I remember they were pretty bad. Factory fortnight is an old fashioned idea. People rush off as soon as school stops for the summer. Many of them teachers.reohn2 wrote: ↑26 Jul 2022, 6:19pmMy bold.al_yrpal wrote: ↑26 Jul 2022, 2:47pm
.....Because we instituted more thorough checks on entry to Britain after Brexit the French have responded by carrying out similar checks and these take more time. The remedy is to have more passport lanes at peak times, but we obviously arent there yet.
I am off to France in September but will catch the Roscoff ferry in Plymouth where no such problems exist.
Al
The operative word there is Brexit,before Brexit there were no such troubles or if they were they didn't last as long.
Al
(My bold....)