Q on recent Eurotunnel troubles

[RATROD3]

Hi all am supposed to be boarding the 9.20am train on Monday morning [ daughter getting married so have to go ] i live in west sussex so was thinking best route for us would be the coastal A259 anybody know how this road is fairing with traffic ? .

[CocoPops]

As above...
Way out to France, we went M2/A2/B2068 and flew straight into the terminal no problem.

Exiting the return crossing was a nightmare! Crawled through Ashford onto A20 and then back onto M20 further up. There was no indication in the terminal that the northbound M20 was closed for #OpStack so we joined without knowing. In hindsight, I'd have done the reverse B2068/A2... etc

[so called]

CocoPops said:

As above...
Way out to France, we went M2/A2/B2068 and flew straight into the terminal no problem.

Exiting the return crossing was a nightmare! Crawled through Ashford onto A20 and then back onto M20 further up. There was no indication in the terminal that the northbound M20 was closed for #OpStack so we joined without knowing. In hindsight, I'd have done the reverse B2068/A2... etc

I'm not crossing (France to England) until next Friday but will keep a sharp eye on this thread.

[Roo]

Operation stack London bound has now been lifted so the M20 is open that way again.

Best place for updates is twitter. @leshuttle @kentpolicerpu @kenthighways There's a few others as well.

[Bluebarge]

Things appear to be calming down in Calais (according to French press, who are a good deal less hysterical than the British papers) due to the arrival of French police reinforcement, so things may well be back to normal by the time you cross.

[MX51ROD]

Bluebarge said:

Things appear to be calming down in Calais (according to French press, who are a good deal less hysterical than the British papers) due to the arrival of French police reinforcement, so things may well be back to normal by the time you cross.

DONT BANK ON IT
Friday 1300 UK 1400 French

Just returned from a visit to Cite Europe , final shopping before getting shuttle back Saturday morning , and there is a vast pall of smoke over the port area which suggest another burning tyre protest ,so more holdups > BBC news today shows "too many to count " illegals getting into Shuttle terminal and on to trains also a picture of two clinging to the top of a lorry off the shuttle in Folkestone .
The situation is far from settling down and is out of control

[silverthorn2151]

Brother went through on Eurotunnel this morning with 1 hours delay.

I'm going next Thursday morning, Dover - Dunkirk. 1st time, but cheaper, even with flexible bookings and the first class lounge on board.

If the migrants over there are too stupid to know there are other ferry terminals are they really the sort of illegals we want in this country!