before booking your journey. There is typically also luggage limits imposed, levying hefty surcharges for overages beyond a single (1) suitcase-per-passenger.
If you plan to travel with your vehicle, simple reserve the outbound trip ticket only, and be sure to accurately describe your vehicle for the onboard manifest at ticketing, as there’s no turning back once the ferries hit the high seas. “Rain or shine, (they) will get there,” that’s the Tunney Ferry Company’s motto and they’re regularly quite correct.
Tunneling
This is a proposed option for 2026, with designs for a cross North Sea “chunnel” from Oslo to Morrowvale, remaining to be approved and (hopefully) under way by April of 2025. The Morrowvunnel was delayed during 2020 when nobody wanted to deal with it, and so parts of the excavation have been halted, although only temporarily.
Until then, you can either grab that unused teaspoon and start digging – or else book an inexpensive Ferry, they do give out sick bags too, I forgot to mention above.