Bibs Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 It was getting turned into an industrial park before this came along, pave paradise and all that 1 Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LotusFella Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 Not a very nice view for the church goers. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
910Esprit Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 That last photo is an outrage - I assume thats either a Saxon or Norman church. May as well convert it to a Macdonalds now for that lorry park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibs Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 1 hour ago, LotusFella said: Not a very nice view for the church goers. 🙂 I thought they were meant to go on the inside! 39 minutes ago, 910Esprit said: That last photo is an outrage - I assume thats either a Saxon or Norman church. May as well convert it to a Macdonalds now for that lorry park Norman I believe from the 12th century. It's a very nice church, very similar to the one in my village from the same times. There's one about 100 yards away, and the beautiful town of Ashford is soon to open the doors on their 4th! There is a burger van at the Lorry Park. He's probably expecting the promised 1,700 lorries that can fit there but he's just got a freezer full of shit burgers going off instead now! 2 Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100th_Idiot Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 Nice pictures but we do need some context. Cross channel trtaffic is running about 10% of norm at the moment. A mix of companies holding off around Brext just in case and pre Brext stockpiling (remember all the stacks of containers just pre Christmas). I don't expect such flatlands to ever be fully utilised because there's only a little paperwork to be done prior to arranging shipment but let things settle down before we start going red in the face. If business can't cope with a couple of forms they shouldn't be in busness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM C8RKH Posted January 5 Gold FFM Report Share Posted January 5 2 hours ago, LotusFella said: Not a very nice view for the church goers. 🙂 There's fewer and fewer these days anyway. Hardly anyone will notice. Quote Alcohol. Sex. Tobacco. Drugs. Chocolate. Meh! NOTHING in this world is as addictive as an Evora +0. It's not for babies! The first guy to ride a bull for fun, was a true hero. The second man to follow him was truly nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Barrykearley Posted January 5 Author Gold FFM Report Share Posted January 5 Have we run out of food yet?? I’m sure it was forecast by certain groups ?. Quote Only here once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM C8RKH Posted January 5 Gold FFM Report Share Posted January 5 39 minutes ago, 100th_Idiot said: I don't expect such flatlands to ever be fully utilised because there's only a little paperwork to be done prior to arranging shipment but let things settle down before we start going red in the face. Oh what, just like the Remainers have been quiet for the last 4 years, and continuing now, predicting the carnage, the end of the world, alien invasions and taking it up the backside just to get food? Ok, I'll happily wait but only expect to see it full when the French decide to hold one of their impromptu tyre burning parties at the port. Quote Alcohol. Sex. Tobacco. Drugs. Chocolate. Meh! NOTHING in this world is as addictive as an Evora +0. It's not for babies! The first guy to ride a bull for fun, was a true hero. The second man to follow him was truly nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100th_Idiot Posted January 5 Report Share Posted January 5 31 minutes ago, C8RKH said: Oh what, just like the Remainers have been quiet for the last 4 years, and continuing now, predicting the carnage, the end of the world, alien invasions and taking it up the backside just to get food? Ok, I'll happily wait but only expect to see it full when the French decide to hold one of their impromptu tyre burning parties at the port. Quite possibly but I also think we should diversify our ports as discussed elsewhere. A lot of our economy is dependent on Dover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulCP Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 Dover is a short sea Ro-Ro port which predominantly serves EU trade with a large element of fresh produce. Diverting traffic through Liverpool, for example, just doesn’t work on cost grounds or on delivery time grounds. The real solution is to move to unaccompanied Ro-Ro,where the trailer is put on a vessel and then taken off at the other end & delivered by a different tractor unit & driver. However the logistics in organising this would be massive & probably still not as cost effective. For anyone who’s interested, although 2018 statistics, this is a good insight into U.K. port traffic https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/826446/port-freight-statistics-2018.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Chillidoggy Posted January 6 Gold FFM Report Share Posted January 6 I thought I’d covered this earlier. Distance, distance, distance! In order to make money, ferry companies need their ships to run the shortest possible routes. Unaccompanied trailers (drops) used to make up a large portion of freight traffic that wasn’t time-constrained. But over the years, the increase in trade meant an ever-increasing shortage of space to stack them (certainly on this side of the channel). This is the main reason why drops are not in vogue, coupled with the additional time taken for one to be collected, which could range from a few hours to a few days. As Paul said, that’s no good for perishable goods, even if it would be acceptable for non-perishable. But there another issue and that is that we as consumers don’t want to wait for anything these days. We expect goods over night, on-demand, and that’s what has driven the development of the current ‘free-flowing’ service at Dover-Calais with very few drops. Post-Brexit Customs clearance areas are endeavouring to maintain this flow by not clogging up the port of Dover, rather moving lorries to those large clearance parks for checking. Quote Margate Exotics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal H Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 17 hours ago, 910Esprit said: That last photo is an outrage - I assume thats either a Saxon or Norman church. May as well convert it to a Macdonalds now for that lorry park It’s Norman. Norman churches have square towers, earlier Saxon churches have round towers, like this one. Now, back to Brexit news..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
