En Voyage

It may have been open 22 years, but it still seems amazing.

The channel tunnel is 50km (31 miles) long and at its lowest point 75m deep. The Eurotunnel Shuttle (see blip) is larger (in size, not track width) than any French or British track to accommodate, so they have to loop round at each end.

The loop at Folkestone is clockwise, while the loop at Coquelles is anti-clockwise. This evens the wear on the wheels of the shuttle locomotives and vehicles, as each set (left or right) spends only half the time at the outer edge of the line.

We arrived at the barn we are staying at, by the way.