In reply to Post #30
is the checking in easier on the train ?
is the checking in easier on the train ?
In reply to Post #31
So long as you have pre booked for the tunnel, you drive up to the touch screen monitor confirm who you are and that you are not carrying any pets or LPG get your printed departure ticket and wait for your departure.
So long as you have pre booked for the tunnel, you drive up to the touch screen monitor confirm who you are and that you are not carrying any pets or LPG get your printed departure ticket and wait for your departure.
In reply to Post #32
when you say LPG do you mean gas powered car or a bottle of gas for the cooker ?
when you say LPG do you mean gas powered car or a bottle of gas for the cooker ?
In reply to Post #32
Actually, if you are early and there is space, you are on the next available. (at times we've pulled up and boarded instantly, crossing inc boarding in 45 mins anyone?)
Also the reverse applies, if you are late you dont get stung for a new ticket, again you are on the next available.
This comes from using the tunnel multiple times a year of the last 15 years, I'd never use the ferry unless forced...
Actually, if you are early and there is space, you are on the next available. (at times we've pulled up and boarded instantly, crossing inc boarding in 45 mins anyone?)
Also the reverse applies, if you are late you dont get stung for a new ticket, again you are on the next available.
This comes from using the tunnel multiple times a year of the last 15 years, I'd never use the ferry unless forced...
In reply to Post #26
Don't worry about France too much, I spent a whole summer there bailiffing and brought very little with me apart from a basic setup and bedchair carried on the train.
The venue will have everything you need and if they are a decent place you will have a great time. Just relax.
One thing I noticed being just a few of us lads working there was that we loved the punters who were friendly and up for a bit of banter and a few beers with us
Don't take the fishing too seriously and make a point of 'going in' to HQ and getting drunk with the staff
It's good for morale and makes everybody feel at home and we got quite bored sat together while everybody was out there doing the hard hours fishing.
Don't worry about language barriers, if you need anti mozzy gear etc. they have all that in the villages. Just say Bonjour, smile, and ask in plain English what you want. You don't need to be shy of the locals, they love the business and I found them all really friendly. I can speak a little bit of French and that helped me get a bit more in and friendly with them of course but they really don't care. Don't be shy and don't ever feel isolated. Just march into the shops and into the bars. They know who you are, remember, they have seen hundreds of Pecheurs Anglais from the lake before you!
And somebody else mentioned it and it is a brilliant idea, not just for holiday fishing but for your own domestic fishing too:
I started a ''fishing list'' on my computer as I am scatty and have a times been in a terrible state on the bank stranded miles from home with no phone, no alarms, no wallet, no reels, all sorts
The fishing list becomes a real living, breathing thing, and really organises your head
The thing I noticed was it got me to really visualise a session happening and loads of good little idea sprang from it, just neat little tweaks of all sorts of things
We might as well be happy and sorted on the bank and make damn sure we have everything sorted and can just relax and focus on the job in hand
Let's face it life is too short and stressful without having our wonderful passion also ruined by stupid mistakes that ruin our fishing before we have even started
Don't worry about France too much, I spent a whole summer there bailiffing and brought very little with me apart from a basic setup and bedchair carried on the train.
The venue will have everything you need and if they are a decent place you will have a great time. Just relax.
One thing I noticed being just a few of us lads working there was that we loved the punters who were friendly and up for a bit of banter and a few beers with us
Don't take the fishing too seriously and make a point of 'going in' to HQ and getting drunk with the staff
It's good for morale and makes everybody feel at home and we got quite bored sat together while everybody was out there doing the hard hours fishing.
Don't worry about language barriers, if you need anti mozzy gear etc. they have all that in the villages. Just say Bonjour, smile, and ask in plain English what you want. You don't need to be shy of the locals, they love the business and I found them all really friendly. I can speak a little bit of French and that helped me get a bit more in and friendly with them of course but they really don't care. Don't be shy and don't ever feel isolated. Just march into the shops and into the bars. They know who you are, remember, they have seen hundreds of Pecheurs Anglais from the lake before you!
And somebody else mentioned it and it is a brilliant idea, not just for holiday fishing but for your own domestic fishing too:
I started a ''fishing list'' on my computer as I am scatty and have a times been in a terrible state on the bank stranded miles from home with no phone, no alarms, no wallet, no reels, all sorts
The fishing list becomes a real living, breathing thing, and really organises your head
The thing I noticed was it got me to really visualise a session happening and loads of good little idea sprang from it, just neat little tweaks of all sorts of things
We might as well be happy and sorted on the bank and make damn sure we have everything sorted and can just relax and focus on the job in hand
Let's face it life is too short and stressful without having our wonderful passion also ruined by stupid mistakes that ruin our fishing before we have even started
In reply to Post #35
I started a ''fishing list'' on my computer
I've got one of those.
I'm a little bit embarrassed to say that I also make a list of where I have packed things.
I started to do that after I got to a venue once with headache and couldn't find the asprin. Ended up emptying all my gear out only to find them in the place I first looked but now with a bigger headache of having all the gear over the place
I started a ''fishing list'' on my computer
I've got one of those.
I'm a little bit embarrassed to say that I also make a list of where I have packed things.
I started to do that after I got to a venue once with headache and couldn't find the asprin. Ended up emptying all my gear out only to find them in the place I first looked but now with a bigger headache of having all the gear over the place
A mate of mine got pulled over, and after all the usual questions was asked if he had a spare pair of driving glasses which he had to produce, as it happens he had a spare set so all was good, how many people don't carry a second pair?
In reply to Post #37
I dont
I dont
Time for a trip to Specsavers 
In reply to Post #37
wow, thats interesting and a quick google confirms it.
SO if you dont have a second pair, if pulled over hide the pair you are wearing before they come up outside your window. They cant prove you wear glasses!
wow, thats interesting and a quick google confirms it.
SO if you dont have a second pair, if pulled over hide the pair you are wearing before they come up outside your window. They cant prove you wear glasses!
In reply to Post #40
I wonder if you have to have spare contact lenses?
I wonder if you have to have spare contact lenses?
Can't see that 
Hi Chaps
Just another first timer in France, we are driving down Limoges which is about a 6 hour drive, does any one know what the fuel situation is actually like now?
Nothing much on the net at the moment and would like to hear from anyone that has been in the last couple of weeks !
Many thanks in advance
Tight lines!!
Just another first timer in France, we are driving down Limoges which is about a 6 hour drive, does any one know what the fuel situation is actually like now?
Nothing much on the net at the moment and would like to hear from anyone that has been in the last couple of weeks !
Many thanks in advance
Tight lines!!
In reply to Post #43
Which port you arriving at?
Which port you arriving at?
In reply to Post #44
Calais , now worried about football idiots as well!😁
Thanks😊
Calais , now worried about football idiots as well!😁
Thanks😊