Calais Closed Again (1 Viewer)

Box Boy

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Just got back from France via Dieppe Newhaven on the 6pm ferry yesterday. Jam packed - full of lorries and French and Italian cycling clubs! 2hrs in the queue with a very hot sun. Three ferries a day now in the summer. Good alternative if Calais route in trouble. . When eventually we got on board the air conditioning was on full blast - nearly got a chill!!. Back in the hold to collect the van - still boiling down there - all our chocolates had melted! :rolleyes: The Channel for the crossing was like a mill pond but we were rolling about with the full load on the 4 hr crossing .:sick: At our 'Border Control' on arrival, you guest it - we had to wait for the cyclist to be checked out one at a time :mad:
 
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After waiting in Calais for three days(no problem) I booked on DFDS at Dunkirk, and was on the boat 8.00 a.m. Thursday. Amazingly empty ferry, despite the number of people still stuck in Calais.
My problem was getting home from Dover! Our police etc in their wisdom had used a big chunk of the Southbound M20 as a lorry park, and then a shortish chunk of the North bound M20 too!
The A20 was pretty well stationary and gridlocked, this was the only real diversion route.

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Our police etc in their wisdom had used a big chunk of the Southbound M20 as a lorry park, and then a shortish chunk of the North bound M20 too!
The A20 was pretty well stationary and gridlocked, this was the only real diversion route.

That's operation stack and it's common down here whenever there's a problem with the ferries - part of the problem is that no-one will make a decision about creating an HGV parking area because of all the NIMBYs - the MP's & councillors are probably too worried about the votes they'll lose.
 
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I'm truly sorry for the locals around that part of the M20. The total confusion caused by North and Southwards traffic blocking up the roads must be hell to live with!
 

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We came back Thursday on the Chunnel, no probs French side but then got gridlocked on the A20. Deep joy

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Got Chunnel Today, no probs apart from half an hour wait at Folkstone, did get searched for explosives though..... I blame Maroc!!!!
 

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