Tunnel to Germany-Quickest route

[glenn2926]

Just got back last night after touring around Germany for a couple of weeks. We had our last two nights at Kevelaer. Great Stellplaz. €9.50 per night including electric. Absolutely massive place. Was an American army base during the Cold War.
You do need to have food, drink etc with you as no restaurants or shops in walking distance. No problem with having chairs, tables, awnings out. Lovely lady comes around in the evening to collect the money.
Black and grey waste dump. Fresh water. There is a laundry but you will need quite a few 50 cent pieces to feed it.
Really interesting walking around the old bunkers.

 

[Vipar]

Liking this thread not transferred our tunnel ticket date yet but our van only has a small fuel tank not done a long enough run to see how far we would get on a full tank. How does getting out the van to fuel up affect Quarantine if I wear gloves and a mask and use CC to pay?

Only you know that you have stopped

 

[scotzsue]

John has decided that we will be staying in the UK, so that's that. will get him to sort out changing the Tunnel till next year.

 

[Landy Andy]

Liking this thread not transferred our tunnel ticket date yet but our van only has a small fuel tank not done a long enough run to see how far we would get on a full tank. How does getting out the van to fuel up affect Quarantine if I wear gloves and a mask and use CC to pay?

From the edge of Germany to tunnel isn't that far and is good roads, so will give good MPG. We did Germany to tunnel and then all the way home, and we only have the small Ducato tank. You are allowed to stop for fuel in a naughty country, but you would have to go to a pump that you put your payment card into, and not pay in the shop. We chose not to do this and just keep it simple.

 

[jollyrodger]

This week
Folkstone-Calais 2235 A16-E40 into Solingen Germany after a few breaks arrived 08:30 for a 10:00 meet.
Return
accomodation ,No Beach guest house Solingen
Dept 0630 arrived le shuttel 1240 for 1335 train
Customs putting random cars through the scanner and usual doc checks
Overnight trip easy and little traffic Brussels ring empty boredom was the hard part
Return journey
French customs the usual questions 5 mins --
English customs the usual questions and have you filled out a track and trace,gave us a slip with a link it "you can fill it in as you go on the train ride" yeah right and get charged a extortionate fee for their wifi but through in 10
No dipping of tanks why would they filled at Bray dunes out of adinkirke.
Reverse route back almost,Brussels ring RO running smooth no holdups or fender benders.
Off of train and out right onto M20 --M25 surprisingly quiet mid morning traffic

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[Walkingmox]

What is the environmental zone sticker? Nearly got caught last year as so much of Europe is no longer allowing diesel vehicles into town. Germans seem to buy a disc like road tax that covers them for the year. does anyone know about this?

 

[Drexxer]

What is the environmental zone sticker? Nearly got caught last year as so much of Europe is no longer allowing diesel vehicles into town. Germans seem to buy a disc like road tax that covers them for the year. does anyone know about this?

It's an umwelt sticker, we got ours last year in Trier from the TUV station

To be fair it's a load of bollox, how does having this green sticker make my van more environmentally friendly

 

[Paul Wilkins]

It's an umwelt sticker, we got ours last year in Trier from the TUV station

To be fair it's a load of bollox, how does having this green sticker make my van more environmentally friendly

Stops you getting fined in cities that have a 'clean air policy' for example, Aachen. The stellplatz in Aachen is 400m inside their clean air zone, the police can issue on the spot fines to anyone not having the correct sticker. I'm told they regularly check the stellplatz for defaulters.

 

[bigalw35]

I seem to remember my mate in Germany, who has the older classic Hymer (a “brownie”) told me that you can only get stickers subject to your vehicle’s eco state ?