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    tunnel update

    in Travelling to/from France

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    Had an email today with revised crossing times,25th Oct out was 04.20 now 04.35, no probs there. Coming back on 2nd Nov was 13.50 now 20.37, slight problem there so rang them and the closest to my original time is 18.59.

    It would appear that things aren't quite getting back to normal just yet, but well on the way.

    There is no charge at the moment for the different frequent travellere time bands either, as one might expect.

    Gate posts.

    in House Renovations

    Posted

    Over engineering or do it once, do it right. I'd agree with the 1/3 2/3 ratio, I install a lot of site gates(2.4m high, 3m wide 50mm box clad in weld mesh) and they go 0.9-1m in the ground on a 150x150 post. They never move, until a muck-a-way lorry somehow doesn't see them!

    Gate posts.

    in House Renovations

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    Whats the total opening and therefore the size of each leaf, and what size gate posts were you thinking of using? This will greatly affect the depth. If the leaf's are quite wide, you will also get quite a bit of sag on the post alone. Let me know the dimensions and I'll try and help a bit more.

    Strange happenings at Limoges

    in Travelling to/from France

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    Just speaking to the in-laws, and they were saying that Friday, as they were travelling north, the motorway was stopped by a gendarme at Limoges. About twenty Police on motorbikes came down the southern carriageway, they were then allowed to move of and as they crossed a bridge there were about twenty police vans on the hard shoulder as if to screen the view from the bridge, no signs of an accident or anything.
    Anyone got any ideas or heard anything about what it was?

    Is underfloor heating really worth the effort

    in House Renovations

    Posted

    I can only comment on the underfloor heating in my conservatory in the UK.In a word "fantastic".We don't have gas in France so no boiler but if I did then I would without hesitation put it in every room I could. Ours doesn't take days to heat up more like an hour or so and the cats absolutely love it.Rather an expensive cat basket though!

    Why, oh why, oh why..........

    in Travelling to/from France

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    Warning,long post!

    Coming back from France via the tunnel one time ,we were asked if we would participate in a sniffer dog experiment.We had "explosives" wedged in our door and they then brought out the sniffer dog.After three passes and no sign of the dog getting it, his handler pointed at our door and the dog duly obliged to find the "bomb".Surely it would have been easier for the highly trained sniffer man to find the bomb !Bit scary none the less as I wasn't sure how the dog would react once it found the stuff so I kept my window wound up in case it tried to drag me out of the car.

    Which fencing?

    in House Renovations

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    Sorry, I'd have to disagree with the chain link comments,if done properly will look fine and last for ages.When you say staple the fence do you mean clip the fence,all the staples I,ve seen are for knocking into things.Another little tip is if using single strand wire,tension it with the winders on the end posts,then lean quite heavily on the wire,you''ll be surprised how much it stretches,then restrain the wire,this will stop it stretching later. This wont work with high tensile or multi core wires as they are pre-tensioned.Also don't use anything green plastic coated where stock are involved for obvious reasons.

    Which fencing?

    in House Renovations

    Posted

    I'm a fencing contractor in the UK and I think the green fencing you,re referring to is chain link.The most important thing with any wire type fencing is your straining posts.Get these in well with good struts and you will have no probs with a nice secure fence.Chain link by the way ,is probably the most secure for different size dogs although stock net if put up the right way round would probably do it aswell.

    Eurotunnel money grabbing */$#%*

    in Travelling to/from France

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    Just to be clear,Eurotunnel have refunded us the money for the shambolic way my wife and a many thousand others where treated when there was a large delay back in August not for the frequent traveller thing my wife and I so stupidly ignored! There,does that make all you holier than thou's feel better we've admitted to our stupidity and will serve due penance. Personally I couldn't give a rats, as were are now in credit by 60 pounds.

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