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Agreed. We were there over Easter. The actual weekend itself was busy in the obvious places, but it felt easy to find somewhere quiet. Just avoid obvious places like sabots, 95.2, cuvier. The weeks either side were fine.
 
Headed to Font over the Easter period (as everyone is seemingly). Does anyone have experience with border control going into France recently? Particularly over taking food, I plan to take some dried goods to make cooking easier in the evenings, that shouldn't be a problem according to https://www.douane.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/2021-03/10/travellers-what-kinds-of-food-and-plants-can-you-bring-with-you.pdf, but would appreciate any information from the hivemind.
 
Really didn't get the impression that they cared about food last time I did the crossing (October 2021). I'd feel happy to risk it.
 
Take something to wipe your feet, expect sand to get in every orifice.

Take lots of good soft brushes as Font is the spiritual home of the tickmark.

Skin maintenance is key. If it's warm, climb in the morning, siesta at lunchtime, recce and re-warm-up in the afternoon and climb again at dusk.

Most importantly, train solely by working towards one arm hanging the BM2K middle edge, then go to Font and spend the entire time climbing Blue slabs on credit card grattons and glassy smears that wouldn't even be visible on grit :2thumbsup:
 
joel182 said:
Really didn't get the impression that they cared about food last time I did the crossing (October 2021). I'd feel happy to risk it.

We've taken the tunnel in twice in the past ~6 months, they didn't check the car or ask us about whether we had food that we shouldn't have had on either occasion.. obviously this may just be luck...
 
abarro81 said:
joel182 said:
Really didn't get the impression that they cared about food last time I did the crossing (October 2021). I'd feel happy to risk it.

We've taken the tunnel in twice in the past ~6 months, they didn't check the car or ask us about whether we had food that we shouldn't have had on either occasion.. obviously this may just be luck...

Likewise, we used to get searched quite a lot, but since Brexit they have not been bothering. I suppose it could be to do with the already extra delays that are there either due to Brexit or covid rule changes etc etc so they don't want to add even more by searching all the vans. It used to be pretty much every crossing that we would either have to show them the back, or get out the van and have it put through the x-ray machine, but the last few times nothing.
 
Loads of rail and ferry crossings for decades pre- and post-Brexit. Never been stopped, even when transparently on a booze cruise (remember them?). Melanin deficiency, wrinkles, family car, speaks reasonable French...
 
Looking for advice for driving Calais>Font (Milly)

We’ve always just blindly followed the satnav, which invariably takes us right through Paris. That was fine last year until the very last bit when there was an accident a few hundred metres in front and we lost loads of time…
Looking to avoid Paris (if practical) this time, particularly with the current situation. Does anyone have a preferred route from the tunnel at Calais down to Font? We’re staying just south of Milly and travelling on Saturday.
 
https://maps.app.goo.gl/qzZqSCuMWhVtVX5K8

This is the way I always go. Slightly longer in time but so much easier and less stressful. The only town that you end up going through is Melun at the end, it generally isn't too bad though. Also easy to pull into a town/village for coffee and pastries going this way rather than using service stations...
 
I always go on the A1 to just after you've passed under Charles de Gaulle airport, then A104, N104, A6, and you're there.

There's one slightly tricky section where you need to make sure you're in the correct lane, and it's not completely obvious, but otherwise always found it very quick, keeps to major roads without having to go into Paris or the ring road.
 
Also got an upcoming Font trip on the cards, anyone got any good Font video recommendations for some extra hype/inspiration? Not sure how many more times I can watch The Real Thing or that Shawn and Giuliano video
 
warmonke said:
Also got an upcoming Font trip on the cards, anyone got any good Font video recommendations for some extra hype/inspiration? Not sure how many more times I can watch The Real Thing or that Shawn and Giuliano video

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_uCI9ktgjns

Nalle on a circuit :weakbench:
 
warmonke said:
Also got an upcoming Font trip on the cards, anyone got any good Font video recommendations for some extra hype/inspiration? Not sure how many more times I can watch The Real Thing or that Shawn and Giuliano video

Bleau

It's still good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIreNKro7QU
 


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