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Post by cookie on Feb 4, 2019 15:26:11 GMT
Never known it take so long to get through French end of tunnel. Armed soldiers ...had one check inside our van. And so many questions ..where we'd been ..What for ...how long ...why were we back so soon and in bad weather...where'd we sleep back from Spain..where was the dog in the van.must have took 50 minutes from first passport control to line waiting to board
Bloody good job we didn't have the fruitcake sticker on the van.
Taste of what's to come?
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Post by fatwelshbuddha on Feb 4, 2019 17:18:38 GMT
Never known it take so long to get through French end of tunnel. Armed soldiers ...had one check inside our van. And so many questions ..where we'd been ..What for ...how long ...why were we back so soon and in bad weather...where'd we sleep back from Spain..where was the dog in the van.must have took 50 minutes from first passport control to line waiting to board Bloody good job we didn't have the fruitcake sticker on the van. Taste of what's to come?fucking hope not. the French soldiers seem to come and go - come through at times when they are all over you like a rash, but 2 weeks ago not a sign of one, but then it was snowing so they were all probably gathered around a heater somewhere. we're over in Europe in March, coming back just before the Brexit deadline, but solely as we have commitments back here, otherwise I think I'd stay in Europe and tell the UK to go fuck itself for the damage the whole Breckshit issue has done
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Post by nicholsong on Feb 4, 2019 18:13:51 GMT
Should try Sunday lunchtime.
BA in '70s had to ship 2x £2million gold bars to Paris . First crew went on Wednesday and were met by 12 Gendarmerie with automatic machine guns.
We departed on Sun from Heathrow under strict security and had a security guard on board, who I am sure was 'tooled up' - in case we diverted to Monaco or somwhere, I suppose
We landed at Sun lunchtime. Nobody met us. Called BA traffic office and 10 mins. later a BA guy arrived on a bicycle. Never saw a policeman/soldier.
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Post by Barry B'stard on Feb 4, 2019 18:18:14 GMT
Face it Cookie. Your a dodgy fecker so maybe they knew you were coming. Did you bring me any Leffe Rituel?
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Post by Sir Rowley Birkin on Feb 4, 2019 22:52:34 GMT
Not a sign of anyone at Dover when leaving last Friday morning. The French Customs bloke just sneered and waved us on. That was it.
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