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[Steve B]

I bet your glad your not going today

http://news.sky.com/story/1525081/traffic-gridlock-holiday-misery-for-thousands

[Sir Tigger KC]

Like I said before, why the hell hasn't,t Ccameron insisted on troops (ours or Frenchies) protecting the route? It is unacceptable regardless of your view on immigrants. The cost to the people of Britain is immense.

When did using troops as police ever work well?

As for British troops in France, the only way we'd manage that would be if Germany got there first.

A fundamental point of the EU is that internal borders are effectively open, so this sort of immigration/asylum should be sorted at the external border. Which is the Mediterranean, or Eastern Europe. France, for example, has enough problems dealing with immigrants etc who want to stop there, to not just help anyone on their way whose destination is somewhere else.

It's just lunacy turning these migrants loose when they arrive.    It's a pan European problem and it should be dealt with as such. 

Maybe some of the EU's poorer countries like Romania or Bulgaria could benefit from hosting migrant camps and processing centres? 

[the alarming man]

We are going to Switzerland for a week at end August via Tunnel. As a precaution we have also booked parallel crossing by ferry back via DFDS Dunkirk. Otherwise Rotterdam or ........ Given current problems any advice?

Ferries in and out of Dunkirk appear unaffected and that would be my choice of crossing every time

To add... If there are still disruptions for ferries to/from Calais, take tha M2/A2 all the way to Dover... It avoids Operation Stuck Stack


Well it is the only way you can go ....you don't need too avoid stack as you cannot go anywhere near it...unless you are taking a lorry on holiday then you could spend 3 days on the M20....BUT it takes a whole lot longer when stack is on taking the M2 route as every one else is doing the same the M2 is only a dual carriage way

[05omegav6]

We are going to Switzerland for a week at end August via Tunnel. As a precaution we have also booked parallel crossing by ferry back via DFDS Dunkirk. Otherwise Rotterdam or ........ Given current problems any advice?

Ferries in and out of Dunkirk appear unaffected and that would be my choice of crossing every time

To add... If there are still disruptions for ferries to/from Calais, take tha M2/A2 all the way to Dover... It avoids Operation Stuck Stack


Well it is the only way you can go ....you don't need too avoid stack as you cannot go anywhere near it...unless you are taking a lorry on holiday then you could spend 3 days on the M20....BUT it takes a whole lot longer when stack is on taking the M2 route as every one else is doing the same the M2 is only a dual carriage way

Precisely why Boris Island could never take off...

[the alarming man]

boris island could take off as that is the A2 which is a 3/4 lane carriageway

[05omegav6]

boris island could take off as that is the A2 which is a 3/4 lane carriageway

Not wide enough, either as a runway or a road...

[the alarming man]

not wide enough?.....since re routed 4-5 years ago it certainly is wide enough for a road too wide for some the amount of accident occur on it

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Fill the Dover end of the tunnel with several thousand tonnes of readymix concrete. Then allow all those who want to run into the tunnel to do so. Then do the same thing at the Calais end of the tunnel. Jobs a goodun. 

[TheBoy]

I'm all for closing the tunnel, as its run by dishonest cheese eating surrender monkeys who use underhand tactics to screw you over.

Shame, as it could work so well...

[the alarming man]

I'm all for closing the tunnel, as its run by dishonest cheese eating surrender monkeys who use underhand tactics to screw you over.

Shame, as it could work so well...

It must work to a certain extent as they made a profit of £57.1 million euros in 2014...wouldn't mind being on the end of that from something that does not work???

[biggriffin]

I'm all for closing the tunnel, as its run by dishonest cheese eating surrender monkeys who use underhand tactics to screw you over.

Shame, as it could work so well...

Think somebody doesn't like the tunnel.

[Rods2]

From personal experience I have to agree with TB. IME, yes they will get you underneath the channel eventually, just don't count on the year/month/day/time* on the ticket, whereas I been very rarely delayed even in very bad weather on ferry crossings.

* Wait your turn as appropriate.

Stuck in cattle class on a Eurostar with the only food available making British Rail at its worst seem like haute cuisine was not a pleasant experience.

Stuck in Calais for hours and hours, waiting for buggins turn regardless of ticket time, not a lot of fun either.

Personally, by choice I will never use the funnel choke point again unless there is no viable alternative.

[Lazydocker]

To be fair, both times I've used the Tunnel the service has been ok, although I dislike the principle behind it and resent paying money to sit in my car for the crossing It's a shame we can't just drive through it instead

Fortunately for me I never have a dilemma between Ferry or Train as LPG cars can't take the train

[the alarming man]

Stack as now been lifted for 3pm....be back by Tuesday I guess

[Varche]

I have used the tunnel a few times , £25 day return andf forgot to go back. Great service.

Haven't seen a single workable solution to the migrant problem behind the chunnel security problems and the enormous cost to Britain