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Subject Topic: Eurotunnel
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22/7/2013 at 11:45pm
 Location: Manchester
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Hi, we recently went via the tunnel and I too was apprehensive on the approach. However check-in was so smooth it was chilled! We had booked a single deck carriage as we were in my husbands van, we put on Phoenix Nights on the portable DVD and we were at the other side before an episode was over! We used Tesco vouchers so got a really good deal and I wouldn't hesitate to use it again. Didn't feel claustrophobic at all :)

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23/7/2013 at 5:02am
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"The crossing is less than 22 minutes long (as they have quickened it up recently)"

Never been on a 22 minute crossing yet



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24/7/2013 at 1:47pm
 Location: NOTTS
 Outfit: TENT
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22 minutes in actual tunnel


24/7/2013 at 9:24pm
 Location:  Sittingbourne Kent
 Outfit: Volvo V70 D5SE + Sterling Eccles Onyx
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Hi I am just like your hubby "I aint getting on no plane" as Mr T used to say .But I can honestly assure you, you will wonder what you were getting stressed about .Its a piece of cake.
Have a great time in France, look out for an old fat bald bloke wiv glasses .Its Me !!!!!

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25/7/2013 at 12:07am
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Quote: Originally posted by christian3 on 24/7/2013
22 minutes in actual tunnel
So still a 35 minute crossing then.


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03/8/2013 at 9:31pm
 Location: Lancashire
 Outfit: None Entered
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I feel I must report back! It was great. Ok so the trains themselves share a little of their styling with the ones taking holocaust victims to Auschwitz, but the interior ambience is somewhere between a ferry and an aeroplane. We booked double height to accommodate the roof box and it was nice and spacious. We barely set off and we were there, easy peasy and a lot more pleasant than the Dartford tunnel!   The toilets however are MINGING, they are a bit bigger than a plane toilet and they stink. I strongly advise That you have a wee before you get on board!


04/8/2013 at 8:44am
 Location: Derby.
 Outfit: Karsten 350+Awnings
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Although Muckerette is already thinking along the lines of "Toughen up, woman, I'll be ok", I have showed her your first and last post, Jo..... and it's more than helpful, so thank you for that!!   

So pleased it went well for you.


I'm less than 2" under the height limits, but am gonna book as higher, so we get the higher ceiling, which should help.... I'm counting on them not checking with a tape measure!!
We have a large MPV, and it will be September, so less busy hopefully, so I'm hopeful we'll get away with it! That said, if we must travel in the double decker, with the lower ceiling, then so be it.

Well done you anyway... pleased for yer!!


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04/8/2013 at 12:17pm
 Location: None Entered
 Outfit: Outwell Nevada
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Well last year was our first time on the tunnel and we booked a standard carriage. However we didn't think about the exact height of our roofbox...
Well we got on the normal carriage but only just! I watched the box just get under the barrier. We then measured our car later and it was 1.89m! We had a couple of cms to spare but not much more than that.
This year of course we will be booking the extra height - oops!



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