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Closest pub to the channel tunnel?

Just seen an ad saying the New Inn, Etchinghill is the closest pub to the channel tunnel... never thought about it that way but I suppose it is!

Rated 6.28/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Boom shake the room!

Well I suspect you've all been frantically refreshing wondering when I'd report from this morning's earthquake! Amazingly it was three and a half hours ago now, the power was off until just recently so there wasn't a lot I could do, no internets, and...

RE: Videos of Folkestone: SECRET TUNNELS!

Facinating. I've walked by that entrance many time and wondered what it was. Isn't it going the wrong way for a channel tunnel!

Videos of Folkestone: SECRET TUNNELS!

Just been trawling www.youtube.com to see if there's any new Folkestone footage that isn't local kids beating each other up, and there is! Here's some spooky silent footage of the Victorian Channel Tunnel:This is presumably the one that was abandoned...

BBC NEWS | England | Lorry fire closes Channel Tunnel

And this is why Operation Stack came into playThe operator Eurotunnel said it suspended rail services on Monday afternoon when a fire alarm went off.Lorry drivers were taken off the train in the north-running tunnel. A fire was put out about 7.5 mile...

Channel Tunnel to get a GSM-R Network

Hmm, this story's not actually that interesting.

Local news for today...

A man walked through the channel tunnel in only his flip-flops. FROM Folkestone, mind, he was trying to get out of the country. Also something about amatuer radio broadcasts, also in Folkestone. I don't really understand it, do you?...

Restored to full health, and wealth, beside the sea

The Telegraph does a feature on Folkestone property... Good work! They say:For several very good reasons, this town is abuzz. The Channel Tunnel is just up the road, its high-speed rail link to London is being extended into Folkestone's two stations ...

Subterranea Britannica

Smart, underground bunkers and structures and things, details of the 1880 attempt at digging a channel tunnel, with pictures...

Naughty boy!

reports the BBC et alBoyd Adams, 54, was a custody sergeant in Folkestone when he was caught trying to bring contraband goods from France via the Channel Tunnel in January 2003.1000 packets of fags and 40kg of rolling tobacco, on this trip alone. Tha...

Blood on the tracks (nearly)

BBC reports a man spotted on the tracks of the channel tunnel... There was three hours delay while the power was turned off and the was searched for... Police officers and Eurotunnel staff later found the man who had boarded a train near the terminal...

Folkestone roundup

Ref Leaves Field After Stab Threat in Folkestone... Referee Gavin Hoare ran and hid and demanded police protection after supporters allegedly threatened to attack him and his family.... John McCrirrick gets in a bit of a row, and a 54 year old Tunbri...

High speed rail link confirmed (again)

I thought this high speed link to Folkestone was already confirmed? A chum in the world of news just sent this:The SRA announced that the following stations will be served by high-speed CTRL domestic services: Ramsgate, Minster, Sturry, Canterbury We...

St Pancras to open in 2007

According to this Article in The Times...The three additional platforms to the east are reserved for new fast trains from east Kent which will use the new Channel Tunnel Rail Link line and cut commuter train times by up to two thirds...Fingers cross ...

Rated 8.51/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Yes they are going to do that

What they're going to do is run a new commuter service, on new fast trains, on the channel tunnel rail link line...Hmm, not heard of www.streamlinenet.co.uk before but that sounds really good... maybe I should move popex there?...

Folkestone Herald fake bombs the Channel Tunnel

Way to go journalists...

Electric multiple units with a sexy front end

The Guardian has the story about the Folkestone bullet trains, and confirms the idea that they'll only be ready for 2009:The timetable for the trains has slipped by two years. The Strategic Rail Authority hoped to launch local services by the time th...

La Bougie also up for sale

A slightly more serious 455,000 for this one, though that includes a 3 bedroom flat and it's a nice part of town... Smith-Woolley & Perry are in charge of this:The premises are situated within Sandgate Conservation Area on the A259 coastal road, with...

Rated 8.02/10 on Folkestone Gerald

RE: Rail confusion and the curse of me

Yes, there is a new railway line cutting through kent. It's the high speed channel tunnel rail link. The first stage is up and running with Paris/Brussels to London Eurostar trains wisking along at a cool 300KPH!!! Commuter services along the line wi...

Rail confusion and the curse of me

Doing a bit more research into this rail lark, following a report from Ma and Pa today that a section of track between London and Folkestone is closing for a year, possibly a tunnel, and possibly near Strood... While surfing I found this BBC piece th...

Blogging about Blogging about Blogging

www.pidster.com got a mention on www.zeldman.com for pointing out something wonky in a favelet he'd written, nice. Now after a bit of log checking etc, someone who's beeen driven to pidster by the link on zeldman has checked out his redesign of bbc.c...