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[05omegav6]

What, pray tell, is that

[tunnie]

£24.75 for 8-12 days, as long as car less than 15yrs old...

...so the Silver Bullet will have to stay at home this time 


So, Battlebus or TBE....  ....hmmm, decisions decisions...

TBE.

Just don't ask to be put on the upper deck 

[Varche]

Im off to the land of the french(Reims) on saturday for a week but not on la ferry,Going the quicker root.(under)And im taking this beast in my armory 

What is that Bigtimecube? I think I once saw you on Abbey Park Lake

[Nick W]

Whilst I used to be an advocate of the tunnel, I now hope it floods. Run by a bunch of cheese eating surrender monkeys, who are also lying bastards.

Hence, ferry. Hence option to use LPG car

Every time I book a crossing, I check the prices. When we went in March, return with P&O was £81, and the tunnel was £163. That's been typical for the last 6 years. Spending twice as much to 'save' 45 minutes seems like a particularly poor deal to me.

Answering some of your original question, buy the alcohol testers from a supermarket when you get there; mine were less than 5Euros.  Not the French are at all bothered about having them, and the law is unlikely to survive much longer.

[Steve B]

Im off to the land of the french(Reims) on saturday for a week but not on la ferry,Going the quicker root.(under)And im taking this beast in my armory 

What is that Bigtimecube? I think I once saw you on Abbey Park Lake

AFAIK There is only one of these in this world that can do what this boat does 

[TheBoy]

Whilst I used to be an advocate of the tunnel, I now hope it floods. Run by a bunch of cheese eating surrender monkeys, who are also lying bastards.

Hence, ferry. Hence option to use LPG car

Every time I book a crossing, I check the prices. When we went in March, return with P&O was £81, and the tunnel was £163. That's been typical for the last 6 years. Spending twice as much to 'save' 45 minutes seems like a particularly poor deal to me.

Answering some of your original question, buy the alcohol testers from a supermarket when you get there; mine were less than 5Euros.  Not the French are at all bothered about having them, and the law is unlikely to survive much longer.

I reckon you save more than 45mins on tunnel, as the load/unload is quicker, so its not just journey time.  Shame Seacat finished, as that was reasonably rapid.

[TheBoy]

Oh, and tunnie gave me some alcohol testers, so OK there

[SIR Philbutt]

I have been using DFDS since Speedferries went, last year was £70 return, year before I was lucky and caught a deal £40

Calais or Dunkirk for the same price

This year looking at £90 (depart fri night return sun morn 3 weeks later) but holding out for when they drop the price just as the schedule becomes full, might save £20 which is a good few miles on GPL

[Nick W]

Every time I book a crossing, I check the prices. When we went in March, return with P&O was £81, and the tunnel was £163. That's been typical for the last 6 years. Spending twice as much to 'save' 45 minutes seems like a particularly poor deal to me.

I reckon you save more than 45mins on tunnel, as the load/unload is quicker, so its not just journey time.  Shame Seacat finished, as that was reasonably rapid.

Both Folkestone and Dover are an easy 40 minutes for me, so I have no problem arriving at the quayside whilst loading is already underway. As for the slightly longer crossing, I reckon that's actually time gained; as you can't have a meal, couple of coffees and a piss just before you disembark on the train!

[Andy B]

....
 as you can't have a meal, couple of coffees and a piss just before you disembark on the train!

You can if you use the facilities on your caravan 

[Nick W]

....
 as you can't have a meal, couple of coffees and a piss just before you disembark on the train!

You can if you use the facilities on your caravan 

You're weird

[Andy B]

....
 as you can't have a meal, couple of coffees and a piss just before you disembark on the train!

You can if you use the facilities on your caravan 

You're weird

We've used the Chunnel while towing the caravan to French France a few times ....... embark ......... eat ..... disembark

[tunnie]

I prefer the boat, get to to the back of the ship, wave Dover off. Get a bit of sea air, then inside for a greasy breakie and by the time that is all done you are in France.

Nice and fresh for the next leg.

Done the train, it's like being in the tube in the car. Not very nice, not that much quicker really. Less of a break and generally far more expensive each time I've looked to go. 

[05omegav6]

The boat always feels like the start of a holiday IMHO...

Never managed to catch the one I'm booked on though... Always ends up being the earlier one

[Kevin Wood]

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 as you can't have a meal, couple of coffees and a piss just before you disembark on the train!

You can if you use the facilities on your caravan 

You're weird

We've used the Chunnel while towing the caravan to French France a few times ....... embark ......... eat ..... disembark

So, I can't even take my car containing an LPG tank on the train, but you're sitting in your burger van, on the train, cooking yourself dinner using it?