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Recent news (Oct 2010) suggests that some fuel prices in France remain better than UK, even allowing for the slightly weaker exchange rate than was available in the summer Using a real exchange rate on a pre-paid currency card of £1=€1.12 (e.g. after commission etc) current best prices are roughly as follows:- Diesel (Gazole) €1.12/litre ………Continue reading Driving in France The sterling exchange rate with the €uro is now much better than last winter (£1 = €1.18 is the best rate we found (29 July 2010)) – so a litre of Unleaded is about £1.13 and a litre of Diesel is about £0.94 – best prices often at supermarkets such as Champion, Leclerc, Intermarché – ………Continue reading Travelling in France Summer 2010 If you book a Norfolkline crossing between Dover and Dunkerque before 19 June 2009 through ferrycheap.com there are crossings available until 17 December 2009 from £19 each way in low season or £29 each way high in season. Although the crossing is slightly longer to Dunkerque, the modern fleet lands you in a well-connected (if ………Continue reading Norfolkline offers on cross-channel ferries HOLIDAYMAKERS STILL GOING ABROAD BUT HABITS CHANGE SeaFrance research shows over 80% of people are still planning to holiday abroad in 2009, but they will take more last minute breaks and stay with friends and family Over 80% of UK residents are still planning to holiday abroad in 2009, with only 12% planning to stay ………Continue reading Seafrance upbeat about this summer’s travel HOLIDAYMAKERS STILL GOING ABROAD BUT HABITS CHANGE SeaFrance research shows over 80% of people are still planning to holiday abroad in 2009, but they will take more last minute breaks and stay with friends and family Over 80% of UK residents are still planning to holiday abroad in 2009, with only 12% planning to stay ………Continue reading Seafrance upbeat about this summer's travel In the midst of all the doom and gloom a raw December and poor economic prospects comes the news that the pound has sunk to a record low against the €uro. The best tourist rate I can find (12 December 2008) is £1 = €1.0898 , (rates from the Post Office for online orders for ………Continue reading Ouch! Exchange rate woes for Sterling Just like old times – but none the less frustrating for the traveller. The French Rail network (SNCG & TGV) will be experiencing strike action from 8pm Monday 9 June 2008 for 24 hours, as railway workers are unhappy about the reorganisation of freight traffic on the rails. This will involve some disruption to services ………Continue reading Travel Problems in France – June 2008 For all the concerns about the falling exchange rate and rising fuel prices, the Telegraph(9 May 2008) still reckons that a holiday in France still offers good value for money:- France looks a particularly good bet for a holiday this summer. With the euro soaring, your plat du jour will cost about 20 per cent ………Continue reading France remains good value The Telegraph(28 Mar 08) has been running a series on eating locally in the UK, both to be environmentally friendly and to discover quality food beyond the supermarket shelves. It’s not too much to extend the focus another 22 miles across the English Channel to Calais( 59 Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais) – train and ferry are both ………Continue reading Shop local in Calais Our list of toll-free autoroutes raised some interesting questions – what was the rationale for making some stretches of autoroute free, whilst others are charged. It appears that there can be several reasons:- where the autoroute acts as a city by-pass allieviating traffic in the already congested city centre – so the A16 from Boulogne ………Continue reading Chirac’s autoroute |
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