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Old 1 Sep 2016, 15:47 (Ref:3668966)   #1
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CALAIS DISRUPTION Monday 6th Sept!
MONDAY 5th, not 6th! News is spreading that there will be a major protest on Monday by French transport organisations, farmers et al!

If they achieve their objective, Calais will be blockaded all day. There will be slow moving convoys on approach roads from 0630hrs.....

Anyone planning to head home from Zandvoort on Monday, and due to use Calais- you have been warned! Also assume ferries to the port will not be running, but check with your operator.....

Whether it will affect the tunnel, I've no idea. I guess also than Dunkirk could be free flowing.....
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Old 1 Sep 2016, 17:12 (Ref:3668983)   #2
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Here's one link to the story, in case you think I made it up.....

http://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/fre...m#.V8hgL-t4WrU
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Perhaps they will protest anout the jungle at the same time.Then the French will get off thier xxxxs and clear the lot of them away.Scared the hell out of a couple of friends a few weeks back,no wonder they call it The Jungle.
Now my friends will never use Calais again untill the whole bloody mess is cleared out.
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Perhaps they will protest anout the jungle at the same time.Then the French will get off thier xxxxs and clear the lot of them away.Scared the hell out of a couple of friends a few weeks back,no wonder they call it The Jungle.
Now my friends will never use Calais again untill the whole bloody mess is cleared out.
The protest is largely about The Jungle & the effect it is having on Calais & the port, truckers etc. The Mayor of Calais has voiced her support, becoming increasingly frustrated at the lack of activity from the Government.

However, interior minister Bernard Caezenouve is now reported by a local paper to have said that the camp will be progressively dismantled. In the meantime a further 200 police will be added to the 1,900 already involved. The illegal migrants are becoming increasingly violent. You may have seen some rather disturbing in-truck footage in the last few days from a Belgian truck whereby the driver was threatened with a pole through his windscreen if he took his foot off the brake.
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First gear and full throttle then.
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First gear and full throttle then.
Last year I was ambushed about 1/2 mile from the ferry terminal by a couple of swarthy gentlemen. I tried to give them a taste of my bumper but they were too slippery.

This debacle has been going on for over a decade now and is still getting worse. Someone in France needs to grow a pair. It affects Dover and Calais, especially the Police, Customs, Immigration, Rail, and Ferry employees, who work in a constant nightmare. Taking a lorry through there is terrifying when the traffic backs up. In the middle of the jungle are British charity workers encouraging them.

Don't forget to check your vehicle for any unwanted passengers. If someone sneaks aboard you are a people smuggler and will get fined plus a criminal record.
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If anyone is going out along the M20/M26 from tomorrow evening forget it http://www.kentonline.co.uk/malling/...-close-101710/
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That the best (or worst) pic I've seen of the aftermath! Shows just how close the driver of the DAF was to getting a face full of bridge.

So the M20 will be open again in time for all the Dover traffic to queue on it as the ferries (likely) won't be operating.....
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Well I'm going to set up a little push bike repair shop in Zandvoort and live happily ever after .
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Well I'm going to set up a little push bike repair shop in Zandvoort and live happily ever after .
Pushbikes!In Holland? It will never catch on.
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No self respecting cyclist ever refers to a 'push bike'! Shame on you young Delta
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All ok Bob . At the port and getting on 12.30 ferry . Thought I would let you know as you might of been worried . 😀
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All ok Bob . At the port and getting on 12.30 ferry . Thought I would let you know as you might of been worried . 😀
Are you driving a motor car?
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I'm on my Push bike.. Which is inside the truck
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Truck? Lorry, surely......

Well, it happened, and affected access to the tunnel as well as ferry port. Started a bit late (Monday morning feeling?) and finished a bit late. According to the ferry and tunnel Twitter accounts, the blockade is lifted, but looking at live traffic map, there still seems to be some stationary traffic on the Autoroutes!

Train and ferry customers were able to use diversions down side roads and through Calais to avoid the blockades, so probably delayed but not a disaster for them or the operators. And the protestors got the media coverage they were after.....

Let's hope that's it for now and all quiet for Spa trip next week!
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I've booked tunnel this weekend. Back out to Zandvoort.
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Uncle Eric drove up from Spa yesterday evening and from what he said he somehow managed to rock up on the A26 via Saint Omer and drove straight into the Eurotunnel.
I hope I don't get any holdups going to Goodwood on Saturday
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We've only sent 1 guy out this week. He went via the tunnel this morning (always the better option) and had no problems, but the protest was reported to have been stood down last night so we weren't expecting any trouble. HOWEVER! there is another general strike scheduled for Thurs 15th Sept. In the past these haven't impacted too severely on the Calais crossings but with the strength of local feeling there's a risk this time might be different.

General advice, don't stop overnight (or leave your vehicle unattended)within 150km of Calais and avoid arriving in the hours of darkness.
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Just had the fright of my life . Got home a couple of hours ago around 4 pm . Said to Mrs Delta that going to have a nap . Just woke up in a panick as I thought it was 6 am not 6 pm . Need to leave at 5 am tomorrow .
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The sea was the warmest I had known . Not a bad place to go back too twice in one week . I will admit I would still of preferred Goodwood . Cest la vie
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The sea was the warmest I had known . Not a bad place to go back too twice in one week . I will admit I would still of preferred Goodwood . Cest la vie
The sea is supposed to be at its warmest in September having spent the summer soaking up the sun & the last week or three have been pretty warm.

Of course some subsidy junky of a scientist will try to tell you it's 'climate change' & we are all doomed!
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No probs at all today . Came over on tunnel . Baking hot here .
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Errr, School holidays have just finished- it will be (relatively) dead this week! It will be the turn of the retired folk plus caravans to take their holidays next week...
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