Club Arnage

Just spoken to Brittany ferries about Tuesday strikes.
They are not in a position to say what will be running untill Tuesday morning.
Last Tuesday the Pompey/Caen 2230 was the only one to get away, and if the strike goes ahead it is probable that all the daytime sailings will be scrapped, overnighters might run.
They have teams contacting people who have booked by phone if ferries cancelled, and will know more at 9am Tuesday.
I thought everything was going to smoothly this year!!!!!
 ;D >:( ;D >:( ;D >:(

Glad I'm going on SUNDAY then  ;D ;D ;D ;D

The posts on monday should make intresting reading then ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Don't you worry, I'll be watching.... :)

Some hope then, as I am booked on the Tuesday night boat - we shall see  :-\

 :o

Time for contingency plan.
I'm due on the Tuesday overnighter too

fingers crossed..

Mark
Two Thousand And Three Lemons Gang

If the daytime ones are cancelled,do they then go on the night boat or are they sent away??
PM

I don't know the answer, but if the night ones are already full how could they get both on?

Yeah thats what I mean.Do the morning ones get forst chance of the night one and then the night ones put off till the next day.Not sure how they could work it out.spose its not too bad if none of the ferries are full but at this time of year you can hardly get a pushbike on any of them.
PM

Maybe they've got spares...

The girl at Brit ferries said that if nothing went Tues, they would get everybody over on Wednesday, I pointed out that all the ferries were fairly fully booked, she said they would manage somehow.

Dont they normally hold the wagons back and get as many cars on as they can?
Or is this just wishfull thinking.

Not sure as they make a lot of money from haulage,
 I'm on a bike , if they want to ditch a lifeboat and hang it from the davits thay's OK by me.

They better let the cars and vans on as I have spent nearly 500GBP getting my motorhome on this route and day especially to save us driving time and stress for the rest of the journey!

 

Same here RC.ferry ticket was £530 for our motorhome,wed night 10.30 Ports-Caen
PM

Was the Shuttle too much expensive that you always use ferries and not the tunnel?

I was quoted £605 to take a motorhome from Portmouth to LeHarve.
But only £268 from Portsmouth to Cherbourg...... ??? ??? ???
Both are wednesday night crossings

You can guess which one i'm on  :D

Only used the shuttle twice and got badly delayed both times, not the magic it's advertised as, in my experience.

Gilles,
Tunnel is too far for us.plus the Motorhome runs on LPG so not allowed in tunnel
PM

Powermite , I know its late, but I thought you were booked for Tues night , not Wednesday?

All IMHO...

I suspect those booked on the overnight crossing get first refusal  :)

I also don't think they can refuse haulage as a lot of it would be perishable and they do make a lot of money that way and wouldn't want to p1$$ them off.

I also think when the BF girl said that "they'd fit them on some how" she was giving it the standard spiel unaware just how full the others would be and hence talking out of some other hole.

Hopefully everything will be running fine and we'll all get across. See you there PM & CP.

Mark - I hope if it's raining ( v.likely :( ) at Pompei like last year the nice BF folk wave me straight on  :)

Sorry,Tuesday night it is!!!
PM

See you in the bar then :) :) :)

WRC GT4
Nice pic  ;D
I think the prices also change a lot depending on the operator. BF is more expensive than P&O (for some reason...) ???

Mark
Two Thousand And Three Lemons Gang

Im in a 50/50 on the seacat weds.
I agree with Barry, as i am on a bike, they can make room in a motorhome or caravan to get me there.
 bloody ferry co's have us over a barrel already. £120 - £180 for a motorbike.  3rd price of motorhome PM!!
I'm revved up now!!

From P & O website:

Due to strike action by the Cherbourg Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday 10th June, the 0715 Portsmouth to Cherbourg and the 1200 Cherbourg to Portsmouth fastcraft sailings have been cancelled. For further information please telephone 08705 20 20 20.
The scheduled 1630 hours arrival from Bilbao(10/6)is now due at 1715 hours.
All other sailings are running to schedule.

Thats got to be worrying for some

If it helps - the port of St Malo seems unaffected  by this stirke action - Doesn't a Brittany Ferries overnighter leave from Portsmouth to St Malo?

We leave Wednesday, all-be-it from Jersey to St Malo, and I've just checked with our ferry company and they are sailing happy as Larry today and tomorrow!   :D  This info incase a plan C needs to be looked into   ;)  Best of luck any way!!

Planman
Team Crapaud

Thanks for that info Planman, could prove to be usefull, now where's my map book.

Spoken to Brittany ferries and they said that at the moment all ferries were still running tomorrow.I asked ,if the day ferry was cancelled,what would happen to the night passengers.They told me that whichever ferry you are booked on will be the one you go on.If your ferry is cancelled,then they will offer a refund or try to find you another crossing,but those booked on the next ferry after the cancelled one will take preference.
Hope this helps

PM

Thanks PM
That helps..... as long as they don't Can tomorrow nights one ...

See you there, I guess you'll be with Can Phil ?

Mark
Two Thousand And Three Lemons Gang

Dont think tomorrow night will be cancelled as it arrives in France on wednesday,after the strike finishes
PM

Agreed PM, I think if any night ferry is cancelled it will be tonights(Mon)
21 hours to go  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D