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Déjà Queue
It was the snow that created pandemonium at Heathrow
Airport, the snow that caused chaos on the M25 motorway,
the snow that everyone forgot once it left the Kent
coast. The weekend before Christmas is
traditionally one of the busiest of the year, and once
again in Calais it was a case of déjà queue as ferries
stacked up in port due to a wilderness of snow.
It had happened on the same weekend the previous year,
but this time everyone was better prepared.
Specially adapted council vans sped round the centre of
Calais gritting the main roads while mobile gritters
prevented supermarket car parks from turning into Winter
Olympics training sites. Meanwhile at the
port there were the inevitable delays resulting in four
ferries arriving in harbour within minutes of each other
around midnight. One in particular, the
Pride of Burgundy, was brimful with lorries and coaches.
The local police quickly marshalled the buses on the
quayside, not to inspect passports in some crazy
late-night act of officialdom, but to inform those on
board that all motorways were closed to coaches for
safety reasons. French TV news bulletins
the following day carried the story that many had to
spend the night in makeshift facilities in Calais before
onward travel. Twas the weekend before
Christmas and for many it was a weekend to remember, if
not for all the right reasons.
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Joyeux Noel
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Calais
under snow again
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La Sole Meuniere
Think of gastronomic treats and the North
of France is not the first place that springs to mind.
However there are several fine restaurants including La Sole
Meuniere in the centre of Calais. It serves fine
fish, has an eye- watering dessert trolley but the cheese beats
everything. It's all locally sourced including Le
Dôme de Boulogne, La Brique de Flandre and Pavé aux algues
(seaweed cheese).
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