Just wondered if anyone had heard any rumours about the french drivers
going on strike next week ■■ spoke to my booking agent for the ferry today
and they had heard rumours but nothing definate ?
i hope not dean , im shipping out to santander tomorrow , but after loading alicante ive got 2 or 3 to load in france on the way back next week . if they do i suppose it depends on what action they are gonna take . a full blockade or what 
I mentioned this earlier in the week,just phoned my boss to ask & all she’s heard is that there will be no blockades,but an “escargot”.That is drivers will be only doing about 20KPH.I’m still trying to contact other drivers,but no luck so far.
Cheers Dave ,would be intrested if you here any more as im out next
tuesday night.
We should be more like the French.
Just got back from St Brieuc , a journey that normally takes 35 minutes,it took 3 hours . It was caused by 30 tractors 3 abreast on the motorway in the slowest gear they could find. I guessed that was going to be trouble (after paying 1.97 eur per litre ) by the amount of CRS vans parked up waiting for trouble .
Thats not a good sign then Nigel and 1.97 per litre ! 
where were they charging 1.97 per ltr.
i was in france 2 weeks ago and it was about 1.35/1.40.could it have risen that much in a fortnight?
Run back up through france on friday and it was 1.51 a liter,
Rob K:
We should be more like the French.
I thought you were Rob, what with the Garlic breath & the bird with hairy armpits 
Sorry,it was 1.77 and it was 98 Petrol at a Total Garage.
Rob K:
We should be more like the French.
maybe you should, but I like being British, they may stick together, but what have they got to show for it? less money and less work. No thanks 
Rob K:
We should be more like the French.
Like this 
The Complete Military History Of France
Gallic Wars: Lost. In a war whose ending foreshadows the next 2000 years of French history, France is conquered by, of all things, an Italian.
Hundred Years War: Mostly lost, saved at last by female schizophrenic (later promoted to the rank of Saint) who inadvertently creates The First Rule of French Warfare: “France’s armies are victorious only when not led by a Frenchman.”
Italian Wars: Lost. France becomes the first and only country to ever lose two wars when fighting Italians.
Wars of Religion: France goes 0-5 against the Huguenots
Thirty Years War: France is technically not a participant, but manages to get invaded anyway. Claims a tie on the basis that eventually the other participants started ignoring her.
War of Revolution: Tied. Frenchmen take to wearing red flowerpots as chapeaux.
The Dutch War: Tied.
War of the Augsburg League/King William’s War/French and Indian War: Lost, but claimed as a tie. Three ties in a row induces deluded Francophiles the world over to label the period as the height of French military power.
War of the Spanish Succession: Lost. The War also gave the French their first taste of a Marlborough, which they have loved ever since.
American Revolution: In a move that will become quite familiar to future Americans, France claims a win even though the English colonists saw far more action. This is later known as “de Gaulle Syndrome”, and leads to the Second Rule of French Warfare: “France only wins when America does most of the fighting.”
French Revolution: Won, primarily due the fact that the opponent was also French.
The Napoleonic Wars: Lost. Temporary victories (remember the First Rule!) due to leadership of a Corsican, who ended up being no match for a British footwear designer.
The Franco-Prussian War: Lost. Germany first plays the role of drunk fat boy to France’s ugly girl home alone on a Saturday night.
World War I: Tied and on the way to losing, France is saved by the United States and Britain. Thousands of French women find out what it’s like to not only sleep with a winner, but one who doesn’t call her “Fraulein.” Sadly, widespread use of condoms by American forces forestalls any improvement in the French bloodline.
World War II: Lost. Conquered French liberated by the United States and Britain just as they finish learning the Horst Wessel Song.
War in Indochina: Lost. French forces plead sickness; take to bed with the Dien Bien Flu.
Algerian Rebellion: Lost. Loss marks the first defeat of a western army by a Non-Turkic Muslim force since the Crusades, and produces the First Rule of Muslim Warfare: “We can always beat the French.” This rule is identical to the First Rules of the Italians, Russians, Germans, English, Dutch, Spanish, Vietnamese and Esquimaux.
War on Terrorism: France, keeping in mind its recent history, surrenders to Germans and Muslims just to be safe. Attempts to surrender to Vietnamese ambassador fail after he takes refuge in a McDonald’s.
Conclusion: The question for any country silly enough to count on the French should not be “Can we count on the French?”, but rather “How long until France collapses?”
“Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion. All you do is leave behind a lot of noisy baggage.”
Or, better still, the quote from last week’s Wall Street Journal: “They’re there when they need you.”
Whooooooooooooooosh !!
Don Madge.