910Esprit Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 This is my favourite Saxon church in N Yorks (Gregorys Minster). Those solar panels are a dead givaway on your example that its a fake I guess there have been plenty of modifications and additions in the last 1000+ years. Oh yeah back to Brexit. Its amusing how the media have been hovering around for immediate chaos that seems to be noticably absent... They have even struggled to get negative soundbites at te port. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM C8RKH Posted January 6 Gold FFM Report Share Posted January 6 22 minutes ago, 910Esprit said: Those solar panels are a dead givaway on your example that its a fake Oh for crying out loud fake news has now spread to TLF? Quote Alcohol. Sex. Tobacco. Drugs. Chocolate. Meh! NOTHING in this world is as addictive as an Evora +0. It's not for babies! The first guy to ride a bull for fun, was a true hero. The second man to follow him was truly nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Barrykearley Posted January 6 Author Gold FFM Report Share Posted January 6 There’s a shortage of fake news @C8RKH - it’s because of Brexit and the lack of being able to import it you see 2 Quote Only here once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM C8RKH Posted January 6 Gold FFM Report Share Posted January 6 21 minutes ago, Barrykearley said: There’s a shortage of fake news @C8RKH - it’s because of Brexit and the lack of being able to import it you see To be honest Barry I'm quite fearful that everything is so quiet. Calm before the storm, or, was it all just a storm in a tea cup? I'm really not sure. 1 Quote Alcohol. Sex. Tobacco. Drugs. Chocolate. Meh! NOTHING in this world is as addictive as an Evora +0. It's not for babies! The first guy to ride a bull for fun, was a true hero. The second man to follow him was truly nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal H Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 I agree that the solar panels are a later addition , but trust me, the church isn't fake. I'm trying to think of a Brexit connection, and the best I can come up with is that I've noticed the sun doesn't shine as often since we left the EU - I don't think that's a coincidence. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM C8RKH Posted January 6 Gold FFM Report Share Posted January 6 35 minutes ago, Neal H said: I agree that the solar panels are a later addition , but trust me, the church isn't fake. I'm trying to think of a Brexit connection, and the best I can come up with is that I've noticed the sun doesn't shine as often since we left the EU - I don't think that's a coincidence. Our sun quota is only for May, July and September and the Frenchies are threatening to withdraw that if we don't comply with the rules, which, they haven't sent to us yet. 1 Quote Alcohol. Sex. Tobacco. Drugs. Chocolate. Meh! NOTHING in this world is as addictive as an Evora +0. It's not for babies! The first guy to ride a bull for fun, was a true hero. The second man to follow him was truly nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LotusLeftLotusRight Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 If that church is Norman, we can knock it down and send the rubble back to France. If it’s Saxon, the Germans can have it. We don’t need their crappy old leftover churches! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM C8RKH Posted January 6 Gold FFM Report Share Posted January 6 I spoke to soon, the end is nigh and the bad news is starting to flood the ticker network... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-06/resurgent-ftse-100-kicks-off-2021-with-best-ever-start-to-a-year 1 Quote Alcohol. Sex. Tobacco. Drugs. Chocolate. Meh! NOTHING in this world is as addictive as an Evora +0. It's not for babies! The first guy to ride a bull for fun, was a true hero. The second man to follow him was truly nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Barrykearley Posted January 6 Author Gold FFM Report Share Posted January 6 @C8RKH isn’t it funny the Brussels Broadcast Company has missed this completely. I do distinctly recalled a few 0.1% crashes due to Brexit they did report on. how strange Anyone else think we should rush to rejoin before the food runs out? Quote Only here once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 Well, I supported Brexit by buying a lot of books from you guys some time in November, as noone here seems to care write them in Danish anymore, now that everything seems to be forced into being English language. Even after Brexit. So that's one legacy... Only problem is, that they were stuck in the gigantic truck jam at Dover, so they arrived well after Christmas. Oh well, things suddenly seems to be as they always were. I guess we'll all survive after all, despite the black, dark, doomsday prophecies. Kind regards, Jacques Quote Nobody does it better - than Lotus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFO Posted January 11 Report Share Posted January 11 12 hours ago, Jacques said: Only problem is, that they were stuck in the gigantic truck jam at Dover, so they arrived well after Christmas. That was caused by President Macron shutting Calais in an total overreaction about the new CV19 strain, nothing to do with Brexit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM thebartman Posted January 12 Gold FFM Report Share Posted January 12 This might be funny if it wasn't so damn stupid ..... Dutch officials seize ham sandwiches from British drivers https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/11/dutch-officials-seize-ham-sandwiches-from-british-drivers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andydclements Posted January 12 Report Share Posted January 12 It doesn't seem that different to the sort of thing you can see on the TV shows about Australia or New Zealand, where travellers have some snacks 9things they planned to eat during the trip) confiscated (different to when they have food confiscated that they were importing in suitcases etc). I now it's stupid that just a few days earlier the exact same food would have been OK to take to the Netherlands etc, and the rules for producing the food haven't altered in the days since 31st December, but I guess there has to be a line in the sand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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