An early start (well for the Kearney boys certainly) leaving
the car park just after 6 for the short drive to the port and the ferry. All loaded on the lowest deck (with all the Lorries)
and away by 6:40. A full breakfast for all and before you knew it we were ready
to disembark shortly after 9 French time.
Geoff had warned us that we could expect delays with all the security
checks supposedly now in place but straight off boat and out on the motorway in
ten minutes.
We did manage a slice of our first cake of the tour for a
morning snack with coffee – cherry cake courtesy of Anne-Marie and the WI. At this moment though we still have in
reserve the two fruit cakes from Geoff and Vince’s Mum plus one from Mandy
Stone.
Then in truth it was just a pretty boring day, driving some
400 miles to get to our overnight stop point not too far from the Swiss
border. The last 15 miles were over a
mountain on a narrow road with many hairpin bends – it was steep both sides and
when we arrived at the campsite the smell from the brakes or clutch (worryingly
maybe both) was extremely pungent - our new overnight neighbours could sniff
the air and tell we had arrived – mind maybe that will cover the fact none of
us had showered for 36 hours!
All credit for young Smith who had driven the last shift of
some 100 plus miles where as Geoff and I had mainly beautifully surfaced motorway.
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