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Don't forget to leave a review of the French and other European campsites you have visited!
Don't forget to leave a review of the French and other European campsites you have visited!
07/6/2015 at 8:15pm
Location: Cheshire
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To explain what happens though I havent been on these particular boats but used to use many of the Harwich Hoek boats including the fast cat and the likes of the St Nicholas now on Cherbourg I believe.
Many of these boats only have one entrance exit, so you have to turn round on the boat and its easy enough heck Ive done it on some smaller boats in the eighties with a truck and a frame drag (rigid truck and A frame trailer truck)
However they have to load at the rear as well, many vehicles are turned round straight away on loading so your ready to drive off, down one side, round the end turning round always driving forwards and back to the door area ready to get off but as they need to still get everyone else on your held back from the doors. So first on first off but not quite, when the last vehicles are loading they now block the exit and as there is no way for the first on to drive straight off they have to reverse one or two of the last on, off. They will rarely put a caravan on last unless no choice, your late, neither will they enjoy 60ft of truck and drag, they need vehicles they can maneuver easy so usually the cars who will then reverse off freeing space for the other side to drive straight off then everyone slowly in turn drives down the sharp end and turns round and off you go. In all my years driving I have done it twice once truck (we was late, even phoning for them to hold the boat we was that late) and once car but bear in mind I was on the Harwich Hoek 6 crossings roughly every 9 days so percentage wise less than .01 percent your chances are really slim Dodger of needing to be the one
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Mark
Uttoxeter (Race days)
Le Serignan Plage (clothed one) August and Scheveningen on way back
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Don't forget to leave a review of the French and other European campsites you have visited!
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