Get ready to blame….

[Mottie]

..you know they are just going to, don’t you?

Easter getaways hit by travel disruption

Wet and windy conditions hit parts of the UK ahead of Easter, coinciding with the end of term for many schools.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[fillyboy]

Brief snowstorm in Bodmin yesterday (cleared quite quickly) but Oakhampton in Devon had a proper brexit snowstorm, shut down a few roads,

 

[Mottie]

"French authorities at Dover have stepped up border checks after the country's terror threat level was raised in the aftermath of the Moscow concert hall attack.
Drivers are being advised to plan ahead and leave extra time.
At peak times over the next few days, Dover has told coach operators that even with the right resources in place at the border, wait times could be up to 2.5 hours.
Eurotunnel told the BBC it was putting on extra shuttles and staff to cope with expected high numbers".

No mention of the 'B' word being responsible. Yet!

Hey, perhaps the Brexit critics have remembered THIS HAPPENS IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS EVERY F'CKING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS and has been for years?

 

[space junkie]

"French authorities at Dover have stepped up border checks after the country's terror threat level was raised in the aftermath of the Moscow concert hall attack.
Drivers are being advised to plan ahead and leave extra time.
At peak times over the next few days, Dover has told coach operators that even with the right resources in place at the border, wait times could be up to 2.5 hours.
Eurotunnel told the BBC it was putting on extra shuttles and staff to cope with expected high numbers".

No mention of the 'B' word being responsible. Yet!

Hey, perhaps the Brexit critics have remembered THIS HAPPENS IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS EVERY F'CKING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS and has been for years?

Tell that to the travellers caught up in the queues.
Imagine being in a queue behind someone's who's passport is not accepted because it was issued over ten years ago.

It would be like being in the supermarket queue behind one of those with handfuls of vouchers, some out-of-date, others still valid.
Then after 10 minutes of the voucher sorting, checking routine, they only then start with their loose change routine, then they start to pack away their shopping, bottles and cans in that bag, dairy stuff in that bag, frozen stuff in that bag, Oops! put the apples in the wrong bag.

Holidaymakers travelling to the EU are being warned not to get caught out by the "passport 10-year rule".

UK travellers used to be able to carry up to nine months from an old passport over on to a new one. But post-Brexit, EU countries will not accept passports issued more than 10 years ago.

Simon Calder, travel correspondent at the Independent, says based on his own research "easily a couple of hundred people a day" are being turned away from their flights.

Holidaymakers going to EU caught out by 10-year-passport rule

UK passports can have up to 10 years and nine months on them but EU countries won't accept them.

www.bbc.com

 

[Mottie]

1

 

[space junkie]

1

You forgot the two 0's, just for ½ day. And that's the lower estimate.
I'm pretty sure he mentioned a couple of hundred a day:

Simon Calder, travel correspondent at the Independent, says based on his own research "easily a couple of hundred people a day" are being turned away from their flights.

Holidaymakers going to EU caught out by 10-year-passport rule

UK passports can have up to 10 years and nine months on them but EU countries won't accept them.

www.bbc.com

 

[Mottie]

You forgot the two 0's, just for ½ day. And that's the lower estimate.
I'm pretty sure he mentioned a couple of hundred a day:

Holidaymakers going to EU caught out by 10-year-passport rule

UK passports can have up to 10 years and nine months on them but EU countries won't accept them.

www.bbc.com

No, that 1 was the count of whining, Brexit blaming forum members who won’t accept that for years and years, well before Brexit, that are trying to blame Brexit for the hold ups at ports and airports on the first few days of the Easter and end of term school holidays on Brexit.

 

[space junkie]

No, that 1 was the count of whining, Brexit blaming forum members who won’t accept that for years and years, well before Brexit, that are trying to blame Brexit for the hold ups at ports and airports on the first few days of the Easter and end of term school holidays on Brexit.

That's 4.....
mentions of Brexit.
In case you forgot what you were discussing?

Or was it an attempt to excuse the passport problems on something other than Brexit?

 

[Notch7]

"French authorities at Dover have stepped up border checks after the country's terror threat level was raised in the aftermath of the Moscow concert hall attack.
Drivers are being advised to plan ahead and leave extra time.
At peak times over the next few days, Dover has told coach operators that even with the right resources in place at the border, wait times could be up to 2.5 hours.
Eurotunnel told the BBC it was putting on extra shuttles and staff to cope with expected high numbers".

No mention of the 'B' word being responsible. Yet!

Hey, perhaps the Brexit critics have remembered THIS HAPPENS IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS EVERY F'CKING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS and has been for years?

Poor Mottie is stuck in a huge queue at Dover whilst nibbling on cheese sandwiches with no tomatoes

 

[space junkie]

Poor Mottie is stuck in a huge queue at Dover whilst nibbling on cheese sandwiches with no tomatoes

Doesn't he like tomatoes?
He should try ham and cheese, as long as he eats it all before boarding.

 

[JonathanM]

Doesn't he like tomatoes?

I think he likes them a lot. But sadly, he's struggled to find any in his local shops after Brexit, and has had to grow his own.

 

[gas112]

anyone getting caught out with the ten year passport thing must be living in a vacuum its been widely publicesed for years now and is mentioned on booking sites

 

[JP_]

Why do we still care?

 

[ellal]

Why do we still care?

Ask mottie...

He'll include the words 'I don't' btw

 

[Notch7]

Why do we still care?

Probably because of the permanent damage to our economy