Re: Planning on using Channel Tunnel think twice
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 4:04 pm
Now that's good to know, can't beat local knowledge cheers Steve.
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Planning on using Channel Tunnel think twice
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Re: Planning on using Channel Tunnel think twice
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 7:15 am
Did the trip home yesterday. As Steve says this side is no real problem, you just filter through up the A20. The other side is a different story. When I went out a week ago the E40 was closed about 30 miles East of Calais and you were left to figure out how and where to get back on, it seems there had been some incident on it. Well its still closed. I lost an hour getting to the tunnel. Eurotunnel itself was quiet and running on time.
Re: Planning on using Channel Tunnel think twice
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 7:18 am
I would imagine it was the French idiots burning tyres, but could have been a genuine accident further on?
Re: Planning on using Channel Tunnel think twice
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 7:33 am
Well that was my thoughts 5 days ago. Some accidentSpencert231 wrote: I would imagine it was the French idiots burning tyres, but could have been a genuine accident further on?
Re: Planning on using Channel Tunnel think twice
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 11:34 pm
stelyn.....many thanks. Will consider that if the strike is still on in late July!
Re: Planning on using Channel Tunnel think twice
Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 7:25 am
`Op Stack' has now been lifted , but back log is still being cleared and should be OK by midday today. HOWEVER - French strikers are already indicating that there may be further disruption next Tuesday (7th July ) if their demands are not met. Nothing confirmed, but be aware........Mark05RT wrote: stelyn.....many thanks. Will consider that if the strike is still on in late July!
Re: Planning on using Channel Tunnel think twice
Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 7:37 am
Looking at the news overnight I'm very glad to be home. Eurotunnel site is saying they are back to normal though this morning.
Re: Planning on using Channel Tunnel think twice
Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 7:56 am
Guess What, in just the 35 minutes since my last Post, our local Radio has just announced further `new 'delays at the French side of the Tunnel, due to it being stormed by large numbers of immigrants, and as such due to the site terminal being compromised, at present some services are disrupted, traffic on the M20 already having problems at j11A..... again !! >:(RTman10 wrote: Looking at the news overnight I'm very glad to be home. Eurotunnel site is saying they are back to normal though this morning.
UPDATE at 11:15am , rode pass the Tunnel 25 mins ago, and freight traffic now backed up along motorway ( j11a ) for about one and a half miles ( and gaining ) Cars/Bikes are filtering through but slowly and a bit of queuing to the `booths'.
Re: Planning on using Channel Tunnel think twice
Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 11:45 am
Great update Steve I am sure that will help some who are planning on travelling.
Re: Planning on using Channel Tunnel think twice
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 6:23 pm
Just got back from a `day in France' via the Channel Tunnel. >:( What a bloody nightmare, checked with Eurotunnel late last night for any `problems' and there was none. First thing this morning advised of 30 minute delays due to overnight maintenance, - ok, no problem I can live with that. Arrived at the Tunnel at 07:00 but their signs now indicating 1 hour delay, however 3 hrs further on, and sweltering in the `car park' heat, finally boarded a train , no announcements, no apologies, nothing. Checked back in at 15:00 at French side Coquelles ( so a curtailed day out )
and delayed again for a further 90 minutes. - Again nothing From Eurotunnel as to the delays. To top it off, once back in `Blighty' `Op Stack was back on with Motorways closed and A20 congested.... So if anyone is planning to travel via the Tunnel this weekend - be warned.
End of Rant , I'm gonna get `pissed' now..... 8)
( Now wished I'd stayed at home, cut the grass / painted the fence / brushed the Cat..ect ect )
and delayed again for a further 90 minutes. - Again nothing From Eurotunnel as to the delays. To top it off, once back in `Blighty' `Op Stack was back on with Motorways closed and A20 congested.... So if anyone is planning to travel via the Tunnel this weekend - be warned.
End of Rant , I'm gonna get `pissed' now..... 8)
( Now wished I'd stayed at home, cut the grass / painted the fence / brushed the Cat..ect ect )
Re: Planning on using Channel Tunnel think twice
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 5:20 am
Hey stelyn that would be enough to test the patience of a saint. But hey comon brush the cat or does that mean something different where you live? 
Re: Planning on using Channel Tunnel think twice
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 7:35 am
Was the E40 still shut East of Calais, or did you not go that way?
Re: Planning on using Channel Tunnel think twice
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:21 am
E40 seemed to be OK, I headed to Le Touquert along the A16 ( opposite direction ) 8)RTman10 wrote: Was the E40 still shut East of Calais, or did you not go that way?