2008-12-09UTC07:19:59Remember: Eurotunnel is not as good as you think it is going to beHad a nice weekend in Lille, marred on the way home by a Eurotunnel delay. We were meant to be on the 10pm train home last night, and there was a twohour delay for some reason. No explanation, just an automated message when you are queued up in your ... 2007-01-02UTC09:49:01Longboard marathon visits FolkestoneNot along The Leas I hope, where skating is OUTLAWED:British Longboard Team Prepare for the Challenge of a Life TimeThe stage is set for a team of longboard skateboarders from Devon, UK to attempt a World Record Breaking marathon. In July 2007, the B... 2006-11-29UTC01:15:58I thought things looked funny from the train last nightLooking out of my window I could see lots of lorries queued up in the dark, I thought it was the entrance to the tunnel but wondered why I'd not noticed it before... Seems the M20 was closed last night, Operation Stack came into effect:Motorists were... 2005-06-14UTC09:08:12How Eurotunnel went so wrong"Before the first passenger car had boarded Le Shuttle for the short trip from Folkestone to Calais, the original business plan was in tatters" <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4088868.stm">says BBC</a>...<br />2003-05-28UTC02:39:12clarkes in USA and CanadaI am descended from two branches of Clarkes--one, William Clarke, left the Nottingham area (he had previously been a lacemaker in Calais) for Canada in 1845. I've got lots of information on that branch. The other, Florence Clarke, left the Haggerst...