Euro Tunnel French side

[ColdCottage]

I know the U.K. side is in chaos at the moment but what is it like returning from France?

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We came back yesterday evening with no problems or delays. I don’t know if that’s typical or we were just lucky. The queues going into France looked horrendous.

Good to know....

When are you crossing OP?

@MrsWobble3 thank you.

@Thunderpunt Wednesday evening.

I do think it’s the morning ferry’s are worse and evening ferry’s are much easier, similar to airport queues

We crossing tomorrow evening so I'll update you then @ColdCottage

We cane back through the tunnel this afternoon, no bother at all.

Also worth following eurotunnel twitter account, years ago we got stuck due to lorry blockades and ended up staying in an Ibis or similar at Calais but their twitter account was great for updates

They have service updates on their website too

@Thunderpunt thank you. I really appreciate that! 🌟

Good to hear @EspeciallyDeIighted thanks

I had no issues at all 4 days ago. No delays and all went smoothly.

Friends had delays yesterday with staff shouting at each other in the chaos - they were glad to be delayed only slightly.

@ColdCottage
All fine yesterday, about half an hour or queue for customs and the trains were all running half hour late, so we should have been on the 15.50 and ended up departing at 16.20 but definitely better than the UK side!
Safe journey

@Thunderpunt thank you

It is always quicker returning from France to England , because the processing is done by UK Border Control, who are adequately staffed and want to get through the process as fast as possible, without making a political point ( naughty Brits taking their subsidies away).

Not what a lot of Mumsnetters want to hear, but true in the last twenty years of living in both countries.

We were checked by both lots of border control in both directions this time.

Well the French can staff their border however they choose. Britain was the country that chose a route that required long checks. Not up to the French taxpayer to have to fund extra staff to pay for it.

Hope your journey back is ok OP. Mid-week evenings IME are a quiet-ish time to travel.

As totally clear coming back. No issues