Travel to France

[California4x4]

18 hours - don't forget the time difference, actually where does France start? is it passport control at Folkestone?

It says midnight on Saturday. Does that mean 0001 or 2359?

 

[Tarquers]

The way I read it from the French announcement says transit through France is only possible with an EU family member going to a place of residence in EU other than France. Tough for anyone that lives in EU and was planning to drive home and doesn’t have an EU appendage.

 

[Mickyb123]

I believe it’s actually from midnight on fri not on Saturday.
Am booked on flight lunch time tomorrow phfew.

 

[Mickyb123]

Yup reported as midnight Saturday but 2300 Friday so assuming it means 0001 sat morning slightly confusing

 

[soulstyledevon]

Just like that.
Any travel (via the tunnel) to the continent is off limits for the time being…

Anyone want to buy some skis…?

 

[Ch1pbutty]

Make sense..new variant is spreading like wildfire. Lots of friends & family members have contracted it during past week (despite being double vaccinated & booster). They are all ok, just managing it at home so will be free for Christmas!

 

[Loz]

Can you transit France say for Austria etc. move your ski trip?

 

[soulstyledevon]

Can you transit France say for Austria etc. move your ski trip?

Not at this point.

 

[WelshGas]

Just like that.
Any travel (via the tunnel) to the continent is off limits for the time being…

Anyone want to buy some skis…?

Aviemore?, unless she who will be nameless closes it down.

 

[soulstyledevon]

Make sense..new variant is spreading like wildfire. Lots of friends & family members have contracted it during past week (despite being double vaccinated & booster). They are all ok, just managing it at home so will be free for Christmas!

We have just come through (as a family) a three week isolation lockdown. All of us had Covid and it was brutal. Early 40s, fit, healthy and double jabbed…
Really don’t want it again…!!!

 

[soulstyledevon]

Aviemore?, unless she who will be nameless closes it down.

Stunning place, but i don’t consider it a ski destination…

Take cover…

 

[Tarquers]

Can you transit France say for Austria etc. move your ski trip?

Only if accompanied by an EU family member.

 

[Viktorgeorge]

Make sense..new variant is spreading like wildfire. Lots of friends & family members have contracted it during past week (despite being double vaccinated & booster). They are all ok, just managing it at home so will be free for Christmas!

Genuine point here Butty - not stirring though perhaps a bit controversial - but is anyone else wondering whether "despite being" might actually ready better as "because" . I know we are all told it is safe and effective protection, but there does seem to be a lot of Covid occurrence following all these injections. I read about natural immunity being longer lasting: and that a big issue with the injections, apart from the fact that they wear off (like winter tyres!), is the 14 day aftermath when natural immunity has been erased but the MRNA effect has not taken hold, leaving people more vulnerable to ADE (Antibody Deficiency Syndrome).

 

[The Merle]

Stunning place, but i don’t consider it a ski destination…

Take cover…

Probably right as at the mo there’s not much snow! That’s today.

 

[Cali Phillip]

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There was 50cm at 1000m 7 days ago when I was working up there.

 

[Velma's Dad]

Stunning place, but i don’t consider it a ski destination…

Take cover…

Or an apres-ski destination either, let's be honest.

 

[B J G]

Judging by the comment made by a French Politician that only Europeans can (should be able to) travel through France it goes a long way way to understanding the Macron view that we are not European now.

 

[B J G]

For up to date UK GOV travel info have a read here

Entry requirements - France travel advice

FCDO travel advice for France. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

www.gov.uk

 

[pluc99]

Stunning place, but i don’t consider it a ski destination…

Take cover…

Purely out of curiosity, where would you have gone on your ski trip?

 

[soulstyledevon]

Judging by the comment made by a French Politician that only Europeans can (should be able to) travel through France it goes a long way way to understanding the Macron view that we are not European now.

Typical reaction from a French President, near the end of his period at the top.
He’s scrambling for votes. The anti Anglo rhetoric is an easy and desperate attempt to attract support…

 

[soulstyledevon]

Purely out of curiosity, where would you have gone on your ski trip?

Chamonix or Flumserberg

 

[Azteccamper]

Chamonix or Flumserberg

Chamonix
i just love that town.

 

[Amarillo]

Typical reaction from a French President, near the end of his period at the top.
He’s scrambling for votes. The anti Anglo rhetoric is an easy and desperate attempt to attract support…

If his nationalistic stance steals votes from Le Pen (shouldn’t she be called La Pen{?}) it is not such a bad thing.

 

[Tarquers]

Judging by the comment made by a French Politician that only Europeans can (should be able to) travel through France it goes a long way way to understanding the Macron view that we are not European now.

It’s in part that France cannot stop EU citizens from entering. It does seem they are having a good go at bashing the Schengen rules too which was a subject for debate in Brussels this week, talk of allowing countries to determine that they can introduce border controls on their own.
Whatever the cause, it’s buggered my Christmas travel plans, not going to risk a French Immigration officer decide that my transit through France back home is not “essential”.

 

[pluc99]

Chamonix or Flumserberg

Nice. I haven't been skiing there but drive past it on my way to Courmayeur, which is my usual spot. I haven't been these past 2 seasons but was hoping to return in the new year. I'll have to see how the situation develops.