LM24 French Strikes

antonylight · 21 May 2016, 14:07 (Ref:3643436)

Just a word of warning the French transport unions have voted for more strikes. One next week and the next is Tuesday 14th June. This will cause distributions at Ports, Airports, Trains, ring roads in the bigger cities (todays road blocks were in Caen and other places) also this causes panic buying of fuel as they have blocked the depots all week.
Worth considering when travelling to LM.

GT6 · 21 May 2016, 14:56 (Ref:3643442)

Thanks for that will follow the news carefully

antonylight · 21 May 2016, 15:48 (Ref:3643453)

Go to @cestlagreve on Twitter to get up to date info about French strikes

**PascaLM** · 21 May 2016, 16:14 (Ref:3643460)

There is still petrol and gazole in centre of France, but some people are queuing at the stations. As in each country of EU, there is a "strategic stock" which can be used in particular circumstances and supposed to last one month of usual consumption. The French government has not decide to use now.

Fill your tanks at Dover, Folkestone, Portsmouth etc, before leaving.

It's too early to talk about possible blockades of harbours and ferries and there is no strike in Channel transports so far.

Bob Baldwin · 22 May 2016, 00:12 (Ref:3643533)

Just what we NEED right now

Mikelancs · 22 May 2016, 15:04 (Ref:3643627)

Just read this and it's just what we needed I'm sure the French are hell bent on some sort of political disruption every flipping year lotry blockades farmer blockages !

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GT6 · 22 May 2016, 15:12 (Ref:3643628)

Does that mean we will have to buy the merguez in waitrose and take them down with us

or maybe not horses willies as we call them are not a taste of france i appreciate

**Aysedasi** · 22 May 2016, 15:58 (Ref:3643636)

Quite the opposite for me, I've loved them since I first tasted them nearly 31 years ago!

GT6 · 22 May 2016, 16:03 (Ref:3643638)

Enjoy many of the other french sausages but not those horrid things i am sure they put that stuff in them to hid the wrotten meat taste, in the uk that is what mustard was originally design to do

**Aysedasi** · 22 May 2016, 16:12 (Ref:3643640)

And that from a man who I bet eats andouilette......

GT6 · 22 May 2016, 18:14 (Ref:3643658)

Not tried that and to be honest the french version of haggis is not high up on my list of things to try

**Aysedasi** · 22 May 2016, 20:39 (Ref:3643677)

Ah, well at least we can agree on that one!

Starfish Primer · 22 May 2016, 20:46 (Ref:3643679)

Does it mean roadblocks during all tuesday 14th? I travel to LM from GB that day

**PascaLM** · 22 May 2016, 21:55 (Ref:3643688)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Starfish Primer

Does it mean roadblocks during all tuesday 14th? I travel to LM from GB that day

As far as I know, only fret harbours will be concerned (St Nazaire, Le Havre) on the 14th. Let's hope that this mess won't spread on others harbours and roads.

GT6 · 24 May 2016, 07:05 (Ref:3644022)

Well they were talking about it on the bbc this morning so probably means it will not be as serious as some people think, but will keep a close eye on things as car we are taking will need at least two fill ups during the week

Mike Bell · 24 May 2016, 07:42 (Ref:3644030)

There was a shortage of fuel in northern France yesterday. We're travelling back from Pau and were forewarned, but others struggled to get filled up. There could be problems with some ferry crossings as well due to intermittent dock workers strikes!

Got to love the French.....

LC2guy · 24 May 2016, 09:16 (Ref:3644039)

Maybe controversial, but I like the way the French stick up for themselves against unpopular Government decisions. But Le Mans wk should be left alone !!!!

TWRv12 · 24 May 2016, 18:43 (Ref:3644160)

This might be useful o some. Just a quick machine translate:

Carburants : durcissement du conflit (Fuels: hardening of the conflict)

20% des 12000 stations service en penurie complete ou partielle (20% of the 12,000 full shortages in service stations or in part)

arret total (total stop)
arret d'unites (stop of units)
production reduite (Production reduced)
en fonctionnement (Operating)

depots de carburant (fuel depots)

blocage (blocking)

https://twitter.com/afpfr

**batmobile** · 24 May 2016, 20:09 (Ref:3644172)

And now more strikes announced in the transport companies, air traffic controllers.....especially from june 1st to....

Starfish Primer · 24 May 2016, 20:11 (Ref:3644173)

Quote:

Originally Posted by PascaLM

As far as I know, only fret harbours will be concerned (St Nazaire, Le Havre) on the 14th. Let's hope that this mess won't spread on others harbours and roads.

Thanks, fingers crossed. From Calais to Le Mans and back are 900 Km, theoretically the car won´t need a refuel but ...

I´ve seen that also some Nuclear power station workers are joining the strike.

GT6 · 24 May 2016, 20:32 (Ref:3644176)

Well let us all hope it is sorted soon

S griffin · 24 May 2016, 22:03 (Ref:3644198)

Thank goodness we're spending our night in France today

Mal · 25 May 2016, 07:38 (Ref:3644250)

This may be the one time football helps Le Mans! With he European Champs in France at the same time I cant see France wanting these strike to be stopping people getting around whilst the whole of Europe (other than the 260,000 in Le Mans) watch empty grandstands

**PascaLM** · 25 May 2016, 07:53 (Ref:3644252)

The Pont de Normandie is blocked this morning.

Kpy · 25 May 2016, 08:09 (Ref:3644258)

In 1968 the race was postponed from 15-16 June to 28-29 September because of strikes and demonstrations

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