Dover Ferry Queues

Thing is they now have to stamp passports which they never had to before, and probably do COVID checks too no doubt. So it's compounded an existing problem. That along with strikes, lack of staff and massive surges of travellers doesn't exactly make it a surprise.
 
Freefaller said:
Thing is they now have to stamp passports which they never had to before, and probably do COVID checks too no doubt. So it's compounded an existing problem. That along with strikes, lack of staff and massive surges of travellers doesn't exactly make it a surprise.
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There is quite a bit more paperwork than before

Ferry - Home

With unrivalled location, frequency and capacity, it is easy to see why over 10 million passengers, over 1.3 million tourist vehicles and 2 million freight
www.doverport.co.uk www.doverport.co.uk

No doubt plenty of people turning up unprepared without all the correct documentation.
 
Bug One said:
There is quite a bit more paperwork than before

Ferry - Home

With unrivalled location, frequency and capacity, it is easy to see why over 10 million passengers, over 1.3 million tourist vehicles and 2 million freight
www.doverport.co.uk www.doverport.co.uk

No doubt plenty of people turning up unprepared without all the correct documentation.
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And then the sensationalist headlines start. C'est la faute des français !!! :rolleyes: :cry::cry:
 
Chris Wilson said:
I would have thought those French who rely on British holiday makers for a large proportion of their living would want to pressure the French government to sort this out? Or are they so securely entrenched that government hatred of the English usurps monetary considerations of the voters dependent on our holiday makers?

I have only been to France the once, with my late parents. My father drove from Cheshire to Dover or wherever the hovercraft went from in the seventies, we arrived in France, drove none stop to Paris, where my father practised his terrible French on some pedestrian. Immediately got called an English pig, a fight nearly ensued, and muttering constantly about how he wished we'd never liberated them, drove us straight back to England. A memorable day <LOL>. It was a brand new car, picked up the day we left for France, and two days later it was back at the supplying dealership for its first service, which somewhat shocked them.
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Go to any capital city in the world and the chance of being ignored or swore at will be very high.

I've travelled from Calais to the Vendée region of France many times and away from the major cities, the locals are pleasant, polite and pleasure to eat and drink with, or ask directions.

Perhaps they were put off by your father pointing a rolled up Daily Mail at them :cry:
 
Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
Is this the root cause of your xenophobia?

FWIW most of the French think the Parisians are rude and don't have much time for them.
Your father couldn't have picked a worse place to practice his terrible french.
I use my likewise terrible french when I go to france and they tend to show no sign at all of having any issue.
Like I would say every country I have visited they appreciate some attempt at using the local language even if its just to say please and thankyou, oh and of course a large beer please
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Good God no, I am an Englishman, we have a deep rooted suspicion of *all* foreigners, the French just justified it in this one isolated incident :) My xenophobia is not solely caused by a minor Parisian altercation in the seventies. Nor is it totally wide sweeping, I feel I had a good rapport with one of our most Gallic late forum members.
 
Chris Wilson said:
Good God no, I am an Englishman, we have a deep rooted suspicion of *all* foreigners, the French just justified it in this one isolated incident :) My xenophobia is not solely caused by a minor Parisian altercation in the seventies. Nor is it totally wide sweeping, I feel I had a good rapport with one of our most Gallic late forum members.
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You mean your best relationship with a foreigner was the chap who lived in London 60 years to be the epitome of Londoner, a black cabbie?

Rip Jean F what a babe he was.
 
CapitalOne said:
Chris Wilsons one trip abroad 40 years ago, explains a lot :D

eta: I‘m guessing Talbot Horizon Solara.
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No, a company Ford Escort, my late father constrained his undoubted love of nice cars in order to put me through private school, and afford my mother and I many selfless indulgences. Judging people by the car they drive is, and I say this with great conviction, something done by those with either no money, new money, or a chip on their shoulder .

One of the wealthiest areas, Mere, in one of one of the most affluent English counties, Cheshire, has one of the highest "exotic" car repossession rates. The name "Millionaire's Row" soon became known as "Debtor's Row" once the new money moved in. So mock the vehicle people drive if you wish, it probably merely reflects a chip, or inadequacy.
 
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