Post Brexit EU food import restrictions

A late arrival for us is unusual, we will have travelled from Merseyside down to Devon to visit our son and do the Plymouth-Roscoff route for the first time. We normally drive down overnight to get a 3 am Dover-Calais crossing then typically travel to to the Loire arriving lunchtime with the chance to shop locally after setting up.

Colin

With the current situation making travel very difficult I'm not to worried for the present. What does bother me the most is that when we are able to go is the dog's food. Will I be able to take his dried food in an unopened sealed bag?

This might help as a starting point:-

https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/carry/meat-dairy-animal/index_en.htm

Colin

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Thanks for that Colin. very useful.

Colin, Thank you for that explanation. As a first timer on the Plymouth - Roscoff route your 7.45 pm. arrival in France looks as though you will be on a Friday sailing on board "Pont Aven", the Brittany Ferries flagship.

You can eat very well on that ship to save cooking when you land -   there is a self service cafeteria on board with a reasonable choice, but I suggest you go the waiter service Le Flora restaurant which is very comfortable and smart. Ask at the desk if you need a reservation. 

On arrival in Roscoff I would go with a booking for Camping Trologot on the seafront a couple of miles away at St Pol de Leon - and I would advise a second night there to allow shopping at Super U next day, and time to explore Roscoff itself, or even a day visit with a picnic to Batz  island. 

I hope you first visit there goes well. It's a lovely area. 

Well done, boat and day both correct. Thanks for the meal advice on the boat. We have a night booked at Trologot before heading down to Carnac for a few nights and then south to Loire.

Colin

Well done too - good choices.  

That campsite will welcome you if they know you are coming - even if the boat is late. Get good directions, some people find it tricky. Ask Madame for baguette, croissants and milk for your morning petit dejeuner - they will be available. 

When they see your Eriba they will think it's us. 

Hi, Just wanted to second eurors comments.
For many years we have travelled wherever possible on the Pont Aven, usually both ways, and the main reason is that it is a fantastic way to start , or end, your holiday with the food in the La Flora being a real treat.

Our holiday always ends at Trologot, usually for a couple of nights, and I can thoroughly recommend a meal at the Au Quai des Isles restaurant, which you will pass on your way into Trologot-this is where and how we spent our last night on foreign soil in June 2019.

Trologot changed hands a few years ago and has a small bar, the previous one was very small, and I think they do snacks/food so that may be of use when you arrive if you are not still full from your meal onboard.

Fingers crossed we will be doing the same crossing, but overnight, but hope that you have a great holiday.

One wonders how they are going to have sufficient personnel to monitor it properly anyway. Searching every cubbyhole in a car/caravan/motorhome would be quite time-consuming. Maybe they will pull over the odd random outfit and adopt Voltaire's observation "But in this country it is considered a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time , pour encourager les autres"

As from Monday 18th January, we are required to have PCR Covid within 72 hours of going to France.and then 7 days isolation. How are we expected to arrive without meat and dairy products,and isolate, which means we cannot go to the supermarket or restaurants for a meal. Does this mean we need to isolate where we land from ferry or train? 

If you are on a 2 week holiday, then surely a whole week would be gone in isolation. 

This is all going to put so many people off, which is such a shame for those of us who love the country, and the sites  will suffer from fewer Bookings.