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Enjoying the benefits of living in a truly independent nation no doubt.A teacher was interviewed this morning who had been in a coach queuing at Dover for 18hrs.................with 39 kids.![]()
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Combination of easter holiday get away, bad planning, bad weather and Brexit related nonsense = chaos at Dover, particularly for any poor bugger on a coach.I've not been following this having no interest in Ferries.
What's the reason?
Doubt it as no delays on the tunnel!!Brexit related nonsense =
It’s one element, when you’ve got to decamp 50+ people and process them all x hundreds of coaches it almost certainly adds to the problem. Coach passengers seem to be bearing the brunt of it which tells its own story.Doubt it as no delays on the tunnel!!
Apparently lack of border control staff in France and ferry delays due to weather but it’s always easier to blame Brexit![]()
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It’s all about scale. I think coach operators have fallen out of love with Eurotunnel and many don’t use it now.Doubt it as no delays on the tunnel!!
Apparently lack of border control staff in France and ferry delays due to weather but it’s always easier to blame Brexit![]()
When I was into my Koi fish we went on a few coach trip to Holland for shows, was about 15 years ago and I remember having to get off the coach and go through a building to show our passports.It’s one element, when you’ve got to decamp 50+ people and process them all x hundreds of coaches it almost certainly adds to the problem. Coach passengers seem to be bearing the brunt of it which tells its own story.
He blames everything on Brexit..Simon Calder blamed Brexit.
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Obviously a man with great insightHe blames everything on Brexit..
Yeah been there done that a few times.Simon Calder blamed Brexit. It was about time taken to stamp passports. They did convert some car check ins to coach checkins, no idea what the difference is. There was also 15% more coaches than expected?? What does confuse me, last time we crossed the channel on a coach, pre Brexit, and I think it was Dover, all the passengers got out of the coach and went to the terminal, and were processed as foot passenger, then joined the coach in France. The inference over the last couple of days was that passengers normally stay in the coach, or is that only the kids? And hence the processing delays.
Obviously a man with great insight![]()
Sorry if I’m keeping you up.Yawn Yawn...
The delays are due to French action. Their refusal to open or staff enough booths.
You are also wrong on two other counts.
Stamping passports is not the issue. They still had to be handed over in most cases anyway and cars checked for security.
Coach passengers do not disembark, coaches are boarded.
I was in ques like this before brexit with the queen's jubilee springing to mind where I waited with 2 kids for 7 hours and we were the lucky ones.
No doubt if I want to get away at the busiest time of the year in any future year it will be the same.
I've just been on my bike over the A55 dual carriageway, hours of ques Wales bound, obvious Brexit
Combination of easter holiday get away, bad planning, bad weather and Brexit related nonsense = chaos at Dover, particularly for any poor bugger on a coach.
Doubt it as no delays on the tunnel!!
Apparently lack of border control staff in France and ferry delays due to weather but it’s always easier to blame Brexit![]()
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Sorry if I’m keeping you up.
What you describe as ‘action’ is lengthy French border processes. And why might they be required?…. hmmm, let me think about that
I think you’ll find that school parties and groups do get off the coach with their passports so they can be checked face to face. I don’t suppose rounding them up after they’ve gone walk about is easy either.
As for the A55, doesn’t sound like the kind of place I’d visit so not too concerned about delays there.
Regardless of nationality , any strike action that affects the ordinary person should be treated the same as if they attacked you.The delays are due to French action. Their refusal to open or staff enough booths.
because it is far too dearas was every coach parking space.
Actually, if you read my earlier comments I mentioned four contributory reasons for the problems at Dover, Brexit being one of them. If I’m guilty of ignoring points that don’t suit my agenda, how is your approach any different?Well you keep on dreaming about the good old days. Whilst the rest of us just get on with it.
Brexit bashing is the most boring of subjects on any forum.
Can you tell me why I was stuck in a 7 hour queue at the queen's jubilee before Brexit?
No? I notice you correct me on the coach issue but ignore anything that doesn't fit the anti brexit agenda. Typical.
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Give it a rest pal.. it's becoming boring..Actually, if you read my earlier comments I mentioned four contributory reasons for the problems at Dover, Brexit being one of them. If I’m guilty of ignoring points that don’t suit my agenda, how is your approach any different?
Actually, if you read my earlier comments I mentioned four contributory reasons for the problems at Dover, Brexit being one of them. If I’m guilty of ignoring points that don’t suit my agenda, how is your approach any different?
Yes, so boring you’ve followed & liked every post from another poster!Give it a rest pal.. it's becoming boring..