 Poster: A snowHead
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This drive down hasn’t started well. Long delays on the M25, so 1hr late getting to the Tunnel…. Just as they go from 1train per 30mins to 1 train per
Hour.
Then, as we get to the lanes for our (slightly later) train they decide it is already at the listed weight and now there are 3 queues of us that have to wait for the next train… which is 1hr15m later. So now we’re getting to Calais 2hrs15 later than planned.
Here’s hoping the overnight drive is uneventful and we still get to the 3v in time for a late morning ski
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Got here at 10:30 and skiing by 11.
Fog at Calais and Chambery but clear in the middle section. All EV chargers worked as expected
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Anyone had issues using Tesco club card vouchers to book recently?
Keeps throwing up ERROR CP1641 0 anyone else had this?
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@Specialman, not used any for a while, so no. Maybe log into you account on the website or app and use the live chat to ask about the error. It's the best way to get in touch with them.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Hells Bells wrote: |
| @Specialman, not used any for a while, so no. Maybe log into you account on the website or app and use the live chat to ask about the error. It's the best way to get in touch with them. |
I was being a numpty, putting code in the wrong section.
Now just gotta do all the working out of where to stop - will have to re-read through threads about where everyone is making stops
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@dazzle109, We aren't too far from you in Fleet plan to be on the road by 1600. Good luck!
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@paulhinch, Hi Paul, Yes we do have a doofer still a bit of a nightmare with that level of traffic but does help. For new year we found people in the T 30 lanes without doofers which I believe you can do but grinds to a halt or folks realising too late and desperately trying to cut across to a non doofer lane.
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and when queues are really long and people queueing for miles before the péage area there's no "doofer lane" anyway
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After checking my doofer's battery last week in preparation for setting off for the Alps on Friday morning I checked it again last night whilst absentmindedly flicking through my phone. Glad I did because it's just ticked over into "nearing expiry". Ordered another to be sent special delivery so fingers crossed it arrives in time!
I know there is some debate about how much time they realistically save on the average trip but personally I swear by them. Aside from any time saved (on a quiet run, possibly as little 5 minutes at most to be honest), they just take the stress out of the peages. No more "wait, didn't you have the ticket?", "where's the credit card?" or "you've stopped too far away, I can't reach." Definitely worth doing in my view.
Getting very itchy to get on the road now. Four more sleeps!
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Ours has saved us considerable time on occasions.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I usually reccon on about 10 seconds to pick up a ticket (we try and do it without actually stopping) and about 20 to pay but I always have a front seat passenger. If I didn’t then I’d get a transceiver
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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It can be very chilly sometimes, when you're a solo driver, getting out to walk round with a credit card (and I always wave apologetically to the driver behind!) but it does wake you up! When I drove back and forth to the Alps a lot I had a péage tag but there are very few stops, and it's not a big issue either way. The Turin ring road is another matter - so many short hops - and a doofer which works in Italy is a good thing to have.
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@Origen, I've used ours most often as solo on way to Turin airport or Ikea, so it is essential
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You know it makes sense.
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My Ulys doofer used to do Italy, till the agreement fell to bits the day I was driving to Montalcino from Flachau. They had to send a new doofer. PITA
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Set off this morning at disgusting o'clock to get the 8:44 tunnel. Fortunately we were able get an earlier train.
After that, not so much fun. High winds and heavy rain for the first 2/3 of the journey meant terrible spray from all the trucks on the autoroutes, especially up until Dijon.
After that, long delays on the A43 meant Google maps re-routed us through the countryside from Lyon to Chambery. Lots of wiggly little roads and small villages. Probably the most enjoyable part of the drive actually.
Checked in to the hotel at Chambery, now for a quick bite to eat, fill up with fuel and an early start to get up to La Plagne in the morning to beat the rush from Geneva.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Setting off for Austria a week on Wednesday. Midday Chunnel, so hopefully in France at 2pm local time. Belgium, Luxembourg and then.....? Probably overnight near Karlsruhe.... Stuttgart, munchen and Saalbach the following day. Any road problems I should be avoiding? Thanks.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Heading home tomorrow after three weeks, deferred from today to allow another day’s skiing. Tank full, car packed, apartment ready to lock up. Aiming for 08:00 departure from Chatel and a leisurely trundle North to a c. 20:00 tunnel crossing. Home by 21:30. Anyone taking bets on it panning out that way? Work in the morning 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Klamm Franzer wrote: |
| Setting off for Austria a week on Wednesday. Midday Chunnel, so hopefully in France at 2pm local time. Belgium, Luxembourg and then.....? Probably overnight near Karlsruhe.... Stuttgart, munchen and Saalbach the following day. Any road problems I should be avoiding? Thanks. |
Definitely overnight past Karlsruhe. We stayed there on Friday night and it probably took 1.5/2 hours to get past Stuttgart on Saturday morning.
