Customs Chaos

Free breakie but an early check-in for the ferry presented a timing problem. Down scoffing as soon as it opened to make the best of it. Headed off well before last check-in time. Not the biggest of queues and the absence of cars in 50% of the lanes suggested it wasn't going to be the busiest of ferries. As it turned out that was a damn good job but all in good time. Boarded and settled down to a window spec with a plug - all mod-cons. Departure 15 mins early - every little helps. Some nice views of Suffolk, Felixstowe Port and Harwich as we went out. Channel was a bit of a mill-pond but loads of traffic. Settled down to 7 hours of time filling - games, wandering, sunbathing & struggling to stay awake. All in all far more relaxing than a flight. Felixstowe is a big port but Rotterdam - of the scale. Ferries though dock at the Hook of Holland. Disembarked reasonably quickly & then customs. Juggled endlessly between lanes, none of which were moving particularly efficiently. Hardly surprising since every UK passport holder had to get out to have biometric scans. Yet another Brexit bonus. And fools are still voting for the frog faced twat. I digress. Virtually last to the booth & when it was my turn I got a wry smile from the border guard - 'Your wife's ok' - I'm assuming he was referring to her passport. Welcome to the Netherlands...Read more