M4 freight traffic, Dorney, Buckinghamshire, UK - 22 Dec 2020
A Royal Mail HGV on the M4 today. The Royal Mail has been inudated with parcels this Christmas as many people will be staying at home this Christmas. Following the new Covid-19 variant in the South East of England, France have closed their channel ports to UK freight. Despite, this it was business as usual today as there were plenty of freight shipments still being transported on the M4. The action by Emmanuel Macron the President of France may lead to some temporary shortages of imported citrus fruit and vegetables from the EU, however, the French action appears to only be strengthening the campaign to British. Many more people have been buying locally grown British produce during the Coronavirus Pandemic and plan to continue to do so