Delays at Dover
Just an FYI for anyone travelling through Dover today just heard on the news there are severe delays due to heightened security checks in France.
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It's horrendous apparently with up to 10 hr delays so I've read with no toilets so be prepared, obviously the extra security is clashing with the big getaway for the summer hols.
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It's horrendous apparently with up to 10 hr delays so I've read with no toilets so be prepared, obviously the extra security is clashing with the big getaway for the summer hols.
Write your comments here... What does the advice mean "" Be Prepared"" where there are no toilets..
When ya gotta go ya gotta go....10 hours is a very long time !!!!K
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It's horrendous apparently with up to 10 hr delays so I've read with no toilets so be prepared, obviously the extra security is clashing with the big getaway for the summer hols.
Write your comments here... What does the advice mean "" Be Prepared"" where there are no toilets..
When ya gotta go ya gotta go....10 hours is a very long time !!!!K
In the case of forum members I would take that to mean be sure van/mh toilet is working and there is water to flush.
Write your comments here...I agree David, BUT what if you are in a car with no caravan attached??. Do you knock on the door of the nearest caravan or motorhome and ask to use their toilet ??? Or is there other advice on ""being prepared"".??.
K
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Take some loo roll and find a bush, i feel for all the young families as there will be a lot of them stuck in it. I got stuck in the road works just outside the port last month for 15 minutes and we were both moaning about that at the time !!
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It's Brexit in action. The end of free movement within the EU. Some of you actually voted for it, and are finding out what it means.
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It's Brexit in action. The end of free movement within the EU. Some of you actually voted for it, and are finding out what it means.
I would have thought it has more to do with heightened security following the tragedy in Nice, coupled with the sheer volume of people travelling this weekend
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My son and family two adults and three children have been stuck at Dover for twelve hours, it has taken eight hours to move three miles. He has just text me he is nearing the port of Dover but he doesn't know how much longer it will take to get through.
He had a hotel booking in leipzig Germany for tonight think he can forget it.0 -
funny that eurotravller.we got held up for 4hrs last july at dover and we were still in.we frezze small bottles of water and put few in car and some in van fridge,we are nr york and it keeps very col even after got of the ferry.
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I think the French may just be pointing out very, very gently what the end of free movement would actually mean. I sympathise with those who are held up, but this could actually become the norm.
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IF it is due to Brexit then it confirms just how petty minded the EU and in particular the French are and how right I was to vote to leave. However in practice i think it reasonable to assume it is all to do with their National security in the aftermath of recent atrocities and given the criticism levelled at the French Govt being seen to be doing something for the voting public. The days of unfettered travel across the EU have gone irrespective of the Brexit vote, it is simply going to take a lot longer to get to Europe and we had better get used to it.
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It is very bad planning, most people travelling will have booked their crossing so all authorities know the expected number coming to Dover. If there is additional security then there should be additional personnel to carry it out, on what is the busiest
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I suspect that the number of trained border staff in France has dropped considerably with open borders in the EU. Just imagine how many extra people would need to be recruited to staff every border crossing (not just the Channel ports) to an adequate level to cope with the busiest time of the year. And that doesn't even begin to factor in manpower for extra security checks.
Hopefully it will calm down a bit once the rush to get away has subsided, but that doesn't help the poor souls stuck at Dover for 10+ hours at the moment.
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In our case it will be spending less, especially on meals out. I have a finite budget and that is it. However in practice at the moment to exchange rate is back to around 2011/2012 levels and we had good holidays both of those years. until the Euro has its
next meltdown with the collapse of the Italian banking system I guess it will stay around the €1.15 to €1.20 to the £ rate. I do have some sympathy with the French given their extensive border frontage with Spain, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium and so on However
given how they lecture us on our failings that sympathy won't last long if they are still unduly delaying travel in 4 weeks when we have to cross to Calais. I imagine next year the North Sea routes via Holland will be rather popular.0 -
Then I suspect we will be touring in UK (there's still a lot of brilliant places to see and do) and flying to destinations. Currently looking at a small villa in Lanzarote for 4 weeks in October and it's less than £1000 even before I hassle about 'long term'
reductions. We'll still have to feed ourselves as per...0 -
The folk stuck at Dover have my sympathy, been there done that with 2 young kids many years ago, only we were coming the other way. Its one of the reasons why we now avoid that crossing, that and the M25. Like AD if we are going East we use Hull - Rotterdam,
and quite often use Hull - Zeebrugge if we are doing just France. When going to Spain its Portsmouth to either Santander if early in the year (to get to the sun quick) or if at the end of Summer then Portsmouth to St Malo or Caen. We've been thinking about
taking the Roscoff to Plymouth route when we come back from Spain/France middle of June next year.0 -
I wonder who is picking up the bill for all the delays? I somehow Suspect it won't be the French......... Might also be useful to know if there are similar checks required (and ensuing delays) on the other border crossings twixt France and neighbouring countries.
If so fine, if not then the question needs to be asked why just the UK?0 -
The last I heard, there was a 90 minute check in time at the tunnel ... but of course you have to get there in the first place (same as everyone travelling to Dover for the ferry) I just feel so sorry for everyone caught up in all of this .... especially
those with children.Kenny, I hope your family don't get delayed for much longer
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