Tam & co the great winter escape

Northernraider said:
So im currently stopped at cambridge services. Looking for an overnight stop within 30 -60 minutes from here heading north. Park4night seems to have changed while ive been away . Its only showing pub stops for miles.
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What's wrong with a pub stop?
 
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What am I going to read over my morning cup of tea in bed now that your travels have come to an end? Helen Ariel is also on the final stretch of a wonderful trip with Beech.
You should all get together. You all appreciate long walks and crumbling old buildings. What stories you could share while the dogs sniff each other!

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KiwiKampers said:
What am I going to read over my morning cup of tea in bed now that your travels have come to an end? Helen Ariel is also on the final stretch of a wonderful trip with Beech.
You should all get together. You all appreciate long walks and crumbling old buildings. What stories you could share while the dogs sniff each other!
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It will be back to van building, much more interesting. (y)
 
Ive ended up in bawtry just south of Doncaster. Parking spot in the woods with walks. Had to fill up again and i thought id wait till i was off the motorway as it would be cheaper. That was a mistake , motorway was £1.79 or £1.82 , bloody petrol station in the town was £184.9 .and by that time i was on fumes. 379miles since i filled up in belgium.

Id hoped to find a chip shop or Chinese takeaway but only choice was KFC and it was rotten.
Ah well we are parked up now. Ill get home tomorrow afternoon sometime.

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Welcome back. I’ve also enjoyed following your trip, and especially Ela’s arrival. It makes me itch to get on the move again….Safe drive home tomorrow.
 
Like others have said, thanks for your posts and the pictures. Enjoyable reading and I feel like I know you. Look forward to your next adventure. P.S. is Ella's english/scottish coming along?
 
Northernraider said:
Well im at calais and im going on the 13.15 boat ... Totally different from the tunnel , they never checked dogs passports or chips ,just gave me a pet sticker to stick on windscreen and that was that , straight through both passport controls and right in to the lane. About to board now. So i will get a fair bit towards home today.
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To me your experience with you bringing your dogs back to the U.K is alarming!
To explain why:- we introduced the pet passport scheme to enable us to take our dogs to Europe, before that they had to go into quarantine for 6 months.
The reson why we had quarantine is we are free of rabies, which if introduced would run through the wildlife.
The dogs were rabies jabbed and then blood tested before you got you passport.
On the way out no checks, through boarders no checks.
On return checks as we are rabies free and Europe is not.
so My alarm as we are rabies free, is why we’re you not checked?

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Welcome back Tam. Thank you for the pics and info you have posted for us. How was the trip over in the van on the ferry? I don't know if you remember my story of the woman who found her dogs dead in her van. In my eyes you are a star for staying with your dogs :h:they are sooo lucky to have found you.
 
Jays2 said:
To me your experience with you bringing your dogs back to the U.K is alarming!
To explain why:- we introduced the pet passport scheme to enable us to take our dogs to Europe, before that they had to go into quarantine for 6 months.
The reson why we had quarantine is we are free of rabies, which if introduced would run through the wildlife.
The dogs were rabies jabbed and then blood tested before you got you passport.
On the way out no checks, through boarders no checks.
On return checks as we are rabies free and Europe is not.
so My alarm as we are rabies free, is why we’re you not checked?
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No idea , i normally use the tunnel where you have to go in to pet control etc and i expected the same at ferry terminal but nope the woman just asked for my booking reference, passport and then said you are booked for 6pm ...i was there at 12.32pm , i said yes , she said when were your dog's treated , i said 8am yesterday, she said ok thank you and handed me my boarding pass thing and a pet sticker for the window. She didn't even tell me she'd put me on an earlier boat ...i only realised when i drove round the corner and a guy guided me to the lanes. Then when i looked at the board pass it was the 13.15 boat

No check on gas bottles etc either.


I might just use the ferry in future , its cheaper and less hassle. Dogs are cheaper too , 22 quid each on the tunnel but only 15 on ferry
 
Northernraider said:
No idea , i normally use the tunnel where you have to go in to pet control etc and i expected the same at ferry terminal but nope the woman just asked for my booking reference, passport and then said you are booked for 6pm ...i was there at 12.32pm , i said yes , she said when were your dog's treated , i said 8am yesterday, she said ok thank you and handed me my boarding pass thing and a pet sticker for the window. She didn't even tell me she'd put me on an earlier boat ...i only realised when i drove round the corner and a guy guided me to the lanes. Then when i looked at the board pass it was the 13.15 boat

No check on gas bottles etc either.


I might just use the ferry in future , its cheaper and less hassle. Dogs are cheaper too , 22 quid each on the tunnel but only 15 on ferry
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The thing is we are trying to keep rabies out of the U.K from Europe, not the other way around, think foot and mouth on the wildlife!
Thats why I was Alarmed at your experience.

On the way out did you get checked on your dog passport?
 
Jays2 said:
The thing is we are trying to keep rabies out of the U.K from Europe, not the other way around, think foot and mouth on the wildlife!
Thats why I was Alarmed at your experience.

On the way out did you get checked on your dog passport?
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I remember when I was a child, my teacher telling me that rabies would be a real problem in this country in the future, due to the rats and mice coming in along the tunnel :unsure:
 
Ginam said:
Welcome back Tam. Thank you for the pics and info you have posted for us. How was the trip over in the van on the ferry? I don't know if y
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Yeah it was ok , dogs were fine few alarms going off but didn't seem to bother them , i just made my lunch and read my book
Figaro said:
Did you stay in the van with the dogs ?
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Aye
Lenny HB said:
Don't be silly he's a Scot :LOL:

He's telling porkies I've sunk a few pints with him. :rofl:
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Aye but im not one for drinking alone and not when i want an early start up the rosd. I might detour to view a couple of cars. Prices are silly up my way just now .
Jays2 said:
The thing is we are trying to keep rabies out of the U.K from Europe, not the other way around, think foot and mouth on the wildlife!
Thats why I was Alarmed at your experience.

On the way out did you get checked on your dog passport?
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Yep checked on way out at tunnel.
 
Welcome home Tam, and thanks for sharing your journey with us all, and the great photos (y) (y) (y)

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