Today is the day...
I’ve said it before, but every great journey begins with a ferry, and for us this time, it really is a great journey -in so many senses. It's exciting, long and unusual. Great in every way.
Leaving the island, we left the rain behind and sailed into Portsmouth heading north for a few days with family and friends. Dad hasn’t been too well lately, and we wanted to spend as much time as possible with him, talking about our trip, and listening to his memories of driving military vehicles in the post war era including a tank, in which he was secreted, from a landing craft into the sea and onto the shore. Whilst he was underwater the commander called out instructions from the turret and everyone hoped for the best! Hopefully we don’t get so much rain that we experience anything quite like that!
We stayed on a campsite in Tewkesbury this time, a fabulous site (albeit prone to flooding!) and very handy for visiting family.
A few days later we headed off to our beautiful nieces’ wedding.
The wedding was just fabulous, full of love and laughter, family and friends. You couldn’t ask for a better day, even the rain held off long enough for a few outside photos. Congratulations Emma and Mark, thank you for a wonderful day.
As we left the wedding we headed for another ferry, this time to France. We’ve always done the tunnel before so thought we’d try the ferry out. It was a perfectly good crossing and a great ferry, but oh it took so long! We are far too used to a 30 min trip! I suspect it will be the train home, if at all possible!
As we sailed away from the white cliffs of Dover we had a rough plan for the first few nights, but even that went out the window as soon as we left!
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