Any news on Dunkirk?
The last troops were lifted off yesterday, just ahead of the strike.
Any news on Dunkirk?
Frenchies gave up
Strike off
Now on ferry eating breakfast
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What often slows it more than anything else is the fuel stops. We got a little unlucky as we ended up twice at what were little better than card only single pumpers, rather than at full-on serviced forecourts. I guess twenty to 30 minutes vanished between the two stops at Bouillon and Peronne. If you lose 20 or more minutes fueling, that's the equivalent of one coffee stop..... Or a later arrival. It's what makes touring fun. As it was I ran Paula's bike to near enough empty, as I didn't want to put in another stop just for her before the train; helped by knowing that I had left her a 10 miles leeway and that there is a garage within one mile of arrival in England. We could have picked up the A26 much much closer to Peronne, saving us lots of time and had a stop at the services around junction 5 or six..... Had it of been lashing down, that's exactly what I would have done..... Had it been snowing really hard, I would have stayed put in Vianden.
Should always insist on having at least one GSA and a length of plastic pipe on all trips.
Just use them as a petrol tanker for everyone else when the going gets tough