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[STEMO]

WhatsApp. My lad used it for everything while away in Europe and the US, his phone bill was the usual £12.
He regularly video called us from wherever he was. The contract he has with three is 28Gb, plenty for a trip overseas.

Oh yes, how did he get on? 

Presumedly he survived, rumpled t shirts and everything?   

He was fine, I was not.

Yes we got that impression! 

He's becoming quite the seasoned traveller now then. 

He'll become a seasoned traveller if he comes across cannibals in Africa 

[Sir Tigger KC]

WhatsApp. My lad used it for everything while away in Europe and the US, his phone bill was the usual £12.
He regularly video called us from wherever he was. The contract he has with three is 28Gb, plenty for a trip overseas.

Oh yes, how did he get on? 

Presumedly he survived, rumpled t shirts and everything?   

He was fine, I was not.

Yes we got that impression! 

He's becoming quite the seasoned traveller now then. 

He'll become a seasoned traveller if he comes across cannibals in Africa

Not many of those around these days. 

They all ate each other!   

[Varche]

Here is a thought. If thedelays are down to the extra checks the French officials are doing on people wanting to leavethe Uk on boats why hasnt the UK got people doing those thorough checks on people crossing in boats from France.? I am thinking dinghies.

The French would soon be up in arms if there were thousands waiting to cross the Manche  to the UK cluttering up there seaside towns and villages.

[LC0112G]

Here is a thought. If thedelays are down to the extra checks the French officials are doing on people wanting to leavethe Uk on boats why hasnt the UK got people doing those thorough checks on people crossing in boats from France.? I am thinking dinghies.

The French would soon be up in arms if there were thousands waiting to cross the Manche  to the UK cluttering up there seaside towns and villages.

There are UK customs and immigration people in France at Eurotunnel. You clear customs and immigration before you get on the train, either Coquelles for the Chunnel or Paris/Brussels for Eurostar. Haven't travelled by boat for years, but assume it's the same at Calais and Dover.

There aren't customs/immigration officials checking people on pedalos at Weymouth beach though.

[TheBoy]

WhatsApp. My lad used it for everything while away in Europe and the US, his phone bill was the usual £12.
He regularly video called us from wherever he was. The contract he has with three is 28Gb, plenty for a trip overseas.

Three still offer a decent free roaming, I think thats mostly global as well, not just EU

[TheBoy]

but use the Chunnel 3 or 4 times a year. On a good day you sail straight through and can be on a train in 20 minutes. On a busy day it can be a 4-5 hour wait.

I refuse to use that service now, after they arbitrarily decided my ticket was invalid, and I had to pay an additional 300 euros to get back.  Letters of complaint went unanswered.

Mind you, I tend to use more convenient ferries than Dover/Calais, as both towns are overcrowded, grim, utter shitholes.

[Nick W]

but use the Chunnel 3 or 4 times a year. On a good day you sail straight through and can be on a train in 20 minutes. On a busy day it can be a 4-5 hour wait.

I refuse to use that service now, after they arbitrarily decided my ticket was invalid, and I had to pay an additional 300 euros to get back.  Letters of complaint went unanswered.

Mind you, I tend to use more convenient ferries than Dover/Calais, as both towns are overcrowded, grim, utter shitholes.

You must have whatever you use to plan set to Bizarre Route if you go near, let alone through, Dover or Calais towns when using the ferries.

[Doctor Gollum]

but use the Chunnel 3 or 4 times a year. On a good day you sail straight through and can be on a train in 20 minutes. On a busy day it can be a 4-5 hour wait.

I refuse to use that service now, after they arbitrarily decided my ticket was invalid, and I had to pay an additional 300 euros to get back.  Letters of complaint went unanswered.

Mind you, I tend to use more convenient ferries than Dover/Calais, as both towns are overcrowded, grim, utter shitholes.

You must have whatever you use to plan set to Bizarre Route if you go near, let alone through, Dover or Calais towns when using the ferries.

Must be the data roaming...

[Kevin Wood]

but use the Chunnel 3 or 4 times a year. On a good day you sail straight through and can be on a train in 20 minutes. On a busy day it can be a 4-5 hour wait.

I refuse to use that service now, after they arbitrarily decided my ticket was invalid, and I had to pay an additional 300 euros to get back.  Letters of complaint went unanswered.

Mind you, I tend to use more convenient ferries than Dover/Calais, as both towns are overcrowded, grim, utter shitholes.

Yep, me too. Cancelled my outward journey at zero notice, then wouldn't accept the return ticket because I hadn't used the outward part.

Did get a voucher off them in the end. I took great pleasure in informing them of my preference with regard to where it should be inserted.

[TheBoy]

but use the Chunnel 3 or 4 times a year. On a good day you sail straight through and can be on a train in 20 minutes. On a busy day it can be a 4-5 hour wait.

I refuse to use that service now, after they arbitrarily decided my ticket was invalid, and I had to pay an additional 300 euros to get back.  Letters of complaint went unanswered.

Mind you, I tend to use more convenient ferries than Dover/Calais, as both towns are overcrowded, grim, utter shitholes.

You must have whatever you use to plan set to Bizarre Route if you go near, let alone through, Dover or Calais towns when using the ferries.

Being within smelling distance of either is enough