On Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:51:40 +0200, Gumrat  wrote:

>Ralph B wrote:
>> On Aug 13, 10:29 am, the Omrud  wrote:
>>> Trouble is, the ferry company will check your passport - does the Tunnel
>>> not do this?  
>> [snip]
>>>  There is a box for French immigration in Dover, but they don't seem to
>>> bother to turn up for work.
>> 
>> You answer your own question. :-)
>> 
>Anyhow, don't the French accept any form of identity document, rather 
>than an actual passport? Plus, the EU is supposed to be "sans 
>frontieres" anyhow, nowadays, isn't it?

Only if you're in Schengen, which the UK is not.

>> I was actually more surprised not to be checked at the Swiss border.
>> However, I have noticed that the Swiss are more particular on the East-
>> facing borders than on West- or South-facing ones.

>Over here, they check out your numberplates as well as your swarthiness.

Not only. Someone I knew lived over the border and commuted to Geneva. A border
guard once said to him "Ah, M. M. I see you've had your exhaust seen to, I was
going to mention it to you".

-- 
Jo