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So much for 0800 departure! 0945 after clearing snow off car, a bit of repacking and a shop for breakfast in the village. Now on 1852 Shuttle departing 30 mins late, still half an hour before our booked slot. Very smooth run once over the pass with the odd slippery patch and ploughs working then across to Besancon, Gray, Langres then Autoroute North with two stops for driver changes and food. Very heavy rain St Quentin to Calais. Should be home c.2130
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| DJL wrote: |
| So much for 0800 departure! 0945 after clearing snow off car, a bit of repacking and a shop for breakfast in the village. Now on 1852 Shuttle departing 30 mins late, still half an hour before our booked slot. Very smooth run once over the pass with the odd slippery patch and ploughs working then across to Besancon, Gray, Langres then Autoroute North with two stops for driver changes and food. Very heavy rain St Quentin to Calais. Should be home c.2130 |
Best laid plans and all that! Safe travels.
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But that last post from @DJL does show that even when it goes a bit wrong, driving is a very viable alternative to flying.....
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Barely any cars at tunnel. No queues for check-in or border control. On train about to leave, one hour before the one I'd booked.
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Left house at 04:30 arrived at tunnel just after 7am as 195062 said no queues and made 07:46 comfortably. Just changed drivers table booked at Indian in Albertville for 19:30 this evening and then leave early tomorrow morning and hopefully on slopes in St Martin mid morning on Saturday.
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| Klamm Franzer wrote: |
| Setting off for Austria a week on Wednesday. Midday Chunnel, so hopefully in France at 2pm local time. Belgium, Luxembourg and then.....? Probably overnight near Karlsruhe.... Stuttgart, munchen and Saalbach the following day. Any road problems I should be avoiding? Thanks. |
Luxembourg: Land of cheap alcohol & fuel & cross-border workers! Diesel has dropped to 1.50L & for gas/petrol 1.525L & 1.613L. All gas stations have same price. Avoid passing through during morning & evening rush hour (7h30-9h00 Belgium to Lux; not casting aspersions about Belgium drivers. Evening rush hour twds Germany/France or Belgium: best to avoid. Road works on A31 motorway leaving Lux to France. 'Maach lues!'
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Thanks Elena and @martyn76!
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That was a horribly early start, @brovert! If I were aiming just for Albertville I'd be giving myself some more hours in bed!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@Origen, I guess it depends on where you are starting from. I would have an even earlier one if I was to drive Albertville. We leave by 6 when we travel to Reims area.
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Anyone driving today (Sat 1 Feb) to Trois Valles or any of the Tarentaise resorts, be aware that there has been a large rockfall on to the N90 just before Moutiers as you are heading up the valley. The road is almost entirely blocked and traffic is at a standstill. I suspect it will take the rest of the day to clear. Not sure what arrangements for a diversion can be put in place, so it’s likely to be a very difficult day for traffic.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15ck1Z9kn2/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Last edited by So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much  on Sat 1-02-25 11:58; edited 1 time in total
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You know it makes sense.
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@rob@rar, simply Val d'isere have posted a photo and the road sign says closed and Tarentaise impossible
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| holidayloverxx wrote: |
| @rob@rar, simply Val d'isere have posted a photo and the road sign says closed and Tarentaise impossible |
Yeah, just seen that. Not a great to be driving.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@rob@rar, can the gendarmes divert travellers on to the old valley road, before the dual carraigeway was built for the 1992 winter games?
donkeys ago, it used to be an old trick you could use when carrying out transfers on a busy Saturday, getting on it through a back road in Albertville and arriving in Moutier, if the n90 was chocca, but the gendarmes started blocking any vehicle that did not belong to a local resident.
presumably they could get off before the rock fall, and get back on past it?
obviously it will still take ages, but at least there would be a back up
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yep, we're stuck in the outskirts of Moûtiers - signs saying Tarentaise is inaccessible.
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@terrygasson, not sure what the options are, but if there is an alternative route it will be entirely saturated by transfer traffic.
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Just seen picture on Facebook….. car demolished by a rock that looks like it’s rolled off the hill…..
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Currently driving on the A6 approaching Lyon. Have a friend who’s flown in and people are currently being held at the airport.
Traffic currently looking pretty terrible coming out of Lyon as well and the satnav keeps going up and up. Does anyone know what the road is like going from Albertville via Beaufort? This is the way satnav is currently directing!
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What a nightmare. Were there any fatalities?
Good luck to everyone caught up in this.
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Going to be a long rest of the day with 2 kids in the car! Hope the people involved in the rockfall are ok, it looks terrible
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