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21-07-11, 01:22 PM
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Dover to Calais £1 -- Dartford to Dover £50???
Saw an offer for Dover to Calais for £1 per foot passenger, so thought I might take the kids to France for the day and let them loose with the French they have learned.
...but the train to get to dover and back is £50!!! What a rip off. |
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21-07-11, 02:05 PM
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Re: Dover to Calais £1 -- Dartford to Dover £50???
You can take the car across for about £20 return for a day trip
I do this twice a year for ciggies and only went 2 weeks ago. I know that P&O say that its £30 each way, but thats if you return on a different day to departure Last edited by Viney; 21-07-11 at 02:10 PM. |
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21-07-11, 02:08 PM
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Re: Dover to Calais £1 -- Dartford to Dover £50???
Cheapest I could get for a 10 day trip in September was £40 for my bike, that was with seafrance.
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21-07-11, 03:29 PM
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Re: Dover to Calais £1 -- Dartford to Dover £50???
If you book far enough in advance you can also use Eurotunnel from Folkestone to Calais for about £11 each way.
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21-07-11, 03:51 PM
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Re: Dover to Calais £1 -- Dartford to Dover £50???
No car though!
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21-07-11, 04:45 PM
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Re: Dover to Calais £1 -- Dartford to Dover £50???
So you think the railways should run for free?
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21-07-11, 05:40 PM
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Re: Dover to Calais £1 -- Dartford to Dover £50???
I thought about taking the kids over for a day or two but we dont have passports so I checked on the govt website and i'd be looking at £220 for the passports for me and my 3 kids, OUCH!!!
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21-07-11, 05:50 PM
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Re: Dover to Calais £1 -- Dartford to Dover £50???
Crazy seeing as we're part of the EU and if you drive between France and Spain you don't need your passport.
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21-07-11, 05:53 PM
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Re: Dover to Calais £1 -- Dartford to Dover £50???
They waved me through passport checking onto the Eurotunnel whilst I was still wearing my helmet, complete with blacked out visor fully shut.
Just borrow someone elses passport for the day Kelly! |
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21-07-11, 05:58 PM
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Re: Dover to Calais £1 -- Dartford to Dover £50???
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