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Greece is still a no-go area
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by Miles Brignall • The British Embassy in Athens is still warning hauliers to avoid Greece despite a number of hauliers escaping when some blockades were lifted last week.
Several drivers were given a police escort to ports on Friday after the embassy appealed to the striking farmers to release the drivers, many of whom had been trapped for two weeks.
Other drivers who were not so lucky have taken mountain roads in a bid to get through to ports on the East Coast.
A spokeswoman for the British Embassy says news of the blockades is not getting through when other hauliers have started arriving. This was stopped earlier this week when seamen decided to strike—the country was brought to a halt on Tuesday by a general strike. "As some blockades come down, new ones spring up; it all depends on how the local farmers feel," she says.
Tony Mansell, working for Wellingborough-based JS Cook & Son European Transport, arrived back in Dover earlier this week after spending two weeks stuck at road blocks.
A spokesman for Cheltenham-based Russanglia says its two vehicles have taken to mountain passes and donkey tracks in a bid to beat the blockades. "The drivers have been transferred money, but we don't know if they have been able to buy food," he says.