Great stuff. Ill get some quotes from the ferry companies and see what they come back with over the phone.
Ant FR has recomend this hotel:
Hotel Blaue Ecke - Nürburgring -
looks canny and cheap, and local to us. All good
Heres another that is local to where we are staying:
Hotel Eifelstube, Rodder
Heres some more as well a whole list of them
http://www.activehotels.com/hotel/lo...d=amigo-Google 
