derek pringle Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 hi all, We are off to France for a month this weekend and travelling via Hull/Zebruugge. We then would like to motorway to Rouen passing Calais and wondered if anybody could tell us if there are any problems in that area, we will only be driving past. cheers derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caddies104 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Hi If you are on the motorway, cannot envisage any problems, just stay away from the port or tunnel. Have a good time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malc d Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Hundreds of people around Calais - absolutely desperate to escape from France. ............... and we're all going over there for a holiday. Funny old world. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek pringle Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 hi guys, thanks for the replies,we will be careful and hopefully enjoy cheers derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billggski Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 A lot of media scare stories about Calais, but myself and family have been through six times so far this year without any issues. It is very specific to one area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caddies104 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Hi Would be of interest if anyone has used the tunnel or the ferry, return journey, in the past 2 weeks and how long it took. We used the ferry at the end of June and sailed through (no pun intended) :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joe90 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 malc d - 2015-08-10 9:39 AM Hundreds of people around Calais - absolutely desperate to escape from France. ............... and we're all going over there for a holiday. Funny old world. ;-) Not such a funny old world really, we all take our own hard earned money to spend in France, they want to come to the UK to be given free money, somewhere free to live, and free health care for doing bugger all. All they get in France is a sand dune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupert123 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Caddies104 - 2015-08-10 1:06 PM Hi Would be of interest if anyone has used the tunnel or the ferry, return journey, in the past 2 weeks and how long it took. We used the ferry at the end of June and sailed through (no pun intended) :-D I have mentioned on various threads about this. Came through Calais about two weeks ago, even stayed the night on the marina aire, no problems at all and no delays. Sailing out the main port aire looked pretty full and marina was about half full so not many to bothered by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Dwight Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Friends went to France on the 31st July via the Tunnel, on arriving at the tunnel were put on an earlier train, no problems whatsoever at the other end, arrived at their destination earlier than expected. Now enjoying the French Alps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 We came back through the tunnel early July and the biggest problem was getting through the HGVs on the French side and diverted trafic on the UK side. No problems with migrants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasnt Me Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Hi we went over through the tunnel on the 23rd of July and has a problem getting to Dover due to traffic and suffered a 2 hour delay on booked time. Leaving the tunnel we saw a number of immigrants around the the A16 and the lorries queuing on the French operation stack. Saw some trying to open a moving lorry even. No police though. Came back Sunday this week, no immigrants to be seen and got in an earlier train even. If you want to keep updated the le shuttle Twitter feed is brilliant at updating you and will reply to tweets. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek pringle Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 Wasn't Me - 2015-08-11 11:22 PM Hi we went over through the tunnel on the 23rd of July and has a problem getting to Dover due to traffic and suffered a 2 hour delay on booked time. Leaving the tunnel we saw a number of immigrants around the the A16 and the lorries queuing on the French operation stack. Saw some trying to open a moving lorry even. No police though. Came back Sunday this week, no immigrants to be seen and got in an earlier train even. If you want to keep updated the le shuttle Twitter feed is brilliant at updating you and will reply to tweets. Hope this helps. hi and thanks wasn't me,there is nothing like somebody's actual and up to date information. cheers and good luck. derek Also a big thank you to everybody who gave me their experience cheers derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrie Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 malc d - 2015-08-10 9:39 AM Hundreds of people around Calais - absolutely desperate to escape from France. ............... and we're all going over there for a holiday. Funny old world. ;-) Yeah, I wonder why they could possibly want to come to Britain when most of us here want to get to France! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Way2Go Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 With regards using the Channel Tunnel, we arrived at Calais on Friday 7th August for a 09.20 crossing to Folkestone. Very quiet and saw no sign of anyone on foot. We were put on an earlier train and everything ran very smoothly. We returned to Folkestone yesterday, to go home to Germany, and arrived for a 14:50 crossing and was again put on an earlier train. The whole place was very quiet and the car park was almost deserted. Again it was a very smooth crossing and no sign of anyone who shouldn’t be there. Hope this helps. W2G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peter James Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Joe90 - 2015-08-10 1:36 PM malc d - 2015-08-10 9:39 AM Hundreds of people around Calais - absolutely desperate to escape from France. ............... and we're all going over there for a holiday. Funny old world. ;-) Not such a funny old world really, we all take our own hard earned money to spend in France, they want to come to the UK to be given free money, somewhere free to live, and free health care for doing bugger all. All they get in France is a sand dune Do you believe everything you read in the Daily Mail? A French Police Officer at the sharp end has told us why they want to come to Britain. Same old problem - Britain needs to sort out its Black Economy. Britain is the only country where these illegal immigrants can get a job without a passport or identity card!!!!!! But Cameron doesn't want to know that. Its as though he has got his fingers in his ears. He would rather twist the facts and use it as an excuse to pursue the Tory Vendetta against people on benefits.... Except of course the biggest benefit claimants of all - The Royal Hangers On... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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