England to France - Channel Tunnel

Well, the Channel Tunnel. Lets start with a bit of history here. Apparently they had been digging it or trying to for far far longer than I can remember, or even my mother who is my travelling companion. According to my mum the original idea was Napoleon's. So, what is it? I have had a look at the website, and read all about it and now I know more than I did just by travelling along it, so in short, Euro tunnel is a long tunnel that goes under the sea joining France to England. There are three tunnels, the English end starts in Folkestone, Kent and the other end is in Coquelles, France, that ... more

This opinion is on the Le Shuttle service operating between Dover and Calais. There are two services that operate through the Channel Tunnel, the Eurostar and Le Shuttle. The Eurostar is a passenger service operating between London Waterloo and Paris or Brussels and Le Shuttle (it may be called Eurotunnel now, but it says Le Shuttle on the trains, so there!) is the service for passengers with cars. I traveled on Le Shuttle on my way to Spa-Francorchamps and here is my opinion on what is probably the best way to get to France by car. >>Destination This service operates between Dover/Folkstone ... more

Le Shuttle is a delight. It couldn't be easier or faster to cross the channel by car. If you've not tried it yet, read on. Le Shuttle is the name given to the train that transports vehicles between Folkestone and Calais via the channel tunnel. HOW IT WORKS You enter the tunnel complex from the M20 motorway, driving south almost to Folkestone. The tunnel has its own exit ramp off the motorway. As you drive down the entrance road you come to a row of booths. Here you pass your ticket or booking reference number through your car window to the operator who confirms your details on their system and ... more

Note to self: If you work in an off licence the last thing you need to do is go to France and purchase more of the stuff!! Ok reminder over, I have to keep telling, myself this otherwise I might just find myself eloping to France; not only for the cheap booze, but the relaxed life style to accompany this! A couple of weeks ago I had the need to have a spending splurge and what better way than to get the neighbours together and the favourite family members and travel to France in a two car convoy, and filled the boots with copious amounts of alcohol, and enough cheese you could smell from ... more

Drum roll please......Babajane announces the completion of her 100 th op!!!(Two weeks in the writing) and to mark this auspicious occasion I have also gone to great length to ensure both a sensible and remarkable op for your perusal. I decided it wouldn't be out of place to choose something that fell into this months comp. category and something that heralded the completion of an amazing and innovative dream(like me making it to 100 ops), so grab your coffee (or tea), pull up a pew and let's get on with the deed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ***A dream was born*** Stepping back to a ... more