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18/01/2008, 12:32 triciajh Joined on 22/10/2007 Posts 28 Re: horsey advice needed please!     You can't take horses on Eurotunnel-you're right. Loc Horse Transport are excellent.(Liz)    Report

18/01/2008, 12:32 Jacqui Too Joined on 23/08/2004 Shropshire / Dordogne 24 Posts 616 Re: horsey advice needed please!  plastered again wrote: Hi II dont think you can travel horses on the tunnel and it would be an extra 250miles!!! Mark You are perfectly right Euro Tunnel do not take livestock, even on their freight trains, all livestock go over by ferry! Glad I found that one out now so to rule it out for the future. Jackie At least with a spell-checker I can appear somewhat educated!    Report

18/01/2008, 17:53 pawsy Joined on 22/09/2007 Posts 17 Re: horsey advice needed please! We used Parkers. They were NOT expencive and they were brilliant.  Good luck to you and the horses.    Report

18/01/2008, 18:35 Martinwatkins Joined on 23/08/2004 W Devon/NE Perigord Posts 877 Re: horsey advice needed please! You've got a lot of suggestions already but we use Peter & Lynette Luck: http://www.equinefreight.co.uk/ Based in Cornwall but will fetch from you I'm sure,   they're all over the place (geographically!) regularly but our Fell (who travels regularly) loves them - probably more than he loves us! If you use transporters and you can be a bit flexible about dates then do ask about part loads.    I was pretty stunned at that £2800 price quoted earlier!    Report

18/01/2008, 18:37 cooperlola Joined on 05/05/2006 72 - Sarthe - home of les 24 heures du Mans Posts 6,311 Re: horsey advice needed please! Golly Martin, I didn't know you were a fellow Fell person. To be fair to Veronica, she will travel four for the same amount.  She does not do part loads, unless you arrange to share in advance. Healthcare Issues Site    Report

18/01/2008, 20:29 Jacqui Too Joined on 23/08/2004 Shropshire / Dordogne 24 Posts 616 Re: horsey advice needed please!  Martinwatkins wrote:   I was pretty stunned at that £2800 price quoted earlier! Yes I choked a bit, but to be fair it was for 2 There seems to be lots of  brit horse owners in the Dordogne! Has anyone got any info or experience of the rigmarole fore getting them back into the UK? It is one of the big issues why we can't stay in France for long periods as house sitters or livery fees would be to prohibitive for us, and my youngest is only rising 6 year-old and as most of my horses are with me for life it will be a long time before I am horseless!!! Jackie At least with a spell-checker I can appear somewhat educated!    Report

18/01/2008, 21:20 lynda777 Joined on 22/11/2007 Tarn et Garonne Posts 28 Re: horsey advice needed please! I had 6 to move from Ireland.  I got a few quotes before deciding on Skye Horse Transport.  One company quoted £6,000!  We ended up paying about half that. I wanted to travel with them, which was a factor.   One company said that it would not be possible as it was too stressful for the owner!    Needless to say they didn't get my vote.  I was lucky that I had a 9 horse lorry just for my horses so there was room for all the gear too.  Beware companies offering part-loads.  Your horse might end up on a 5 day tour of Europe before they get to your door.  Lynda    Report

18/01/2008, 22:05 plastered again Joined on 22/12/2007 herefordshire/ 24 Posts 7 Re: horsey advice needed please! Hi all, Thanks for suggestions and advice- we contacted Veronica and she also quoted £2800!(although, like you say that is an individual load and we could take extra stuff) and another company also quoted £2600 so we have decided that the easiest option is to move them ourselves- they are used to the lorry,we know they travel well in it and it means we can put all their rugs, tack, feed etc (of which we have collected quite a lot over the years!) with them. (plus any extra bits from the house that need to be moved aswell) We can take them from Poole to Cherbourg for £385.00 which is only a 4 1/2 hour crossing and a student who used to lodge with me has family that live in the Mayenne and have said we can rest them there overnight (and us) for nothing  then we can have a nice steady drive down the next day! Anj        Report

19/01/2008, 8:43 Martinwatkins Joined on 23/08/2004 W Devon/NE Perigord Posts 877 Re: horsey advice needed please! Quote: Golly Martin, I didn't know you were a fellow Fell person. Well it's really Wendy who's the pony fanatic.    Bert is 16 and rather lazy,  coupled with an extremely clear view of what he likes (and likes not) to do. He does love pulling a trap,   and we duly shipped our (rather small) vehicle out the first year.    Four weeks later we were unceremoniously dumped in a ditch outside Genis while Bert and an only partially-upright trap rattled off at high speed towards the village.   I had lost my boots in the accident so was pursuing him in socks.   We managed to commandeer a Brit car to join in the chase,   and although Bert was shaken and had a minor cut where a shaft had poked him we were all unscathed,  although the trap has never been the same since.    No matter,   I made a formal declaration that I was NOT going out in the wretched thing again so it's at the back of the barn and Wendy goes out on a saddle,   which is much less to Bert's liking. We did use the trap one more time (both of us hanging on to Bert's head) to conduct a French bride to her wedding as no-one else for miles around has a pony and trap.    It was nerve-wracking. Have you all noticed how a superficially deserted French village (particularly at lunch time) will transform into a bustling hive of activity if the Brits organise a "spectacle" for the inhabitants?     I had no idea how many people lived on the eastern fringes of Genis until our "incident" with a runaway pony. I'd add a photo of Bert but there's no point - they all look exactly the same! Do you (did you?) have a Fell?    I thought it was internal combustion that fired you up Coops!    Report

19/01/2008, 8:49 Martinwatkins Joined on 23/08/2004 W Devon/NE Perigord Posts 877 Re: horsey advice needed please! re return to the UK   (Jacqui Too) I'll get Wendy to post more if necessary cos she deals with this,  and obviously P & L Luck do most of the paperwork,   but I CAN tell you that a vet inspection before return to the UK is no longer necessary. The first year we took Bert back and forth we had to get our French vet out to inspect him (one of the most cursory (and cheap) inspections I've ever witnessed,  a quick glance and a <<Oui,  il est tres beau>>) before he went home,   but that requirement was dropped in 2003.  We just ring up the Lucks (who have become great friends) and tell them our dates.    They then pick up Bert whenever they're "passing" and then - very kindly - keep him at Liskeard until we're back (whichever way we're going) and then bring him on to us.    It makes the whole thing very easy,   and the cost remains bearable because he's always got a few others going as well.    He travels very well,   and adores Peter and Lynette,   and positively skips onto the lorry (althouh being a Fell his interest in food over-rules any other considerations so he's a sucker for a tempting snack strategically placed!)    Report

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