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Channel Tunnel
« on: 11 September 2008, 19:59:51 »
Just seen the news

Seems there has been annother fire in the channel tunnel.  Doesnt seem serious but they cloased it all down.
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Re: Channel Tunnel
« Reply #1 on: 11 September 2008, 20:01:00 »
Only been through it a couple of times -- but never felt comfortable down there.  
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Re: Channel Tunnel
« Reply #2 on: 11 September 2008, 20:33:38 »
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Only been through it a couple of times -- but never felt comfortable down there.  
Since the Dover-Calais SeaCat is no more, Tunnel is my choice, purely for speed.  Sat waiting for crap ferries is enough to get my hackles up....
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Re: Channel Tunnel
« Reply #3 on: 11 September 2008, 20:34:30 »
Last Dover-Calais ferry I went on though was Herald of Free Enterprise, back in the Townsend Thoreson days ::)
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Re: Channel Tunnel
« Reply #4 on: 11 September 2008, 20:37:19 »
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Last Dover-Calais ferry I went on though was Herald of Free Enterprise, back in the Townsend Thoreson days ::)

And that sunk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Channel Tunnel
« Reply #5 on: 11 September 2008, 20:47:15 »
Bloody hell, I only came through the tunnel on Monday afternoon!  :o

Personally, I think its great - so much better than the bloody ferries!
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Re: Channel Tunnel
« Reply #6 on: 11 September 2008, 21:01:23 »
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Last Dover-Calais ferry I went on though was Herald of Free Enterprise, back in the Townsend Thoreson days ::)

And that sunk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aye, the one that had a small leak just outside Hook of Holland....
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Re: Channel Tunnel
« Reply #7 on: 11 September 2008, 21:34:57 »
I come over on the ferry today, first choice for me..Its boring on the tunnel. Excuse the pun.. :D
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« Reply #8 on: 11 September 2008, 21:37:25 »
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I come over on the ferry today, first choice for me..Its boring on the tunnel. Excuse the pun.. :D

Yeah -- but the upside is it's only half an hour in the tunnel (as much as I dislike it)
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Re: Channel Tunnel
« Reply #9 on: 11 September 2008, 21:49:20 »
Quickist ferry takes 50 minutes.

Dates I picked £46. 00 return for car and 5 people
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Re: Channel Tunnel
« Reply #10 on: 11 September 2008, 21:54:52 »
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Quickist ferry takes 50 minutes.

Dates I picked £46. 00 return for car and 5 people
Channel ferries always seem to take longer than the claim by some margin
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Re: Channel Tunnel
« Reply #11 on: 11 September 2008, 22:07:16 »
Maybe!  This is a catamaran  no lorries or coaches, Day trip
from £24.00
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Re: Channel Tunnel
« Reply #12 on: 11 September 2008, 22:31:18 »
Exactly what happened when I last tried to use the tunnel, and why I won't rely on it in future. A ferry sinks / catches fire / breaks down, you just get on the next available one. Chunnel goes tits up, and you are truly stuffed.

Yes, it's quicker if more boring than a ferry when it works, but when it doesn't you're in for a world of grief.

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Re: Channel Tunnel
« Reply #13 on: 11 September 2008, 22:36:40 »
Every time I go on the Chunnel I get the overwhelming urge to go in to the toilets and soak myself with water head to toe and run down the carriages screaming WE'RE LEAKING, WE'RE LEAKING!!!!!
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Re: Channel Tunnel
« Reply #14 on: 11 September 2008, 22:38:58 »
Watching the news, think it is going to be closed for a while. :)
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