Chief Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Used it for the first time on New Year visit to Combourg. Superb. Not really busy enough to get the full smug effect of cruising into the liber-t lane while others queued, but it was invaluable on our return journey home at 5am, as the wife slept and i glided effortlessly through all the peages. Also found having a French bank account helped break teh ice a few times. Was a small talking point with a few surprised shop keepers around combourg and around coquelles, who are perhaps used to contending with primarily brit accounts from their near cousins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Oh I don't really think the shopkeepers around Combourg would be at all surprised to have a Brit pay with a French cheque. There are more than enough Brits who live around Combourg to make it a quite common occurrence, especially in the low season and the tourists back home. Can't speak for Coquelles though ! Do shopkeepers take British cheque accounts, never seen that anywhere we have lived Chief ?If you had sailed in to Cherbourg, Caen, Saint Malo or Roscoff, then you would have had no tolls to pay to get to Combourg [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 [quote user="Miki"]If you had sailed in to Cherbourg, Caen, Saint Malo or Roscoff, then you would have had no tolls to pay to get to Combourg [:)] [/quote]And my wife and child would have puked all the way.....weather was appalling!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 True Chief but that's part of the fun of coming to France isn't it ? [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Posted January 18, 2007 Author Share Posted January 18, 2007 [quote user="Miki"]True Chief but that's part of the fun of coming to France isn't it ? [;-)][/quote]Not so for me. The drive or the motorbike ride is the fun bit. Not always about getting there as quickly as possible, but about what you see on your travels. St Malo - Combourg (see nothing), Calais - Combourg (see loads)....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Anglia Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 [quote user="Miki"]True Chief but that's part of the fun of coming to France isn't it ? [;-)][/quote]No...........not if your wife means much to you. Mine would be ill for ages AFTER getting off the ship, so her journey would be a nightmare. Where's the fun in that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miki Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Lightweights [:)] Still fun, just like going to the fair, ask them folks why they go, can't be any fun in that eh......anyway, it was just a throwaway line, get back in yer pram !If I had to drive all the way from Saint Malo to the Calais/Boulogne ports and pretend it to be interesting, I would go stark raving bonkers. Travel, for the greater part to us, is simply a means to an end....I will be driving to Spain soon, some of it will be interesting, some parts will be downright boring, so I don't kid myself that going that far by car is fun, just as driving all the way to Calais etc is any more than not wanting to go on the longer crossing as one doesn't like boats. And of course, saving money is one of the biggest reasons I hear around here, for the want to travel hundreds of kms to get a ferry to the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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