Crucial identity document being abolished

[[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roland Perry)]

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Clive D. W. Feather
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>>One doesn't normally have to show a passport to get on Eurostar, and by
>>analogy perhaps not on ferries going to the EU (but I've not caught one
>>of them for a *very* long time).
>
>In June we used a ferry (well, Seacat) to go to France and come back. We were 
>required to show passports and fill in boarding cards both ways.

The boarding card is presumably part of the safety procedures; makes
sense that they'd ask for a passport too.

>We also dropped one person at Marne-la-Vallee to catch the Eurostar home; he had 
>to show his passport.

Yes, the French side always check.
-- 
Roland Perry